Leaking rims – a health concern often associated with unlicensed Indian street food, but in Indonesia, Ducati could have defined a new way to use it in the following ways…
what
Spanish stud Pedro Acosta landed on the emotional stage in Indonesia but was immediately hit by a front tire pressure test after falling below the permitted PSI. Despite having a face that looked like his picnic had been stolen by ants on stage, the amazing Muslid ultimately went unpunished.
why?
The official reason was that Pedro had a leaky rim and the tire pressure violation appeared to be out of control. And because he’s not guilty, the powers that be have given him a free-pass in a move that makes no sense.
So what was the real reason?
The stewards, realizing that Acosta’s stage performance would be more popular than Lewis Hamilton being on P-DD’s criminal list, had to quickly think of a reason to make the score stick. The ‘leaky rim’ idea was the best they could come up with, which makes us wonder how bad some of the other suggestions on MGPN could be.
So what about Ducatis?
By allowing Pedro’s results to stand, even though the front tire pressure was significantly less than the minimum PSI allowed, KTM accidentally bent the rules and stumbled upon a great resource. (Maybe bending the rules and standing on a box or something).
It is said that once he reached Daligina’s eyebrows in the case of the Acosta incident, he went on a rampage, because he and his team could not identify this loop and use it to their advantage.
“He’s so angry!” The shivering spectator told us. “He spent an hour sizzling his food until the sauce in the carbonari was distributed. He was so upset that he couldn’t tell where his Ducati shirt ended and his neck began.
What are Ducati doing about this?
It looks like the top gnocchi at Ducati’s ‘Center Harnessing Extra Extra Tactic’ facility has spent the entire week working on a tire that can pump just the right amount of air through the rim and give the rider another unfair advantage. If aggressive stewards try to throw the handbook at the Bologniase team for being a dirty cheat, Ducati will simply say, “What about Acosta in Indonesia?” may respond. “So you can’t touch us,” he might follow, sticking out their tomato-clean tongues.
