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Re: Dear Mr Maxwell

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The way that statement reads would have you believe that Maxwell crashed into faubel... I got the impression faubel cleaned him up from behind :?
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Just a politically correct statement from a publicist in an effort to save Maxwells marketability and reputation. If FIM label him as a bad boy they could hurt his international career movements.
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Yeah, if he had personal sponsorship and could get them to pay for a ride he'd be able to get away with it. As it is, he probably needs to be a bit more careful, as much as I can understand him doing it.
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Still think the world is all going soft :twisted:
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Blurr wrote:Just a politically correct statement from a publicist in an effort to save Maxwells marketability and reputation. If FIM label him as a bad boy they could hurt his international career movements.
100% correct, if Wayne had maintained his stance of the post incident interview than his profile would be shot internationally. Smart move was to cop the fine release a well worded statement and move on hoping that the world will forgive and forget.

Fact is it was unsportsmanlike short and simple, in racing accidents happen sometimes your fault sometimes not so get over it.

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Fact is at that moment he had no idea whether it was Faubel's fault or not. How many times has a rider been taken out, by a rider who themself was taken out? Maxwell could well have been the last in a line of 3,4 or 5 domino's, with faubel merely the one preceding him. For that reason alone it was a dumb move.
Writing to Faubel to apologise is OK, but a real man would have gone and apologised in person, I hope he did that!
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is there a video available of the incident? I've had a look but nothing's shown up.
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Apparently they have not shown the worst bit :shock: before the push there was an uppercut, thats why Hectors arms are up when the footage starts
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hmmm.. even if the marhals were to try n keep them apart, there was no catching him!
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:shock: That's what I'm talking about. Man he was pissed!
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Whats the first thing you do when you crash in a race?........ check the bike & get going again :o
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Ive never been a racer.
But common seance tells me that if i was trying to make a name for myself on the world stage and was taken out or even crashed
Id be back on the bike as fast as possible,to show my commitment.
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robracer wrote:Whats the first thing you do when you crash in a race?........ check the bike & get going again :o
Yeah, I would've done that first, then if it wasn't going had a go at the other bloke....he'd barely stopped sliding and he was running over to thump the other fella :shock: and it's not like he didn't get it going again...
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