Arch rivals Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi's Mega
controversial collision in Malaysia continued casting pall upon what was a
brilliant championship season up to that point. As the final outcome in Spain
did little to alleviate the situation..
As not really sure when I tuned out of MotoGP
this season, which was largely due to having NO recording abilities and growing
ever tired of getting up at O.M.F.G. DARK 30! With Fox Sports-1 (FS1) only
showing the elite riders perform once typically at 5AM Pacific preceded by a
half hour's Preamble.
thus, I missed A-L-L of the controversy occurring
during the Malaysian Grand Prix taking place October 25th upon the very same
Ash-fault' Thy Formula 1 Circus appropriates each year. While unfortunately
Sepang International Circuit (SIC) is site of where past MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli died
during competition October 23, 2011 - One week after the late Dan Wheldon's
fatal accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
And instead of
trying to re-create what's already been published, I'll defer to Axis of
Oversteer', who's already done the Heavy lifting in another excellent post...
While I'm not gonna try professing I know
about any of the controversy surrounding Phillip Island and Malaysia, it
certainly seems like there was plenty 'O Dirty Pool being played by both
"the Doctor," nee Valentino Rossi, the cagey veteran and his
arch-nemesis "the Whiz Kid," nee Marc Marquez. As I cannot ever
recall such controversy surrounding the proceedings during the lead-up to the
season finale.
Thus I dually awoke at 4:20 FREAKIN' AM in
hopes of seeing the Doctor operate his magic one more time, especially since
he'd have to start dead last after being given the penalty regarding what was
known as "The Kick" heard round the world!
As this seemed ruinous to Mwah, that the
MotoGP championship would be lopsidedly positioned in Jorge Lorenzo's favour -
Arguably with the help of countryman Marquez? Who's riding tactics at Sepang
sound questionable but then again, Rossi got himself inexplicably into thee
mess!
Alas, we'll never truly know, but after Rossi
masterfully worked his way to fourth place, he literally hit an "Aerodynamic
Wall," and couldn't advance any further and would need to rely solely upon
the two rival Honda riders overtaking their countryman Lorenzo to win the
title. FAT CHANCE!
Holy BLOCKING BACKs Batman!
As naturally Marquez and his team Honda claim
they did everything by the book, but to my untrained eye, it appeared that
Marquez simply retained station behind Lorenzo the entire race and then when
his team-mate Pedrosa attempted to overtake for the lead, Marquez totally
derailed his advancement and appeared nothing more than a "Blocking
Back" or Bodyguard ensuring Spain retained the championship crown!
Hence, I'm pretty happy that I decided to
jump off the "Marquez Train" at the beginning of this year - Switching
my allegiances to Suzuki's Rookie Maverick Viñales instead, whilst Lorenzo's
podium antics and Loudmouth press comments have also given me haste to despise
his behaviour too!
Therefore it comforts
me to know I'm not alone in these feelings
towards Marquez outlandish manipulation of the MotoGP championship...
Post-race Pot Shots
While I totally agree with The Doctor and think his
sentiments are just, nonetheless it seems pretty petchulant to be so brazen in
the media with his accusations, since after all he's the one that supposedly
kicked Marquez...
While naturally you'd expect nothing less from the
winning Factory Team afterwards, even though I'll always believe that this
twisted occurrence of events happened...
Meanwhile, it sounds like Lorenzo's been attending
the Lewis Hamilton School 'O Social Media, as he's already apologized once for
giving Rossi the Thumb's Down sign, and now this. Hmm? Interesting how Jorgie Porgy
had to withdraw from the Race Of
Champions after burning his leg; Co-inky-dense Huh?