Egentligen ointressant vad alla MotoGP experter på SH tycker
när GP-förarna tycker något helt annat.....
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The real controversy, of course, was in the passing, and particularly in the pass that Simoncelli attempted on Dani Pedrosa. What happened was simple: Simoncelli had caught Pedrosa, and had snuck past him at Garage Vert. In passing Pedrosa, he had sacrificed drive out of the corner, and Pedrosa was back in front along the back straight. Arriving at the Chemin aux Boeufs esses, Simoncelli, on the outside of Pedrosa, braked later than Pedrosa and cut across the Spaniard's bows, leaving him nowhere to go.
Both men were at the absolute limit, and Pedrosa had basically two options: brake, stand the bike up and probably crash on his own; or hold his own, and lowside, taking both Simoncelli and himself out in the process. Pedrosa, being the gentleman that he is, took the polite option, standing the bike up and clipping Simoncelli's back wheel, crashing in the process and fracturing his collarbone. Simoncelli was called in for a ride-through by race direction, and ended up off the podium.
Opinion on the justness of the punishment was divided between the media and the current crop of riders. Strangely, it was the media who though that the ride-through was excessive, while all of the MotoGP riders - including hardened veterans like Colin Edwards - felt that Simoncelli's pass was dangerous, and a punishment was appropriate. Even Simoncelli's great defender in the paddock, his friend Valentino Rossi, said Simoncelli's move had been "too hard, especially because he doesn't leave any space for Dani." Even Hector Barbera - hardly a paragon of virtue when it comes to wild and reckless passes - condemned Simoncelli's move.
Källa: Motomatters.com