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Is it just me or does roczen go to the outside alot when he has someone behind him. I definitely consider the last two weeks racing incidents but when you think of his battles with Webb he always seemed to leave the door open. Like tonight I don't understand why he went wide in the sand when the fastest line was the inside all day.
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Besides what was happening in earlier races, all the front guys were using the outside in the early main laps, except for Mookie who was going backwards.
And then Anderson made the move…..
Ride your own race and run what you believe are the fastest lines regardless of whether they are inside or outside, and hope that is enough to stay clear of the challenger.
Or start riding defensively, blocking, taking inside lines and 9 times out of 10 concede the position eventually to the challenger who will ride whicher line is faster.
Can't blame Ken for doing what works for him. In my opinion Anderson drifted outside when he shouldn't have. A racing incident sure, but Ando rides hard and you've got to cop the blame when this stuff happens. Fair credit to him though because during his podium interview he admitted it was on him and he wasn't happy with how it played out or how he was reading the track all day. Make of that what you will.
Must be worse for the other riders, like why do I have to assume you’re always Gonna be a dickhead, but then we’re back to the first sentence. Leave Anderson, Friese, Barcia etc a gap and they’ll be a dickhead.
" I'm going to Kenny's tonight , because he always leaves the front door open ".
And he did.
It's not a great look for Anderson but he probably thought that whoever was behind him was bound to be going inside if he followed Kenny outside.. So he couldn't follow and he couldn't brake cause, well it was a fast 90 degree sand corner!
Very unfortunate for Kenny though
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All day guys going inside were washing the front and not getting through the section cleanly. The previous laps of the main, everyone at the front, bar Mookie, was going outside.
It was the fast line at the time, because going inside risked loosing the front or blowing through the corner, which is exactly what Anderson did.
You can’t criticise Roczen for taking the racing line, and you can’t criticise Anderson for going for it. However, it was a risky move and Roczen paid the price for Anderson rolling the dice. It doesn’t seem fair, but hard racing rarely is.
I know that this wont sit well at a american based forum where 98% of the members think that putting another rider on the ground is just aggressive racing.
But i would like to see a simular rule as the F1 driver has that if you do some stupid shit you get a point on your license, after enough points in a season you have to sit one race out. A rule like that would stop Barcias idiot passes.
But what if he washed the front in the lead? Yeah pretty stoked I don't have to deal with that decision making pressure haha
**There is some sarcasm sprinkled in here but I think you catch my drift**
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