Honda has proof that the brake lever was locked, not that it was locked by the foot of another rider. Assholes.

the fact that Respol believe VR actually kicked MM has me losing all respect for that team management.

Despite Rossi going wide, he left racing room.

I agree. Unfortunately the FIM reviewed the appeal and rejected it after 45 minutes of deliberation. The penalty stands. What pisses me off about it is the resoning for penalizing Rossi. Race direction admitted that Marc was purposely attempting to disturb Rossi’s race but he didnt break any rules. Rossi was not…

People who think Rossi intentionally kicked him have been playing too much fucking Road Rash. Ignoring that no one has the strength required to unseat another rider at those kinds of speeds with a kick, Rossi has far too much sense to try to kill another racer just for (admittedly) being a prick.

The “brake lever” theory does not hold water in my view because the bikes have a brake lever protector just for that specific eventuality. The kick theory also does not hold water. The camera angles are tricky, but Rossi’s foot stays on right up to the point where the contact happens - thus his foot came off because a…

Absolutely not. I think Rossi was purposely trying to get him to slow down so he can go fight for second and first. Marc tried to ride through him, bumped his head into Rossi’s leg, Rossi’s foot fell off the peg, and pushed him off of his bike. I think then Marc panicked, grabbed too much front brake, and folded his…

There were several “WTF are you doing” hand gestures from Rossi in the previous laps, which only led to a more aggressive Marquez. He would pass aggressively, and then allow himself to be passed just so he could repeat. Rossi slowed on purpose. I believe Marquez initiated the contact and I believe that Rossi reacted…

EXACTLY...none of the commentators or articles are bringing up this explanation. Rossi had the inside line deliberately forcing Marquez outside. Rossi is looking at Marquez saying, Really? WTF is wrong with you? At that point you can see Marquez dip right and force contact with Rossi’s left leg/slider. When this…

In my 25+ years of racing and watching motorcycles race I don’t think I’ve ever known anyone to be able to “ knee” someone off their bike.Marquez opened his throttle and knocked himself off his own bike. I won’t argue that Rossi did slow to mess Marquez up, but after watching all that had ensued prior, I could hardly…

Marquez is an ass who was doing exactly what Rossi accused him of. Dorna is an even bigger ass for deciding the championship this way. Marquez has been pulling hairball bullshit for seasons now w/o penalty - this will only encourage him. Also, Stef, your headline is just wrong. Look at the helicopter shot. Marquez…

The stewards got it right. Marquez was riding outside the ‘spirit’ of the regulations in order to harass and slow Rossi. Rossi got irritated and broke the ‘letter’ of the law, mitigated somewhat by Marquez’s behaviour. Hence the medium penalty of back of the grid vs points/disqual/pitlane start/etc.

Assad > ISIS, I mean for real. Bush opened Pandoras box and now 13 years later it’s basically Road Warrior out there. Putin and Russia have every right to keep their Naval port just as in Ukraine. Why are we so hell bent on pushing everyone around to what end? To prop up Saudi Kings and Princes?