Rossi passes under yellow flag
With Race Direction handing out penalties to Casey Stone⛦r and then Marco Simoncelli at Le Mans on Sunday - Valentino Rossi can perhaps count 🅰himself lucky to not be punished for this borderline 'pass' under a yellow flag.
The picture shows Rossi moving back past Andrea Dovizioso as they arrive at the turn where yellow ღflags were being waved in the aftermath of Dani Pedrosa's accident.
It would have been a harsh call had Rossi been punished, since the passing with Dovizioso began at the previous corner and the pair arrived ꧃at the yellow flags almost side-by-side.
With Race Direction handing out penalties to Casey Stoner and then Marco Simoncelli at Le Mans on Sunday - Valentiಞno Rossi can perhaps count himse🅺lf lucky to not be punished for this borderline 'pass' under a yellow flag.
The picture shows Rossi moving back past Andrea Dovizioso as they arrive at the turn where yellow flags were being waved in the af♚termath of Dani Pedrosa's accident.
It would have been a harsh call had Rossi been punished, since the passin🏅g with Dovizioso began at the previous corner and the pair arrived at the yellow flags almost side-by-side.
TV ♈images showed Rossi initially passed Dovi when he ran wide through Garage Vert, but the #4 was then able to get a better exit onto the back straight, putting him alm🥃ost a bike-length ahead of Rossi as they reached the braking area for the corner where the flags were being waved.
At that point Dovizioso, perhaps having seen the yellow flags or even fearing he would be punished for passing, hit the brakes slightly e𒁏arlier than Rossi - and the seven-time MotoGP champion re-claimed the position up the inside.
Dovizioso later regained second place from Rossi, who went on to 𓄧take his first podium for Duc🅠ati with third.
Peter has been in the 🧔paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
