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Just watched it.

Fair race in my opinion.

There were lead changes after the Rossi sand incident - i seriously doubt rossi went onto the sand intentionally to gain advantage - was lucky he kept upright....

In the end, Stoner simply fucked up and out-braked himself. Bad luck, it happens.


As to the blocking comments - nah...

Rossi simply placed his bike intelligently and used lines to make passing difficult. Did this make him difficult to pass? Fuck yes, that's the whole point. This isn't weekend club racing level. These guys are getting paid millions and fighting for the world championship. Rainey/Schwantz used to race way harder than that... considering the bikes they were on were 2 stroke 500s with no traction control....

now i have no idea how accurate these things are but in the 2 displays the differance was incredible, in the fact how much more rossi had to temper his brakes and throttle. Whilst stoner basicly had his brakes instantly completly compressed into corners and his throttle completly open instantly out of corners, rossi's approach was much more "moderatly applied".

Noticed this as well. Definitely relying on the traction control more. Whether its good/bad - it works for him. Different generation of rider...

edit:

^^ could also be due to the bikes being totally different to ride. its well known that rossi relies heavily on corner speed. could be that the duke is better for squaring off corners with and being more point and shoot (relatively speaking)...