hoffy wrote:Struggling to keep up
He was leading the championship at that point and it is not uncommon for riders to sit directly behind the leaders in Moto2 until the final laps..
Strika wrote:Unless Marquez has eyes in the back of his head, there is no way he would have known that Pol was there.
Strika wrote:One final pic from the incident does not show where he came from in order to hit him. You could get a job on A Current Affair using examples like that!!!
Watch the WHOLE vid, Pol hits him just after Marquez climbs back on the bike.........................
Nelso wrote:I agree that Marqez is a bit too aggressive at times (dirty racer) but this situation was not one of them.
Hoff, I have questioned a few of the moves some (like Rossi and Marqez) have got away with over the past couple of seasons and believe in race etiquette, but I think this one was purely a racing incident. If he had turned his head, saw Espargaro and continued to turn into him it would be a different story.
EDU wrote:IMO (and yes I watched the race and plenty of angles of slo mo replays) Marquez knows he is there but decides to go anyway. Penalty should be enforced.
Pol is clearly ahead before impact. There's no way in the world Marquez can claim he didn't see him and couldn't avoid it.
I agree that it is the responsibility from the rider behind to overtake cleanly! But the situation there is not your average overtaking... Marquez had just recovered from a near crash, had the bike already under control and then (and only then) he changes his line to cover a possible overtaking from Spargaro. Too little too late... and I imagine that all of those that are here defending that attitude would have been fuming if they were in Pol's boots.
Even if it wasn't 'illegal' it is something you don't do. It's not like when Rossi exchanged paints with Stoner or even when Marco did his 'rubbing' in the 250 class... those were straight up overtaking manoeuvres in a dogfight. What Marquez pulled was completely unethical to say the least. And I'm fan of the kid... Seriously wish he wins the Championship but my opinion will change if he keep that up.
Gosling1 wrote:Pol didn't *skid* into anybody. He held a tight line all the way through that corner, not wavering once from his line. Not once. He had the inside line and the momentum.
Marquez on the other hand - yeh it was a great save good on him for that - but on recovering from this he just aimed straight across and tried to get his inside line back. He did not have the momentum and just barged into the side of Pol - who was still holding his line with better corner speed !!!
It was a classic blocking technique to take Pol's advantage away. Anybody who cant see this must be blind in one eye and can't see out the fucken other !!
I can guarantee you that if the situation had been reversed and Pol had barged into Marquez and taken him out in the same way - the Spanish lynch mob would have been out in force looking for Pol's head !!!
One rule for Repsol riders in Spain, apparently the rest can go and get fucked though.
I really hope that Pol does a number on Marquez as soon as he can and dish out some of the same medicine. Will be really interesting to see the reactions if this does happen.......
yzr750 wrote:Gosling1 wrote:Pol didn't *skid* into anybody. He held a tight line all the way through that corner, not wavering once from his line. Not once. He had the inside line and the momentum.
Marquez on the other hand - yeh it was a great save good on him for that - but on recovering from this he just aimed straight across and tried to get his inside line back. He did not have the momentum and just barged into the side of Pol - who was still holding his line with better corner speed !!!
It was a classic blocking technique to take Pol's advantage away. Anybody who cant see this must be blind in one eye and can't see out the fucken other !!
I can guarantee you that if the situation had been reversed and Pol had barged into Marquez and taken him out in the same way - the Spanish lynch mob would have been out in force looking for Pol's head !!!
One rule for Repsol riders in Spain, apparently the rest can go and get fucked though.
I really hope that Pol does a number on Marquez as soon as he can and dish out some of the same medicine. Will be really interesting to see the reactions if this does happen.......
Spot on, and it's not like Marquez doesn't have previous either, he's a dirty rider, he's already injured someone. You can tell what the other riders think of him by the way they completely ignore him in parc ferme.
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