spudgun:

Head butting while he is in the outside lane? Common, wich rider would do that? Smiley that's just a ticket to the gravel trap while the guy on the inside line (Rossi) would even benefit from the contact!





No question about that, if you are the outside rider when side by side on a curve the last thing you want to do is touch in any way or form the inside rider, not only that but you don't even want to be side by side in the corner or upset the inside rider's line because if he falls or goes wide it automatically means you are going even wider or directly to the gravel. Many times when there is contact in that situation the inside rider gets helped by the contract and is actually saved from going wide by being bumped into the inside of the corner again, as long as there is no tire to tire contact between bikes, which happens when they are not exactly side by side but rather one further forward than the other. Hence Rossi looking back and slowing down repeatedly to meet Marquez on the sweet spot, knock him off and then go on his way looking back to see Marquez on the ground as he took the straight.
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