FIM GP Donington

Schummy · 13 Jul 2003, 00:31 (Ref:659796)

Well, it is really close to the Sunday races in Donington, but I'm going to guess who can win in them. Anyway, it will serve as a source of embarrasment when in the real races things happens differently!
In descendent order of likely (IMHO!):

125cc: Difficult category. Pedrosa is the smart guy here, and he is fast; Cecchinello is doing a great season, he has had bad look lately, but his this-season-speed goes on there; Perugini, has won already and he has found speed in qualification.
250cc: Poggiali, the "Rossi" of the category so far; Puniet, great pace, can win more if he is more aggresive (and it doesn't mean falling more often!); Elias & Fonsi, they sometimes get brilliance, and Fonsi looks to be awakening.
MotoGP: Rossi, always the a priori fav; Sete, the only one who seems to can beat Rossi;Biaggi, solid but with a Vale-camplex. The rest are too far (Capirossi is right there, but this time his Ducati doesn't seem to be on form)

429CJ · 13 Jul 2003, 18:29 (Ref:660133)

Biaggi winner in MotoGP class after Rossi got 10 sec penalty for overtaking against the yellow flag, what relegated him from 1st to 3rd.

ATF · 13 Jul 2003, 22:10 (Ref:660271)

Well done to Max. But no-one wants to win like that! But it's great for the championship!

f1manoz · 13 Jul 2003, 23:59 (Ref:660338)

I KNEW that was going to happen. I saw him overtake Capirossi at turn one on lap 2 and there was a yellow flag and I thought 'Hang on, shouldn't he get a penalty?'

Schummy · 14 Jul 2003, 12:38 (Ref:660687)

If it was a lap 2 yellow flag, then it is a very poor actuation by the stewards because all the fans in the circuit and all the fans seeing on tv were deceived.

Obviously I agreed with the penalty if the fault happened, what I don't like at all is the huge delay. Maybe there is an expalnation for it?

**Dani Filth** · 14 Jul 2003, 12:44 (Ref:660696)

the only way he can be beaten

... just disqulify ... him ..

Rambo · 14 Jul 2003, 15:20 (Ref:660856)

We wuzz robbed.

Dave Brand · 14 Jul 2003, 21:01 (Ref:661167)

Quote:

Originally posted by Schummy
Obviously I agreed with the penalty if the fault happened, what I don't like at all is the huge delay. Maybe there is an expalnation for it?

It may well be that the penalty was imposed as the result of a protest by one of the other teams. If for any reason the infringement was not reported by the marshals on the circuit, the clerk of the course/race director (NOT the stewards!) could not penalise the rider immediately after it happened.

Alan Jones · 14 Jul 2003, 21:07 (Ref:661172)

I'm suprised it doesn't happen more often. These guys race so close to each other, one would think there is only so much you can concentrate on at that sort of speed.

Schummy · 14 Jul 2003, 21:59 (Ref:661208)

Another issue is Rossi could try to get a 10 sec gap, at least with Gibernau, if he had known. In my opinion he was just cruising in the last laps.

Bad result, but if it was according to rules, be it!

ATF · 14 Jul 2003, 22:31 (Ref:661227)

What if Rossi won by 11 seconds? Would they still impose a 10-second penalty? Or do they decide which punishment to give depending on the finishing times?

**Dani Filth** · 15 Jul 2003, 10:39 (Ref:661585)

Quote:

Originally posted by Schummy
Another issue is Rossi could try to get a 10 sec gap, at least with Gibernau, if he had known. In my opinion he was just cruising in the last laps.

Bad result, but if it was according to rules, be it!

very likely he could have done it ... but 10 to max .. don't think so ...

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