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Grasshopper, you need to learn patience.
Learn that living is better than loosing it all.

Pay hommage to The Doctor.....


Rossi!!!!!!

Yes, Marquez showed a lack of maturity. He should have settled for second and the plentiful points.  He was operated on by the Doctor, for sure.  It was certainly great drama.

Rossi had to protect himself... Marquez is very aggressive when fighting for positions and will take you out.... he's done it to several riders.  Rossi made the pass and Marquez started attacking and tried to bang back through... you can see Rossi look back and spot Marquez's bike and chop his nose off with a quick flick

Post race interview with Cal who took 3rd

"I would like to thank the people that wrote me off...."

:-)

After taking the flag he already "signalled" with his arms...

Post race interview with Cal who took 3rd

"I would like to thank the people that wrote me off...."

:-)

After taking the flag he already "signalled" with his arms...

I gotta say I was one of them, I like cal, but I didn't think he was going to "gel" with the Honda.  Glad they figured it out :)

That was freakin great! I haven't jumped like that since, well, I cant remember. 

A couple rules come to mind. Protect your front wheel. MM needed to give way. You cant force the other rider to give way from the back wheel.

Second, dont crash...

Rossi had to protect himself... Marquez is very aggressive when fighting for positions and will take you out.... he's done it to several riders.  Rossi made the pass and Marquez started attacking and tried to bang back through... you can see Rossi look back and spot Marquez's bike and chop his nose off with a quick flick

 I didnt see it like that, Rossi just kept a clean line transitioning from a right hander to a left. I think the judges would have had a different result if they saw a sudden change of racing line, there was nothing intensional besides the fact that MM was way loose, so loose that he wasn't ready for the turn transition to the left.

Motorcycle racing, I have to say is in my blood, and over the years, certain riders have left their mark, Barry Sheene, Mike Hailwood, Agostini, John Surtees, Kenny Roberts, just to name a few, that I personally think they had something special to the rest of the Guys they they were competing with. But after watching the race today, there is only one that has that extra bit. 46 Valentino Rossi, is for sure the GOAT. Rossi is now 36 years of age, but his race craft, speed, hunger to win, and most of all his psychological power over his competitors, is for sure, No1. Valentino you are for sure No1, Marquez may have absolute speed, over any Motogp rider, but he certainly is not Valentino Rossi.  :smile2:

That was freakin great! I haven't jumped like that since, well, I cant remember. 

A couple rules come to mind. Protect your front wheel. MM needed to give way. You cant force the other rider to give way from the back wheel.

Second, dont crash...

Rossi had to protect himself... Marquez is very aggressive when fighting for positions and will take you out.... he's done it to several riders.  Rossi made the pass and Marquez started attacking and tried to bang back through... you can see Rossi look back and spot Marquez's bike and chop his nose off with a quick flick

 I didnt see it like that, Rossi just kept a clean line transitioning from a right hander to a left. I think the judges would have had a different result if they saw a sudden change of racing line, there was nothing intensional besides the fact that MM was way loose, so loose that he wasn't ready for the turn transition to the left.

I agree, he didn't need to change his line and he didn't; totally legit racing, it was his line and he had earned it.  Rossi knew what he did... he is way too experienced not to know what was going to happen.  He knew exactly where MM was and he could have made a transition that left MM a few more inches of track... but why should he?  

He knew when he flicked the bike hard from right to left Marquez had a good chance of going down... Marquez had a choice, back off a bit or go down... taught the pup a lesson.   

This could be Dovizioso's year. He's been on the podium in every race so far and he's only behind Rossi by six points. At Qatar, he was behind Rossi (the winner) by a mere .174 seconds. The Ducatis look like they're running particularly strong. Iannone's only been on the podium once but he's finished in the top 5 in all three races. He's also in third place in the points race.

I'm a huge fan of Marc but he learned two lessons today:
1. Don't lock horns.
2. He can't pick up the bike by himself.

Fact is, a little more experience and he will reign king of MotoGP
for many years in the future.