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Author Topic: ROSSI ON POLE!!!  (Read 1256 times)

Offline GUZZI JOHN

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ROSSI ON POLE!!!
« on: May 21, 2016, 08:14:53 AM »
I hope Ray's recording this! ARGH!!! Maybe not.
« Last Edit: May 22, 2016, 11:58:31 AM by GUZZI JOHN »
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Offline Elk

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Re: ROSSI ON POLE!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2016, 10:23:51 PM »
Including his repeated drafting of Vinales, his future teammate, so that he could barely capture the pole? 

I'm sure it was mere coincidence that Vinales just happened to repeatedly be in the right place.  :)

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Re: ROSSI ON POLE!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2016, 10:33:57 PM »
Maybe you should watch the last 2 laps again. Drafting was on the last turn to the finish line. Not the whole lap.

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Re: ROSSI ON POLE!!!
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2016, 10:22:33 PM »
Of course he was not drafting the entire lap.  :)

And when qualifying times are so close that the first dozen or so places are within less than a second, an advantage of a tenth or even less is critical.  Keep in mind also that Vinales was conveniently in place for Rossi to draft multiple times during qualifying.

There is nothing wrong with what Rossi did; it is within the rules.

Regardless, it is unfortunate what happened during the race. 

« Last Edit: May 22, 2016, 11:14:22 PM by Elk »