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If he doesn't make that move he catches Jett sooner, especially after Jett's tip over.
Apply that logic to Craig: “He was clearly slower. Why not check up in the corner and let Ferrandis by there? Dumb move all around. Ferrandis was going to pass him in 3-4 turns anyway, and then Craig would’ve had second place on the night instead of a DNF!”
See how this works?
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For that reason I would consider these both very aggressive passes. Which is 100% okay in my book. This is professional racing. But if I was one of the other riders you can bet I would put DF on his butt next chance I had.
The other pictures posted in this thread show riders taking the line away while both are still cornering. That’s not even really aggressive. It’s racing.
Taking the line away after rider has completely exited the corner and is basically upright going straight is a lot different.
DF is great at dishing it out. Which I love. I sure hope he can take it back when it’s his turn and he’s on the ground after the same pass.
I stand behind my opinion. Faster, than make the pass happen, but that wasn't the place to make that pass. If you don't win you still beat your championship competitors. Right now points and championships are more important than race wins. What happens if he breaks something on that crash? What if his bike has the bent bars?
Think long-term.
The point is that Craig saw him coming and knew what he was risking by staying on the gas. He blew it. “Taking a line away” doesn’t mean you get to the spot *and then* the other rider has to shut off. Racers are expected to anticipate what is going to happen before it does. The line was in the process of being taken away when Craig was mid-corner, and he should’ve seen/known it (and probably did). He chose to try and race past the intersection to hold his spot instead of chop the throttle, and that’s why they hit, and why Craig DNF’d instead of finishing on the podium.
After beating DF in the heat race and gapping him convincingly in the final he knows that he is faster head to head.
Pinning it on the outside is also a choice some racers make on occasion, but that’s a big risk that *they* are taking. The crash, if there is one, is on the person taking that risk.
I'll go with what both riders said about it. I'm glad they're not as fucked in head as some SC fans. Not referring to anyone in this thread.
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Also very ironic they're not owning up to why they were booing
Now if Matthes would post then it would be interesting.
If the AMA penalized others at least equally for worse things they've definitely done (Craig got last gate pick that night for practically murdering Alex Martin, for example) that would be one thing, but Ferrandis took an open door that Craig opened for him and Craig refused to let off. And then they penalized Ferrandis!
Craig: 2 bad choices. Ferrandis: 0 (or maybe 1, but I think 0) bad choices. But penalize Ferrandis?
C'mon. These guys have to be allowed to race. And we shouldn't encourage racers to pin it into people who are block-passing them like this. That's a very bad idea.
Incidents involving injury and cutting of the track should automatically trigger a review and possible sanctions. Beyond that..... death cross. This would keep the action on the track, without the chilling effect of ambiguous sanctions based on opinions of agressive riding.
No one is arguing with you anymore and we are tired of you dragging this out 2 days longer than it needed to be. Christians wife and Jett have agreed with you... you won the internet this week, congratulations!
Even Jeffro has been trying to talk you off the ledge the past 24 hours and that is saying something!
Just let it go
And fuck Jeffro.
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