05-05-2016, 09:16 AM
Hondahawkrider...Here it is, judge for yourself..36-.38 on the film. You watch it and tell me if it looked like a risky move (and if you think it was, you don't watch much MotoGP racing). Dani went to pass Hayden on the inside with plenty of room, lost the front end and down he went. The bike then slid into Hayden. Purely an accidental racing incident that happens in nearly every race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU-JQMvladU
The 2006 season was a strange one. 7 riders won races and 5 riders I think won 2 or more races including Hayden and Pedrosa. Rossi won 5 races, but broke down 3 times, coming back from a 51 point deficit to lead going into the last couple of rounds. Rossi was beaten in Portugal by rookie Elias by .002 seconds which cost him 5 points, he was also beaten in Great Britain by Pedrosa costing him another 5 points, and he fell in the last race. Had Rossi won either of those 2 races, or managed to stay on his wheels at Valencia, he, not Hayden, would have been world Champion. But championships are determined by points no matter who breaks down, who falls down and who gets knocked down, and all those things happen to all riders at one time or another. All those things befall a racer. In 2006 it just worked out that Hayden's luck, (even if he did get knocked down), was better than Rossi's luck, and therefore in 2006 Hayden won the Championship that year and not Rossi.
Here these 3 images covering 2 seconds on the track. Hayden high on track, leading Pedrosa slightly lower on track, yellow rider low on track (I think it was Roberts Jr, can't remember)
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/Hayden%20Pedrosa%201_zpstykw2a0r.jpg.html]![[Image: e0d887e1aa7dc274e1ad9a6c254124a0.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201605/e0d887e1aa7dc274e1ad9a6c254124a0.jpg)
Pedrosa goes to cut inside Hayden but loses front end and starts to go down
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/Hayden%20Pedrosa%202_zpsztverwii.jpg.html]![[Image: 5b8b80bcaece24596b675df36fa0925f.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201605/5b8b80bcaece24596b675df36fa0925f.jpg)
Pedrosa is completely horizontal on the ground and has not yet slid into Hayden
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/hayden%20Pedrosa%203_zps6h230esp.jpg.html]![[Image: 380bdb2cfba73ba46bfcd4df4663e47b.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201605/380bdb2cfba73ba46bfcd4df4663e47b.jpg)
Does this look like a move that warrants 10 years of hatred of the guy? If it had been anyone but Hayden NO ONE (particularly Americans) would have even cared. Just another racing incident on a GP motorcycle track.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU-JQMvladU
The 2006 season was a strange one. 7 riders won races and 5 riders I think won 2 or more races including Hayden and Pedrosa. Rossi won 5 races, but broke down 3 times, coming back from a 51 point deficit to lead going into the last couple of rounds. Rossi was beaten in Portugal by rookie Elias by .002 seconds which cost him 5 points, he was also beaten in Great Britain by Pedrosa costing him another 5 points, and he fell in the last race. Had Rossi won either of those 2 races, or managed to stay on his wheels at Valencia, he, not Hayden, would have been world Champion. But championships are determined by points no matter who breaks down, who falls down and who gets knocked down, and all those things happen to all riders at one time or another. All those things befall a racer. In 2006 it just worked out that Hayden's luck, (even if he did get knocked down), was better than Rossi's luck, and therefore in 2006 Hayden won the Championship that year and not Rossi.
Here these 3 images covering 2 seconds on the track. Hayden high on track, leading Pedrosa slightly lower on track, yellow rider low on track (I think it was Roberts Jr, can't remember)
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/Hayden%20Pedrosa%201_zpstykw2a0r.jpg.html]
Pedrosa goes to cut inside Hayden but loses front end and starts to go down
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/Hayden%20Pedrosa%202_zpsztverwii.jpg.html]
Pedrosa is completely horizontal on the ground and has not yet slid into Hayden
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/hayden%20Pedrosa%203_zps6h230esp.jpg.html]
Does this look like a move that warrants 10 years of hatred of the guy? If it had been anyone but Hayden NO ONE (particularly Americans) would have even cared. Just another racing incident on a GP motorcycle track.
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