30 March 2008

Bring Me The Head Of Marco Simoncelli

BAD LANGUAGE WARNING
Just as Simon Bates used to be on at the start of all videos in the 80s and 90s, warning you that it would contain "sexual swear words" I'm going to have to precede this entry by saying there's going to be a bit of an outpouring of anger ands bitterness that will involve some language that I'd usualy not stoop to.
Quite frankly it's so heated and deep and bottled up in me that I'm liable to have some kind of anger-stroke if I don't let it all flood out.
So, here goes...



Today has left me extremely upset and angry. Fucking angry: incensed, furious, fuming, apoplectic, incandescent... and more.
Alvaro Bautista's basically certain win - and what would have been a famous win - was totally blown apart on the last lap by Marco Simoncelli, with a move described by Autosport as "overoptimistic" - though more accurately described by me as "fucking idiotic" and "frankly shit".
Simoncelli had been on Bati's tail pretty much since the start as the two of them left the field far behind.
Nonetheless his proximity and his erratic lunges had me nervous the whole race, with me posting in our Live Race Topic at The Alvaro Bautista Fan Forum that I wished he'd back off as I didn't trust him.
And I was right to worry - he carried on dicking around, and eventually not only threw away his own first 250cc podium but also totally fucked Alvaro's championship challenge, driving straight through the back of him, when you could see the complete iniquity of closing speeds AGAIN.
Fucking idiot. There have been a couple of reports that Bati lost his engine, but I can't say that his corner entry looked any different to previous ones; all that changed was Simoncelli's lack of talent and skill exposing itself so clearly.
(*Incidentally - even if it WERE the case that Alvaro's engine was losing it, then I'm still no nearer forgiving such rank and crap riding from Simoncelli who could then have come home first with Bati making it to the line??? - Still that's all hypothesising - what happened happened, and it was his bloody imbecilic, erratic, crapness that made it end the way it did - full stop.)

Having gone into this season as pretty much the favourite, Alvaro is now very much on the back foot - 11th in the championship would you believe.
A brilliant race wasted by stupid bloody fartarsing around by a complete tosser.
Alvaro even managed to have some kind of hug with him, which makes him a far better person than me, currently feeling little more than very real bitterness and resentment over the whole incident.
I don't know if Simoncelli needed bodyguards to get out of the circuit, but he certainly might want to consider hiring some for Donington where I'll be looking out for his stupid fucking hair-do.
And after using the F word just once more to say just how hugely fucked off I am, I'll apologise again for the language and put this race 'report' to bed...
I'll be at home to Mr Grumpy for the rest of the day.

Here's the results in full...

CLASSIFIED:

Pos Rider Bike Time

1. Mika Kallio KTM 45:27.908
2. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 4.277
3. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 4.287
4. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM + 4.876
5. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 5.968
6. Alex Debon Aprilia + 13.633
7. Julian Simon KTM + 16.372
8. R.Locatelli Gilera + 22.571
9. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia + 28.606
10. Lukas Pesek Aprilia + 32.726
11. Alex Baldolini Aprilia + 38.602
12. R.Wilairot Honda + 43.371
13. Karel Abraham Aprilia + 54.159
14. Manuel Hernandez Aprilia +1:21.938
15. Imre Toth Aprilia + 1 lap
16. D.T.Pradita Yamaha + 1 lap

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

Rider Bike On lap

Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 26
Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26
Thomas Luthi Aprilia 23
Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21
Fabrizio Lai Gilera 18
Eugene Laverty Aprilia 9
Hector Faubel Aprilia 3



4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Couldn't agree with you more....Simoncelli was a total disgrace. Credit to Bautista for taking it all in his stride....if it was me in the heat of the moment I'd have been tempted to pick my bike up and run the guy over!!

gb said...

That Alvaro was able to be so mature and generous about it actually makes me ashamed of my own reaction being so immature and angry!
Respect to the guy!
;)

Anonymous said...

I understand your reaction because you're a fan but Bautista apologized after the race. Like you said, he lost his engine but Simoncelli had no other choice...

abc said...

i think a reaction like this from a usually so unruffled guy like you shows how fucked up this whole race was.
oh boy, i so knew it. simoncelli is just a crash waiting to happen and a danger for every rider around him.
(and if that loss of points endangers bati's title, i'm gonna hunt that guy down...)

i just watched the british commentary and i think toby really had to pull himself together not calling simoncelli names on air, but he did say something in the direction that this behaviour is just completely unresponsible and stupid and you can't go into a curve like this, because this is no bloody playstation, it's real people.
and that is completely true. really, no matter what was the ultimate trigger for the crash, even if bati's engine acted up, simoncelli simply doesn't know his limits and i thought somebody with his amount of races under the belt and so much experience should have learned at least something during that whole time. gah.

but i love how everyone is hating the ital-fro. it just looks stupid.

still, you're right, gb. bati's humble and friendly reaction directly after the crash was an excellent example of his great character and really good sportsmanship that you don't find very often. especially not in somebody that young.
i'm a year older than him and i still kicked things around and screamed at the screen while he already hugged simoncelli. he's just a way better person than all of us. :)

and if there's somebody out there not giving bati respect for it, i'm gonna kick that person where it hurts the most...