CNN:
Moto2 rider Romano Fenati has been dropped from the Marinelli Snipers Team after the dangerous incident where he pulled a rival’s brake lever mid-race.
Watch the video on this story. This incident yesterday is all the motorcycling racing world is talking about today. It was an incredibly dangerous stunt by a rider who has done dangerous things to other riders in the past and has been fired from other teams. Unfortunately, Race Direction only gave Fenati a two-race ban but he has since been fired from the Marinelli team and has lost his job with another team for next year. I predict he won’t race at this level ever again.
Thanks to the lovely and talented Dave Mark for the link.
What a raging asshole.
Looks like attempted murder to me.
I’m surprised the other riders haven’t beaten him into a pulp for doing this stuff.
Oh, they probably would if they thought they could get away without losing their jobs. As it is, he’s already been fired from one team last year, lost his job for this year and next, as well as being a pariah on the racetrack. He’s a talented rider who threw it all away.
Y’know, I remember when A-Rod ran around the bases on a flyout and screamed at the 2nd baseman as it came into his glove to try to get him to drop it (it may have worked? I forget).
A-Rod ran down the 1st base line and whacked at a pitcher’s glove as he applied the tag.
Those were classless. Arguably against the rules.
What. The. Actual. F was that? Is he straight up insane?!
Maybe Yamaha will hire him to race FIM World Endurance like they did with Canepa. https://youtu.be/9h3LvcY2CJs
this same ahole previously kicked another rider. and shut off another guy’s engine. he’s not mature enough to compete and should be expelled.
I’m not a baseball watcher, but I don’t see why trying to hit the pitcher’s glove to get him to drop the ball isn’t acceptable. If you have the dexterity to do it… Maybe it’s analogous to basketball’s goal tending? The screaming thing, on the other hand, doesn’t seem good. In pro baseball, though, don’t the opposing players do things to try and jangle the pitcher and get him to screw up? Or was that only me and my friends playing on the school ground back in the day? 😉
At some point, this should be seen as a genuine assault, along the lines of attempted manslaughter, since any of these acts could easily result in the other cyclist getting killed. The fact that they DIDN’T crash and die is entirely on the opposing cyclist and should in no way mitigate the seriousness of the attempt.
Fenati doesn’t even deserve to be called a wanker. More of a tugger.
Finally, something I can agree with you about.
What, do you think this is hockey? 🙂