Re: (Xfirebladeowner)
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Quote, originally posted by Xfirebladeowner »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Some of you guys really need to look at the pics and/or click on the links before opening your mouth about this incident. Ive seen atleast 3 guys talk shit, watch the clips then change their minds.
So lets repeat the facts:
- Rossi DOES, in fact, appear to be the first person approaching the corner.
- Rossi does have some weird habit of taking his foot off the peg in that corner and no he did not drag it, if at all, for long.
- Sete did sweep INTO Rossi, hitting him.
- Sete DID hit Rossi's brake hand causing him to lose his grip momentarily, which happened to be when they BOTH ran wide.
- Like someone else mentioned, there is NO true racing line or better yet a rule that indicates it shall be followed at all times. Otherwise this sport would be as pathetic as Nascrap is.
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The clip of the incident in question featured in this thread is in slow motion. It implies that the slower rider (Sete) got in the way. Which is false. Bare in mind Rossi had been running wide, as a matter of fact he looked absolutely desperate and was all over the track previously. If Sete had not been there I'm certain Rossi would have run terribly, unrecoverably wide. Especially on tires with 27 hot laps on them. The only mistake Sete made was not letting him run wide.
Rossi is the best in the biz but not infallible. (hell Rossi wrecked earlier that day)Which lends me to believe in the heat of the moment it was a calculated moved on Rossi's part.
Had they gotten tangled both of them would have not finished. I'm sure Sete being Rossi's only competion would have suited him fine.
That makes for good racing, sure. What would make for great racing if someone with the balls and talent would step to the plate.
If I was Sete I would have stiff armed him like I was posing for the Heisman, and if that didn't work I would have beat him like a thief back in the pits.
Sete got punked because he's a bitch with skill. Period.
Where are the heroes? I guess Rossi would have to shatter his leg like Doohan to make it really interesting.