Commentators take on it "a racing accident". A small case of rose tinted glasses surely?
I watched it several times, and I can't for the life of me see how Rea can be blamed for Haga's crash. In fact, I'm not even convinced they touched.
I watched it a couple of times and I am pretty convinced they touched. Perhaps Haga's brake lever hit Rea's fairing. I was surprised the he didn't get it back up and running, especially when fighting for points... I wonder what broke on the duc?
Haga ran wide, Rea ran up the inside and Haga attempted to cut back to the piece of track now occupied by Rea. It was all Haga's to lose really.
That kind of thing was going on all race long. If Haga had kept to a slightly wider line and kept momentum, the incident wouldn't have happened and he would have been on the inside of Rea on the next corner and might have kept the place. At the start of the year I said Haga would find a way to lose the championship. It's a bit depressing to see it happen. Haga, Spies and Yamaha all deserve to get a championship so on balance I suppose Spies+Yamaha is a good thing. It's still going to suck if Haga is second again, though.
I'm a huge Haga fan, but it seemed to me Haga should have known the racing line was taken. He tried leaning on Rea and came off worse. I hope this puts fire in his belly for the rest of the year.
