Yamaha apologises to Rossi
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Well, if he hadn't completely trashed his number 1 bike like he did, there probably wouldn't have been a problem!
And actually, was there an engine problem at all? Nothing physically broken, or they could have seen that. Being sent back to Japan for investigation - hmmm. Sounds to me that nothing was wrong here and this is just a face-saving exercise for Rossi.
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MOTOGP » Yamaha apologises to Rossi

Yamaha has apologised to Valentino Rossi for the engine problem that robbed him of second place in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship - but isn't sure exactly what went wrong.

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Lin Jarvis is an idiot. This Yamaha bike is **** to begin with and this has lost Rossi the greatest rider ever to continue with his peak performance. The year 2006 saw rossi loose the championship to nicky hayden due to the fact that the bike broke down too often. The year 2007 has seen rossi loosing the champioship to the fact that the Yamaha bike was extremely MEDIOCRE. I hope nobody buys a Yamaha. As for Lin Jarvis he can FCUK himself
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Its hard to imagine what Yamaha think they're playing at. They are paying Vale a shedload of money, and I'm sure Burgess doesn't come cheap either, and what have they got out of it........? Third place in the championship behind a reputed "crash-pilot" riding for one of the smallest factories in the World, and the smallest RIDER in the World, riding for the Old Enemy........... Jarvis must be beating his brains out........or writing is resignation letter.......!
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His rear locked up, and it was pretty clear to see, you fools ! :p Same way as it did the other time. Remember Yamaha saying that the failure had nothing to do with the pneumatic valve system? And that it could have happend with the old engine?

How ironic! They've proven themselves right!
Posted by Thomas_2-love - Unregistered (754 days ago)
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Connor,why do you think he would give up the race needing only one point to secure 2nd place?
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I watched the race again and there was no evidence of engine failure on the bike as far as I could see/hear. No tell tale puffs of smoke, loss of fluid or changes in engine note. The corner where he first slowed up looked more like he missed his breaking point and had to pick it up and run wide.
When he came into the pits, the engine sounded fine and was ticking over perfectly evenly - not what a sick engine normally does.
I guess we need to await the official verdict, but I tend to agree with the view that Rossi gave up rather than an engine problem.
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HI parker, Sete is fight so hard to beat rossi, but he is just have some unlucky event......how if he come back in 2008???? with rossi like now i'm sure he will beat vr eassyly....... :p
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Parker you really are a fool, a complete idiot. Your posts are very silly...
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Rossi gave up. Broken bike yeah right, didn't look broken to me. Seems it doesn't look broken to the team either.

Rossi has lost it mentally. Still a great talent but mentally he is in a place that is completely foreign to him.

Rossi's career is over. He will not come back from this because Stoner, Pedrosa, Melandri, Lorenzo, Hopkins etc etc are not going to lay over for Rossi as the likes of Sete and Max did in the past.

Dorna can try all the like to gift Rossi more Championships but it will not work like it has in the past.
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If I ever would have the nerve of mounting a bike in a race with a freshly broken hand
and rode it through the painbarrier to a 15th position that would secure me a 2nd place in the World Championship
only to lose to mechanical failure halfway the race I'd feel pretty mean.
Posted by The Morgue - Unregistered (754 days ago)
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Eddy, I think it was far from saving face... how easy would it have been not to race at all? sorry, but he just doesn't give up... valencia last year? he threw the championship away himself but still picked the bike up and pushed on... We will see him back on form next year for sure. Hopefully this is the start of a turn around for michelin with pedrosa's win
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