MotoGP

Discussion in 'Australian Motorcycles' started by Les, May 16, 2011.

  1. Les

    Les Guest

    Opinions wanted:

    After watching all the replay segments on the Pedrosa and Simoncelli
    incident... I can't help but feel that Simoncelli was hard done by
    with the ride through penalty.

    Johno

    Sorry for being on topic in ths group :)

    Beer anyone?
     
    Les, May 16, 2011
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    Bill_h Guest

    Not sure about Simoncelli, but I reckon Rossi should have been penalised
    25 points for taking out Stoner.
     
    Bill_h, May 16, 2011
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  3. Les

    Lars Chance Guest

    ABSOLUTELY!
    Had it been one of The Aliens doing it to him it would've been forgotten
    immediately!
    I reckon he *did* leave Pedrosa enough room but Pedrosa chickened-out,
    stood it up and tried to brake instead.
    Simoncelli did phenomenally well to finish 5th after the ride-through.
    (No ride through for Rossi at Estoril eh?)
     
    Lars Chance, May 16, 2011
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    Nev.. Guest

    It's probably an incident which wouldn't have raised many eyebrows *IF*
    in the press conference at the last round Simoncelli hadn't made such a
    big deal when Lorenzo accused him of reckless riding and causing other
    riders to crash.

    I reckon if Simoncelli cuts Pedrosa off, and then forces him to take an
    even tighter line than what Simoncelli himself took, what happened to
    Pedrosa was ultimately caused by Simoncelli so he has to take what's
    coming to him and he should be thankful to get off with a ride through
    penalty instead of a DNF and broken collarbone.

    Moto2 seems to have lost a bit of the edge it had last year. The racing
    doesn't seem to be as competitive this year... but this weekend the
    125cc race was the one to watch. What a finish from Vinales!

    Nev..
     
    Nev.., May 16, 2011
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    Diogenes Guest

    Thunderdome.

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    Onya bike

    Gerry
     
    Diogenes, May 16, 2011
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    Yeebok Guest

    I think his line was too tight but I only saw it from 2 angles so it was
    hard to tell. Pedrosa's wheel was in front prior to the corner so by my
    reckoning Simoncelli should have backed off, or gone right around rather
    than around and into Pedrosa. Given prior events, he probably should be
    even more careful than normal.

    I don't know that the ride through penalty was enough. In this sort of
    case, I think Pedrosa should have been given whatever points Simoncelli
    scored, and Simoncelli given zero, and no ride through. Otherwise you
    could theoretically do the same thing to the remainder of the field and
    come first. Similar should have happened to Rossi last race. Sure I've
    seen him do exactly that before.

    I haven't paid too much attention to MotoGP prior to this year though.

    tl;dr Simoncelli should have given way so deserved some sort of penalty.
    Pedrosa should have received some form of recompense.
     
    Yeebok, May 20, 2011
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