I was looking forward to Rossi getting his 10th title, but it's all gone sour now, I've lost all respect for him now :Arghh:.
I'd say rossi didnt do it on purpose. He had plenty of chance to slide under him and knock him off (he's done that before, too) He showed him the outside, Marquez toughed it out, happens in every race up and down the country and club level, you rarely see it in pro racing except 600's and M3
Yep definitely hung him out wide but I think the BT sports commentary has gone a little over the top, as usual.......the last few slow replays I've watched shows that Marquez leans back in on rossi after being held out wide, and as mentioned above Rossi pushes back with his knee, not intentionally trying to hit a brake lever no matter what Keith Huewen says, he just likes the sound of his own voice. Honestly I'm sure Rossi will get something but I have a suspicion Marquez might get a telling off as well due to some of the moves made. Last thing Dorna need is to have both of their best assets acting dangerously but they still need to keep them fiesty for TV ratings Personally I think it's brilliant, it's entertaining and it wasn't a particularly dangerous thing to run him wide at such a slow pace. Marquez is a bit of a dick with some of his moves, Rossi has also been pretty naughty in his career, I guess that's what you get having two big stars on the same track.
Get a grip! The man is 'over the hill' and pushing for a title. Schemacher did this his whole career. Racers aim to use all advantage they can, including at times unfair advantage. Like marquez banging into Rossi at assen? Assume all respect went there too?
A supposedly great rider with the ability to make thousands follow like lemmings has once again thrown all the respect he gets straight back in the face of all his fans, this is not the first time he's pulled a dodgy stunt like this, the difference being I think this time there will be justice.
Hope Lorenzo gets bolocking for walking off the podium, I doubt Rossi wanted to be on the podium either.