[sand_man]

Showing my naivety here, but this is my first year of truly following MotoGP with such passion and regularity, so bare with me.

I really thought this was a game exempt from politics and favoritism. For the most part, I just assumed it's settled "mano a mano" on the track! I didn't know a great deal about Dorna (and still don't) or how penalties are judged and sentenced. Or how rampant national pride plays part. I'm generally not one to follow conspiracy theories. However, when you lay this stuff out as java has so conveniently done, the $hit runs thick with this one! Maybe there's just no way to avoid it; where there's people and power, there's corruption. I just hope this great sport never fully pegs the bull$hit meter like the Bernie Ecclestone show over in F1!

This was my first MotoGP "scandal", I have a lot to learn...