Motogp rider banned for grabbing opponent's brakes, at 125
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Krikkit said:
Not just banned, but had his current and next year's contracts cancelled too.
I can see he got a 2 race ban, but did it go further? If so, link??What a complete w
ker though - did he really expect to get away with it? Would the punishment be more severe if he'd caused a crash or injury?Edit: just read him being sacked: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/45473316
Good.
I hadn't seen footage when I posted - I have now, and omg - granted these guys are amazing on bikes, and I'm fairly sure he knew he wasn't going to have the guy off........but it's a very very very bad thing to have done in a sporting context and from a risk perspective.
Shows a terrible temperament though - and definitely shouldn't be racing bikes with that sort of brain
Shows a terrible temperament though - and definitely shouldn't be racing bikes with that sort of brain
Biker 1 said:
Krikkit said:
Not just banned, but had his current and next year's contracts cancelled too.
I can see he got a 2 race ban, but did it go further? If so, link??What a complete w
ker though - did he really expect to get away with it? Would the punishment be more severe if he'd caused a crash or injury?Edit: just read him being sacked: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/45473316
Good.
Next year: http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2018/09/10/fenati-ou...
I'd sympathise if this was his first incident, but as noted above he's got a bit of a history for the red mist coming down.
Press Release
MV Agusta and the Forward Racing Team
Fenati will no longer be a part of our project
The Serious misconduct by Romano Fenati towards Stefano Manzi during the Moto2 race during the Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini which took place at the Circuito Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico will have repercussions for the future, beyond the black flag shown to Fenati, and the two-race ban imposed by Race Direction. MV Agusta will not be represented by Fenati in 2019, the year which will see the return of the Varese factory to the highest level of motorcycle racing, and the Moto2 World Championship. The agreement between MV Agusta Reparto Corse Forward Racing Team and Romano Fenati has been terminated.
Giovanni Castiglioni, President of MV Agusta, said: "In all my years of watching sport, I have never seen behaviour as dangerous as this. A rider who can act like this can never represent the values of our company for our brand. For this reason, we do not want him to be the rider with which MV Agusta makes its return to the World Championship."
Giovanni Cuzari, Team Owner: "After the disgraceful episode between Romano Fenati and Stefano Manzi, it is impossible for the team to maintain its planned collaboration with the rider from Ascoli for the 2019 season. Fenati's behaviour is incompatible with the sporting values of the Forward Racing Team and of MV Agusta. For this reason, though we bitterly regret it, we are forced to cancel our project with Fenati. Our sport is already extremely dangerous, and any act which increases the risks involved for the riders is intolerable. We cannot accept behaviour of this type from one of our future riders."
MV Agusta and the Forward Racing Team
Fenati will no longer be a part of our project
The Serious misconduct by Romano Fenati towards Stefano Manzi during the Moto2 race during the Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini which took place at the Circuito Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico will have repercussions for the future, beyond the black flag shown to Fenati, and the two-race ban imposed by Race Direction. MV Agusta will not be represented by Fenati in 2019, the year which will see the return of the Varese factory to the highest level of motorcycle racing, and the Moto2 World Championship. The agreement between MV Agusta Reparto Corse Forward Racing Team and Romano Fenati has been terminated.
Giovanni Castiglioni, President of MV Agusta, said: "In all my years of watching sport, I have never seen behaviour as dangerous as this. A rider who can act like this can never represent the values of our company for our brand. For this reason, we do not want him to be the rider with which MV Agusta makes its return to the World Championship."
Giovanni Cuzari, Team Owner: "After the disgraceful episode between Romano Fenati and Stefano Manzi, it is impossible for the team to maintain its planned collaboration with the rider from Ascoli for the 2019 season. Fenati's behaviour is incompatible with the sporting values of the Forward Racing Team and of MV Agusta. For this reason, though we bitterly regret it, we are forced to cancel our project with Fenati. Our sport is already extremely dangerous, and any act which increases the risks involved for the riders is intolerable. We cannot accept behaviour of this type from one of our future riders."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/45473316
Moto2: Sacked Romano Fenati apologises for 'disgraceful gesture'
Moto2: Sacked Romano Fenati apologises for 'disgraceful gesture'
As pointed out in the Misano MotoGP thread, this could have happened if Fenati had misjudged the pressure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGMDZwiWmeE
And this sort of mishap is why race bikes have to be fitted with brake lever guards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEZf5thwTJI&fe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGMDZwiWmeE
And this sort of mishap is why race bikes have to be fitted with brake lever guards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEZf5thwTJI&fe...
"Romano Fenati has announced to make a comeback in the professional Mario Kart series where everything is allowed. He signed a 2 year deal with team Bowser sponsored by king koopa. Team Mario has their doubts that Fenati will still find a way to play unfair even for mario Kart standards. Like kidnapping the princess while racing."
Teammanager Bowser is over the moon with new signing saying.
"We have been following Romano since he hit a fellow rider his killswitch in Moto3. He is really the kind of mean dirty little rider that we need in our program. The combination of his size and terrible temper should make this project a succes and win the championship over team mario"
Teammanager Bowser is over the moon with new signing saying.
"We have been following Romano since he hit a fellow rider his killswitch in Moto3. He is really the kind of mean dirty little rider that we need in our program. The combination of his size and terrible temper should make this project a succes and win the championship over team mario"
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