05-08-2016, 11:24 AM
I guess I'm not convinced that tire choice had much to do with the outcome. I see your point that Rossi had the right set up and rode within the parameters that the set up gave him, but I'm not at all sure that the other two didn't have the right set up for the race they were running. Marquez seemed to be getting locked in to his harder front when the crash happened and it happened well into the race. Dovizioso had, I guess, the same set up as Rossi and Lorenzo and he bought it, too. Obviously, lack of traction caused both crashes, but I'm not sure that each racer's tire choice was the determining factor in their crashes. Maybe, but seems more likely that they hit that little patch of replaced asphalt at a higher speed and/or with more lean angle than anyone else had in the field. Just not sure that the harder compound was making a huge difference in traction at that point in the race. I certainly don't know enough about the conditions on the track at race time to make a definitive statement that Rosdi made a better tire choice. Seriously doubt anyone reading this would, either, unless they were repeating a statement from the teams saying as much.