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“Job well done”
*Walks away with explosions going off behind him*
Definitely not on Friese lol.
That was absolutely not Vince’s fault.
I agree with this comment. Racing incident.
Then the lcq was just a brain fart or something.
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If you don't think Friese is going to dive in when he is ahead of you to get the holeshot, you are dreaming.
Legit move, just a racing incident.
you can be a bike length ahead but still cut across too aggressively /sharply which is what freise did. HOWEVER I have seen hunter do this himself when going for the championship last year
Would really like to have a pit cam livestream at his pit area weekly! He could make bank of the views alone. You know the comments would be golden.
As much as I don't care for "crash friese", the heat race could have been avoided by hunter backing down. In the main, Probably also racing incident. But, this drama around this guy is off the charts.
The shit in the main happened behind friese.... Malcolm got loose.... collected some guys.
As much as I hate Vince I'd like to maintain some credibility in my hatred and stay objective. Don't need to stretch for reasons to hate him, give it time and he'll give you plenty of clear examples.
Wrong. They were right next to eachother about dead even. The pic is a split second before Malcom went down.
They either tangled bars or it looked like Vince’s elbow went up and bike jerked into Malcom. Hard to tell exactly what happened and who did what.
Did he get black flagged in the main?
Yeah cool..... they at one point were next to each other..... then they weren't and Malcolm went down..... you're seeing what you want to see but there's nothing there....
No, like someone else said above he just tangled with Wilson then walked off the track lol. I was there in person and didn’t catch what led up to it but the both came together after a bowl turn
he was looking at his hand/arm it looked like as he walked off
Dude. That is about 1000th of a second before he went down. The contact may have been grips tangling they were so close to dead even.
Anybody that isn’t smoking crack that wants to see what actually happened can go to 2:28:05 in the broadcast. It happens at 2:28:11.
If I’m on the outside and have a near bike length on you at the start, I am running you into the corner 100% of the time.
VF, creating great Vital Forum Content for free, what a nice guy haha.
Didn't think there was to much wrong with what he actually did, and certainly clearly had the lead going into turn 1, but as most say what is the point of him doing that, he and everyone else knows he is going to fade back to 8th.
Why not reduce the risk, run it a little wider, come out of turn 1 between 1st and 3rd and finish in 8th anyway without causing the carnage.
The thing why does not happen to other riders as frequently ? They all race close yet for the most part with respect to other riders. VF just has no respect for other riders since he is not fast enough to race his way to a good finish he has to ride other riders to a worst position. That is the main point of difference . its relative and in comparison too other racers.
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Im not saying don’t close the door or run into the corner, but he was absolutely way outside and ended up on the very inside on the exit of the corner.
There’s nothing Hunter could’ve done to not hit the deck, and in my opinion that’s just wrong and dangerous in a first turn. He just has zero regard or respect for anyone else on the track, and not in a good racing/confidence way but in a dangerous way.
As can be seen from 1 2 3 he is the only rider cutting across in front of the pack. There is no way he did not know 96 was right next to him. He cut across regardless - Note everyone else space between riders remain fairly consistent. He is the only one cutting across in front of the pack as can been seen in these frames. Which if course one can do , yet its is clearly a bitch move when you have a rider half way along side and you just turn into him regardless. Who does that ? Complete disrespect for other riders. Most races would give each other space to race as it where as they know what it means to have the same happen to them.
The last pic. Everyone is still pointed straight, BUT VF who is turning right.
There’s a thing called “racing room”. Particularly during the 1st few corners.
We all know how dangerous this sport is, cutting off front wheels in a 1st turn is moronic. Especially when you’re up the front.
And here we are again, same tool, same MO.
PRO TIP: when you are a half a bike length ahead you get to do whatever you want and everyone else behind you has to figure it out. It's called getting a "holeshot"
Just ask anyone who has ever raced against Emig.
That's where I'm at, it didn't look malicious and it definitely wasn't what you'd class as a take out. For anyone else it's 'meh, shit happens'.
But absolutely no surprise that it's fucking Freise... in the heat Hunter, and others, get hung up on Freise and go down.
Then in the main Roczen and Malcolm hit the deck, start from wayyyy back, due to a run in with Freise.
There is a theme there regardless of anything else. Instead of watching Kenny, Malcolm and maybe even Hunter mixing it up at the sharp end, that's what we got. The guy is a piece.
As much As I don't like Friese that was entirely on Hunter.
Hunter could have backed off a tad or he could have done what Friese did...start turning left with Friese but that would have caused even more carnage.
Hunter's start in the LCQ was piss poor to say the least.
He is 25 markers down but it's only round 1.
He learnt something tonight and it won't happen again.
Because when you’re the first to the turn, you have to turn first. Hunter should have been thinking “Well, this douche bag is ahead of me, I should probably give him a few inches”.
Watch Swap's "How was your weekend" from last night. Dean, well let's just say, he's not a fan of Vince.
Vince has such a negative aura that even when something isn’t his fault (rarely), he does enough disrespectful, stupid shit to where there is still reason to blame him. That’s just the way he rides.
I just chalked it up to a racing incident. 50/50 with whoever you want to put the blame on. Things to expect in a first turn right hander.
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