Sunday, November 8, 2015

Poisoning the Fuel Drum

The last race of the season has just gone to pass and it was quite the spectacle to behold.  After the incident at the last race in Sepang, there has been a flurry of buzz going on around the internet with differing opinions on what actually happened and how the punishment should have been carried out.  To be honest, regardless of my personal biases and whatever side people were taking, the buzz got me excited.  Never before had I seen so much excitement around MotoGP whether it came in the form of angry yet earnest posts by diehard fans on Facebook or the discussions held by curious minds by people on Reddit who had gotten wind of the incident, but weren't really fans of the series.  As MotoGP seems to have always struggled to get the fandom in the US that it has received internationally, I was happy with the amount of attention it seemed to be getting.  However, I feel as though the attention came in a bad light.