I'm not so much a Rossi fan as anti Marquez......
He is defended as being "Young and Aggressive" but IMHO, and I may be just old school here, motorbike road-racing is a "non-contact" sport.
Slamming into other riders because you can't find any other line around them is NASCAR not MotoGP thank you.
I was just confused about how and why the number of points were handed out, as it all but ended the Championship right there.
Even re-listening to Marquez's explanation, it just doesn't add up, again IMHO
We all should know that something hitting the brake lever is pretty far fetched, so maybe it's a language issue.
He might have meant, He hit my elbow, causing me to lock my front brake....
But looking at the "accident" that doesn't seem to match up to what I see:
Ok someone hits your elbow hard enough to make you loose control of your right hand (His words, He hit me and caused me to pulling the brake lever by accident)
At that point, wouldn't you also open the throttle? Even a small blip should have made the bike jump a bit but I don't see that.
Then it's the way he went down.
It doesn't add up, at least in the world I live in.....lol, if something has hit your elbow hard enough to cause you to lock the front wheel, it should also cause you to pull back on the right bar.
Now you're in a right turn, the front wheel is turned to the right and you lock the front wheel with a touch of added throttle just for fun....... How should you come off the bike?
Now the "average" fan might not understand the dynamic involved in crashing a motorbike but the folks around here should know the answer right away......
That is the "classic" example of a High Side.
Even at the low speed they were at and the low traction of the "marbles" he little butt should have been launched to the moon if it happened the way he says.
Instead, that was about as easy as you can lay a bike down.
Then beside all of this BS what about Lorenzo passing Rossi on a waving yellow......
No matter what, the Championship is all but over because someone got butt hurt at a press conference.
It sucks that what could have been the race of the year is now pointless....... almost don't even feel like watching......
Moto3 to see if Kent can actually pull it off but other than that...... does it really matter now?
Loud pipes don't save lives, knowing how to ride your bike will save your life.