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IMO - that was because of his tire choice...changing from the Extra Hard to Hard at the last moment. I think he would have run away with the win had he stuck to his original tire choice. The media is spinning it as "Rossi makes up 5 secs" etc. to win...making it sound like Rossi was so fast. Like you said, MM93 is the fastest out there right now. I think his tire choice made him run slower...allowing Rossi to catch up. I'm not trying to take anything away from Rossi, he's a great rider - I just think the media spin is wrong. :2cents:
Anyway - it will be interesting to watch the season...
From what I read, they decided to do that because they knew Rossi was faster on the extra hard, so they made the last minute decision to go with the hard, try to make a huge gap and manage the rest of the race...
In theory it worked great, just the race was a bit too long