Yannih , did you forget that Rossi won his first race on the M1 AND the title in his first year on the bike?
And that year M1 was universally thought to be a piece of crap.
Mad, you may need to check up on your history and facts a little.
Granted the early 2004 Yamaha M1 did not match the Honda, but a combination of Rossi and Burgess's solid work and feedback pre season gave the engineers a challenge to improve the bike. And to their credit improve it they did!
It is now well known that by that seasons first MotoGP race the Yamaha was the package to beat.
So Rossi certainly deserves huge credit for his part in getting the M1 to a solid package, but definitely NOT for winning the first 2004 race and World Championship on "a piece of crap".
Why do Rossi fans defend him so blindly for anything and everything?
The guy is human.
He makes mistakes like all of us. There's no issue with that.
Just because he is the best the world has ever seen at his chosen profession doesn't preclude him from getting it wrong.
At the podium riders press conference at Phillip Island after a strong second place in an amazing and very aggressive race, Rossi said
"This is the game. If you want to play - it's like this... If not, you have to stay at home."
Great comments.
But where was this mindset back in 2015 at Sapang onwards where he lost his marbles and threw away his 10th World Championship?
He got that very wrong.
So why is it so hard to just admit that and move on?
* Last updated by: yannih on 10/24/2017 @ 1:18 AM *
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