Motogp France.

[demorier]

Good to see the stewards FINALLY start cracking down on kamakazi passing through the corners, handing out a ride through penalty....about bloody time.

A Stoner and Honda weekend. :australia:

[wombat666]

Sorry Tony but I disagree.
I'm not happy that Pedrosa has another broken collar bone but it was a 'racing incident'.
Marco Simoncelli collects a ride through for a legitimate passing move and Casey is fined EU.5,000.00 for pointing out to a slow rider that he was in the way during the warm up, ironicaly the same rider who fell off on lap 1.
Dickheads!!
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Alberto Puig is (of course} highly vocal and insulting as can be seen by his usual bout of verbal diarrhoea quoted below.
Puig is one of 'those' Spanish former 500 riders who crashed and burned with monotonous regularity.
Never won a race let alone a championship!!
With Pedrosa under his 'management' I guess he had hopes of 'winning' a MotoGP 'championship' by default, aside from the minor classes I'm prepared to lay money he won't!!
Given the infamous dive by Pedrosa up the inside of Nicky Hayden at Portugal in 2007(?) which took both Repsol bikes out and almost cost Hayden his championship I'd think Alberto should STFU!!!
I do like Pedrosa, the best move he could make toward getting himself into a real position as a contender would be to get rid of Puig and run his own life.
Marco Simoncelli is a real racer in the Rossi mould, and for reasons that I find just plain bloody-minded is being subjected to what I can only term a "Witch Hunt".
Interesting that Valentino never received a penalty or a reprimand over the 'overtaking incident' with Casey ......................:kilroy:

"Alberto Puig was strong in his criticism of Marco Simoncelli following an incident during the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France on Sunday. The Italian rider was given a ride through penalty for a manoeuvre on Dani Pedrosa which caused the Spaniard to crash, a fall which resulted in a broken right collarbone for the Repsol Honda rider. Pedrosa’s mentor Puig said: “You’ve seen what happened, we can’t say much, it’s a complete disaster. The images speak for themselves. For a long while the fact that Simoncelli is dangerous has been talked about, and I believe he really is ignorant, that he doesn’t understand anything about what’s going on. Now the damage has already been done, it seems he (Pedrosa) has a broken collarbone and it has ruined another season.”
Puig continued: “I can’t say much more, it’s completely outrageous. This guy has to be reprimanded, I hope the Security Commission does something because this isn’t the first time. He was already warned in Estoril, Lorenzo spoke with him, and it seems he doesn’t take notice of anyone.”
“It’s a serious thing. For starters the manoeuvre is wrong, because Dani had taken the position but he (Simoncelli) has tried to force it. Secondly, he’s made somebody crash and break a bone. This is something serious.”
Asked about Pedrosa’s Championship hopes after the fourth round crash, Puig responded: “If you break a bone in the middle of a Championship, it’s complicated.”
He added: “We have called for something to be done, and if it isn’t done then it’s because they don’t know how to do it. I don’t know. Now the most important thing is to see how Dani is, get him home and see what needs to be done. It really is a disaster but the real problem is this guy (Simoncelli), who is ignorant and doesn’t understand anything.”
Doctor Claudio Macchiagodena of the Clinica Mobile said of Pedrosa’s injury: “Dani has fractured the right collarbone in the crash. The middle part of the collarbone is broken, but I don’t think it is too bad. We need to do more tests and I think it’s better they’re done in Barcelona. After that we will see whether he needs an operation or not.”

[demorier]

Interesting that Valentino never received a penalty or a reprimand over the 'overtaking incident' with Casey ......................:kilroy:
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I've often asked myself the same question....and always with the same answer, the stewards just haven't got the guts to penalise Rossi. When someone ends up in a wheelchair for the rest of there lives the stewards may actually get off there fat arses and do something about it.