This is a really interesting question Nostril
What does everyone think. Should Lorenzo be given a new engine.
My first feeling was no.
It feels wrong to give and extra engine but thinking about it replacing the engine seems the right thing to do. Weird.
Then I thought wow they are really tight with engines. His engine was brand new 200kms I believe. It was destroyed force majeur. It looked clearly to be the result of the collision that caused the engine to blow. Lorenzo already lost 20 or 25 points. Its a potentially championship changing thing.
Having someone take you out in a race can't be helped or prevented and it will even out most times.
Evening out the loss of a brand new engine can be helped and put balance back into the championship and is something that can actually be done.
I am not really wanting a lottery deciding who wins the championship. That would suck and in practicality lay waste all the hard work, the riders, mechanics, manufacturers put into winning races each weekend. This is to say that, Yay great work and being the best all year racing but its come down to dumb luck.
If anything they should delete one engine from Bautistas engine limit and add one to Lorenzos engine limit. lol.
It is really tricky and I am not sure I am for replacing the engine. As I say it feels wrong to me to replace the engine for some reason I am not sure why it feels wrong but thinking at it it seems to make sense to replace it.
It feels wrong to give and extra engine but thinking about it replacing the engine seems the right thing to do. Weird.
I am sure there are heaps of things I have considered here.
