He let him win. How could he have passed him and snatched away such a poignant moment?? The whole world would have been against him!!

He knew he couldn't pass without being extremely unpopular, so he let him win. But he made sure of second - to stay ahead of Biaggi! Sete is no threat to him in the championship, so the five points don't matter.

At least that's what I reckon - Rossie's not stupid. He did the right - the smart - thing!

 

Rossi did the right thing IMO. In the last 8 laps or so he was at least half a second a lap faster than Gibernau.
He just followed him around the last lap and a half.
I watched it and was glad to see Rossi do what he did.

 

Have to say I had a lump in my throat watching that race yesterday, especially when Sete pointed at the sky!!

 

Hmmm I saw it as well........and quite frankly was disgusted.......Last race (Suzuka) had an accident as we all know which resulted in the tragic death.......So the racers have a meeting.........and what do we see on 1st Lap??? Concrete dust..(for spilled oil).....Where???right inline with the riders apexes......Totally unacceptable and disgusting....and we saw the results of that on the 1st lap ....I am sure thats what caused the opening Mishap.........as far as Rossi ....Nah he didnt let him win ...IMHO.....

 

Fantastic Race... Rossi give up willingly? No- I don't think so... He is a great rider and very professional in his approach. And yes, it was a very emmotional race.

But hey, what about that Ducati :shock: For having only thier second MotoGP race they are doing FANTASTIC. How come Kawasaki can't get the ZXRR competitive when Ducati and Aprilla can?

I was sure sorry to see Collin crash... I still don't understand WTF happened. Even Hayden is starting to show that he can compete at this level Hopkins has a good attitude but Roberts needs to be run off

 

It looked like Edwards bumped the rider next to him, and Edwards' brake lever got squeezed by the contact. This caused his bike to slam right, out of control, and crash off to the right side. The upside is it was a relatively low-speed event, but too bad it was serious enough to put him out.

 

the cement dust was OOC!!!!

interesting... Rossi let him win?

watching him and Bayliss have at it... FN AWESOME!!!

this is gonna be a GREAT season!!!

Hayden? we'll see

 

Great race,
Those Ducati's sound awsome, Randy Mamola who does the Eurosport pit comentry for us Brits I think is getting the off on the sound as he is always opening the microphone as it pulls away from the pit garage.

Vale, I don't think he let him win, why, he spent his tyres trying to keep Troy Bayliss at bay and getting past Biaggi and just left it too late, 2 more laps and he might of made it.

Little Nicky will be up there by the end of the season, first season, never seen any of the circuits and a pup at that, watch him go next year.

Roll on the Dutch TT in June I will be packing plenty of cleenex for my visit.

 

Rossi let him win to honor Kato's team. Nothing wrong with that. Rossi was accused to doing something similar last year, but I can't remember which race.

 

I can't watch the races,no Speed Channel
If Rossi backed off a bit,I'd be fine with that.It shows respect for his fallen comrad.Besides,If your even close to Rossi,you are kicking some serious ass.

 

I caught it yesterday also and was thinking the same. That was the first time I've seen Biaggi or Rossi race, beyond description for me 8) .

Scott W.

 

I just got off the phone with Valentino... he said " It was the honorable thing to do ( let him win )" soooo I guess we all know now right? :twisted:

 

I just got off the phone with Valentino... he said " It was the honorable thing to do ( let him win )" soooo I guess we all know now right? :twisted:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: dam we must have some royality on the board, silky W having VAL'S home phone# and such :shock: :shock: later...reddawg

 

Hell yea I even got a crown in the closet some where ( Burger King) :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

Hell yea I even got a crown in the closet some where ( Burger King) :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

in the words of CBRXXX MARK!!!!!GAWWDD!!!!! :lol: :lol: LATER..
SIR SILKY WILSON....reddawg

 

Me and Valentino are Cousins... yea long long lost cousins... put 5 of him together and slam him into a 6'4" hawaiian frame and you got me.. what you don't see the resemblance?
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

dam silky,i thought i was ugly 6'4" 245 "german irish" but my god a"hawiian italian" and 6'4" :shock: :shock: you arent shaped like a budda are you :lol: :lol: later..reddawg

 

Hell yea I am... everyone wants to rub my belly.. :twisted: :twisted:

 

Silky might wanna downsize that pic a bit takes alot of space....LOL

 

I was building everything for a few step by steps I posted here and everything got 400 pixels wide..

 

Silky might wanna downsize that pic a bit takes alot of space....LOL

:lol: :lol: BIG BELLY/BIG PIC :lol: :lol: later..reddawg

 

Italian Hawaii?....Gesssh I thought I was mixed up.........Pasta and Poi?.......a real life Hawaiian Pizza :lol: :lol: :lol: .......Brian