Shell Malaysian GP---Spoilers

[ducpainter]

What's he supposed to do?  He's VP of Honda racing.  He has to support his riders or he's not doing his job.

At this point I'd expect him to say nothing at all.

[rufus1138]

+1 on that painter, but hrc has always had a bad case of foot in mouth disease, for instance when they held onto the 4strokes longer than anyone else at the beginning of the two stroke era and kept saying that two strokes were "uncivilized" and other colorful terms, then when they changed the rules so that the 2x larger 4 strokes would be competitive and banned 2strokes with their public campaign and lobbying about the "dirty" "evil" 2stroke, and then "rossi is only winning because he is on a Honda", they've always been pricks

[rufus1138]

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/11/03/movistar-yamaha-issue-reply-to-honda/188752

[thought]

Emmett has some more info on that journalists that got mixed up with MM. MM's version of events might not be legit:

https://motomatters.com/blog/2015/11/03/editor_s_blog_motogp_s_descent_into_madn.html

The final besmirching of the series came when an Italian satirical â€" I use that word in its very loosest sense â€" TV show called Le Iene (the hyenas) sent two reporters to hand out a bogus prize to Marc Márquez at his home in Cervera. The show is famous for its attempts to humiliate and mock celebrities, and Márquez was an obvious target. When they turned up at Márquez' home, an altercation ensued in which the cameras of the two reporters were smashed and the memory cards removed by Márquez' entourage.

The Spanish press made a meal of the incident, with yet another press release being issued claiming that the Italian TV presenters had invaded Márquez' property and insulted and attacked them. On their TV show on Monday night, the Italian reporters offered a different set of events, playing a recording of the incident made with a hidden sound recorder. In that set of events, they never entered the property, but stood only on the street outside. They opened champagne and pretended to hold a podium ceremony, spraying it on the street. Márquez' family is supposed to have insulted them, and all Italians, and then grabbed the cameras. The Italian TV show has said that if Márquez wants to contradict their version of events, all he needs to do is to give back the memory cards and show the video recorded on it.

[MadDuck]

I never considered Nakamoto san to be desperate...

until now.

I'm sure there was a sharp impact to Marc's brake lever when he got it caught on Rossi's fairing as he tried to knock him down.

Doesn't everyone have a brake lever guard?  I thought that was required by now?

[ducpainter]

Doesn't everyone have a brake lever guard?  I thought that was required by now?

Yup...he has one.

It would take a fairly well placed kick to get by it too. Marquez hit his lever on the edge of the fairing IMO. It's the only logical explanation as it would be an easy occurrence.

[The Architect]

What's he supposed to do?  He's VP of Honda racing.  He has to support his riders or he's not doing his job.

He's supposed to support his riders.  He should have come out and said just that.  And then added that his riders should put their heads down and take 1st and 2nd at the next race!  Leave the rest behind.  Like Yamaha just did.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/11/03/movistar-yamaha-issue-reply-to-honda/188752

[duccarlos]

It would be more believable if MM would have said that Rossi kicked his arm, which forced him to apply more pressure on the brake. HRC should not have focused on the kick considering Race Direction already dismissed the claim.

[rufus1138]

Carlos hit it perfectly

[greycode]

It would be more believable if MM would have said that Rossi kicked his arm, which forced him to apply more pressure on the brake. HRC should not have focused on the kick considering Race Direction already dismissed the claim.

Agreed, you hit the nail on the head, but you're expecting a reasonable, logical approach, and HRC rarely employs either.

[HotIce]

The final besmirching of the series came when an Italian satirical â€" I use that word in its very loosest sense â€" TV show called Le Iene (the hyenas) sent two reporters to hand out a bogus prize to Marc Márquez at his home in Cervera. The show is famous for its attempts to humiliate and mock celebrities, and Márquez was an obvious target. When they turned up at Márquez' home, an altercation ensued in which the cameras of the two reporters were smashed and the memory cards removed by Márquez' entourage.

The Spanish press made a meal of the incident, with yet another press release being issued claiming that the Italian TV presenters had invaded Márquez' property and insulted and attacked them. On their TV show on Monday night, the Italian reporters offered a different set of events, playing a recording of the incident made with a hidden sound recorder. In that set of events, they never entered the property, but stood only on the street outside. They opened champagne and pretended to hold a podium ceremony, spraying it on the street. Márquez' family is supposed to have insulted them, and all Italians, and then grabbed the cameras. The Italian TV show has said that if Márquez wants to contradict their version of events, all he needs to do is to give back the memory cards and show the video recorded on it.

Unfortunately for the Marquez, they also had a digital audio recorder with them, which was not stolen (and apparently destroyed - like the video memory cards) during the accident  
Sorry, besides Marquez gang voices (Spanish), the other stuff is in Italian (or some slang of it):

http://mdst.it/03v571301/

[bdfinally]

Emmett has some more info on that journalists that got mixed up with MM. MM's version of events might not be legit:

https://motomatters.com/blog/2015/11/03/editor_s_blog_motogp_s_descent_into_madn.html

The final besmirching of the series came when an Italian satirical â€" I use that word in its very loosest sense â€" TV show called Le Iene (the hyenas) sent two reporters to hand out a bogus prize to Marc Márquez at his home in Cervera. The show is famous for its attempts to humiliate and mock celebrities, and Márquez was an obvious target. When they turned up at Márquez' home, an altercation ensued in which the cameras of the two reporters were smashed and the memory cards removed by Márquez' entourage.

The Spanish press made a meal of the incident, with yet another press release being issued claiming that the Italian TV presenters had invaded Márquez' property and insulted and attacked them. On their TV show on Monday night, the Italian reporters offered a different set of events, playing a recording of the incident made with a hidden sound recorder. In that set of events, they never entered the property, but stood only on the street outside. They opened champagne and pretended to hold a podium ceremony, spraying it on the street. Márquez' family is supposed to have insulted them, and all Italians, and then grabbed the cameras. The Italian TV show has said that if Márquez wants to contradict their version of events, all he needs to do is to give back the memory cards and show the video recorded on it.

I read that article this morning and was surprised to see him say Yamaha went to RD before the race and asked that they sit both VR & MM down and talk to them. They declined.

[m9hundo]

I can kind of make out what they're saying with my Spanish, pretty funny guys

[kopfjäger]

I like these two stills

[m9hundo]

I'm gonna get the bottom one framed