Let the man race for the love of god. He wants to win races too and if he can outride his team mate then more power to him. Fabrizio is an extremely talented rider. Let him do his thing and stop worrying about the old man.
...but it is a team game, why else would you have two riders? All very well being principled and saying that its right they didn't enforce orders, because here the result is Ducati don't have the 2009 title. Whilst they might not have instructed Fab, there would be an expectation from the team, and the body language from the Ducati mechanics and Tardozzi here is telling. BTW, if Fab had let Haga through and Spies had DNF'ed would Haga have picked up the title?
thanks for posting this! Personally, I think team orders are bullshit... if Haga was going to be champ he should have been faster, it's happened too many times during the season. I'm no Fabrizio fan but pulling over for a teamate isn't racing... and I guess that's what I want to see. cheers
Let the man race for the love of god. He wants to win races too and if he can outride his team mate then more power to him. Fabrizio is an extremely talented rider. Let him do his thing and stop worrying about the old man.
a2birdcage 1 year ago
...but it is a team game, why else would you have two riders? All very well being principled and saying that its right they didn't enforce orders, because here the result is Ducati don't have the 2009 title. Whilst they might not have instructed Fab, there would be an expectation from the team, and the body language from the Ducati mechanics and Tardozzi here is telling. BTW, if Fab had let Haga through and Spies had DNF'ed would Haga have picked up the title?
foggys916 2 years ago 4
@foggys916 Your team mate is the first guy you want to beat. That's been the way it is ever since the beginning of time with regards to racing.
a2birdcage 1 year ago
Italians are such assholes.
mingorino 2 years ago 2
Even if Fab let Haga pass, Spies would have won it by 1 more point.
maxbg 2 years ago
thanks for posting this! Personally, I think team orders are bullshit... if Haga was going to be champ he should have been faster, it's happened too many times during the season. I'm no Fabrizio fan but pulling over for a teamate isn't racing... and I guess that's what I want to see. cheers
Adoogin 2 years ago