In Rossi & even Edwards defense... the new Yamaha sucks... its proven to be unreliable. Rossi's A bike with the new pneumatic heads went up in smoke in practice. Guess what motor he was on for the race... yup the old mill.

Colin has said in interviews that he admits & admires Rossi's ability to adjust his style through the race. The guy is a genius riding around problems... and even Jeremy has said he has to tell Rossi to let the bike do what it does wrong so that it shows up in telemetry to adjust...

But let's face it guys... this ain't just about rider ability here... the new Yamaha Fucking sucks... They might as well give Rossi a Haga spec R1.