| I was pleased that Rossi took the first race,I thought his overtake a fair one,if Max was on the ball he would have stuffed it up the inside of Rossi as he ran wide.
I think racing is as much about psychology as machinery and in that respect Rossi's beaten them all,all he had to do is beat Max once on what Max knows is an inferior machine and he will crush Biaggi's spirit,from which it may be difficult for him to get over .
I doubt he'll win the next race though as a humiliation like that will get HRC pulling out all the stops to beat him.
What will be interesting,though and no-ones mentioned this yet,is that Rossi is a very gifted development rider which Max et al (except maybe Edwards) are not,I expect the Yamaha to get very much better as the season continues and the honda will just get more parts ,or more powerful ,or something,but they wont have that development experience and expertise that has shaped the RCV up until now,so may probably lose their way as they fiddle with all the different parameters.
This is shaping up as the most interesting GP season in ages,roll on Donington!  |