Absolutely bizarre race.<br><br>- What was Dani's infraction and did he d...

Julian Bond - 2013-10-20 08:23:34+0000 - Updated: 2013-10-20 08:23:34+0000

Absolutely bizarre race.

- What was Dani's infraction and did he do what he was supposed to? If it was a safety issue of crossing a white line on exit of the pits or a pit lane speed issue, surely the penalty should have been a ride through or 10s penalty?

- Marc looked back twice on his way out of the pits. He absolutely knew that he'd be arriving in turn one at exactly the same time as the other two. He then pulled as far across the race track as he dared. IMHO this is genuinely dangerous and should get at least one penalty point. The fact that Lorenzo missed his braking a fraction and was a little further across the track as well doesn't excuse this.

If I was in the Yamaha garage, I'd be protesting both issues.

Of course, removing Dani from the results and forcing Marc to start from the back of the grid would also play into Dorna's hands of punishing Honda and increasing the entertainment, but that's beside the point. It should be about safety. In my view, the whole TC sensor debacle was ridiculous and overplayed. Honda shouldn't have been docked the points and Marc shouldn't have been given his penalty point because that was all about racing. But today's actions were genuinely dangerous behaviour.

Maybe!

Guy Howard - 2013-10-20 11:30:21+0000

He crossed the white line before the end of the filter lane. This was in the email Repsol race report just received. Marc's team took the new rules to be they could complete 10 laps and them come in before finishing the 11th. This is how I would have thought it to go. Dani did not get punished in the long term as he still got second place. Losing a place should be a the finish of a race not during it. Another safety issue with a rider in front slowing down a race speed. Marc should have had a ride through not blackflagged. It looked like it will keep going to Valencia in all classes. Good way to keep the interest up.

Julian Bond - 2013-10-20 13:16:36+0000

So arguably, Pedrosa's crime was cutting the course (not speeding) and the usual approach to that is to give back any advantage you'd gained. It's time to change that though, but. And in this case it's really a safety issue, not a short cut.

I guess that's probably the end of that one then. I suspect that it's probably the last we'll hear from Race direction about the Marquez-Lorenzo touch as well.

Douglas Knoyle - 2013-10-20 17:53:33+0000

Regarding Dani ... Didn't you guys see him give up the position to Marquez? That's what Danny had to do because of infraction. They announced it during the race so I'm not sure why you're questioning this.

Douglas Knoyle - 2013-10-20 17:55:45+0000 - Updated: 2013-10-20 17:56:31+0000

Regarding the Marquez / Lorenzo collision ... That's racing my friends. Marquez didn't cross the line coming out of the pits so he was good, Lorenzo admitted that he blew his breaking point and overcooked the corner, which is just racing. There is no fault here - unless you want to blame the track designers for designing the screwy pit lane exit.

Douglas Knoyle - 2013-10-20 18:01:35+0000 - Updated: 2013-10-20 19:05:15+0000

+Julian Bond "...the whole TC sensor debacle was ridiculous and over played." - - you are right. I totally agree.