Hmm, dragging the sport into a french based court is always going to be fraut with oddball decisions. It's time some people got a bottle of "man-up" down their necks.
Did MM get penalised for his pass on Pedrosa in Aragon? Aragon MotoGP: Honda confirms Marquez contact caused Pedrosa crash - MotoGP news - AUTOSPORT.com
No chance of the appeal being heard before the Valencia race. What is in issue is whether the penalty should be suspended in the interim, or left to stand pending appeal, and apparently the tribunal is to be asked to rule (on that preliminary issue only) before the race. When courts or tribunals have to give rulings about preliminary issues, the argument is always about avoiding pre-empting the outcome. This reminds me of arguments about reporting restrictions on trials; once reports have been actually published it is too late to issue an order imposing reporting restrictions. The cat is out of the bag and can't be put back in. So courts usually impose interim restrictions first and then decide whether to lift them or continue them afterwards. This preserves the position in the meantime. No doubt Rossi will engage the best lawyers to represent him (who incidentally will charge a great deal more than £790 per day). And they will be presenting his case pretty persuasively. I cannot see how the tribunal could really refuse to suspend the penalty and thus preserve the position until there is a substantive determination.
My earlier posts about Rossi not being the person people think he is, rings even more true to me now. I've got visions of him posing with his 10 championship trophies in a few weeks. If it happens, It'll always have a little ring of this picture about it.
Damn, major ball drop :handpointdown: At least the Danish courts have intregrity and resolve issues in a very astute and timely manner. Thank the heavens above its not a swiss court!
itll be interesting to see what they decide (obviously) as it'll depend what they read and watch I reckon. If you hand them all the evidence and say ok, did Rossi running him wide result in contact? Then surely you're left with a bit of a conundrum (more obviousness, sorry) as MM took a knowing dive into him to try and initiate the turn. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when they try and call it..... When does the situation start and begin? Should the 'incident' start when Rossi runs him wide and end at the point that MM turns in thus starting 'incident' no. 2 in which MM comes a cropper? Imagine 2 guys in the pub, One pushes... Two pushes back, One pushes harder... Second one loses his footing and comes a cropper.... One gets done for GBH even though they were both just pushing..... How will it end? Anyone fancy hosting a viewing party? id offer but I have a tiny house and a dubious way of viewing..... @cherod / @Robarano ... Joint event?
hes supposed to be a team mate. He wont of even had all the facts before down thumbing Rosser and walking off. Its only cause he has bitchised Marquez, and their plan backfired. Summary; Lorenzo is a cock. Marquez brought a shoulder riding style to Moto GP that most have adopted, and seem to work. Rossi is just Rossi.
From 'the inside team' its not pc. In the same way Rossi and Lorenzo would-should fight and argue behind closed doors. Track action is different (i think :nomouth
I don't blame him for making the appeal, it's not unsporting to do so and ultimately I personally feel he's got grounds as there was no previous case to go on in terms of the issuing of 3 points (or so I believe) for what he did. At the time when all the world was going mental thinking Rossi had kicked out due to the camera angles being shown then people were saying it was lenient, however after the dust settled and replays showed the actions more clearly it actually looks more like he simply pulled over with the intention of simply slowing down the situation and to highlight Marquez's aggressive riding up until that point. In fact Rossi had already turned away towards the corner by the time Marquez tips in, thus it was he who initiated contact. Technically it's hard to even say rossi ran him wide as rossi was ahead in that corner and as Brookes points out, Marquez could easily have chosen to pull underneath, not back alongside the outside
Got to page 48, skipped the next few pages... Prediction: Rossi gets a stay of execution, qualifies, has a coming together with Jlo, neither score, Rossi champion :Smug: Later appeal denied, so Rossi excluded from results :Shifty: But as he is 7 points ahead, is champion :Smuggrin:
i think he would gain some lost respect if he just (rightly or wrongly) took his lumps, started from the back and did his best to win. goin down the road he is MAY get a championship but it WILL lose him alot of fans. the hard core will support him but those that have more than one favorite and those new to the sport wont. dont get me wrong i still think MM played more than a small part in this mess and they should both ave been punished or neither but what is done is done. get on with it!
