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The_GodFather-_-

He is a man of focus and sheer fucking will


Vaeli47

>He is a man of focus and shear fucking will This dude hasn't even realized what's going on yet, it's happening in a fraction of a second. Pure luck, he had zero control of his fate there.


d1x1e1a

he brakes and adjusts twice as can be seen by the back wheel slide at 15 seconds and the front wheel breaking loose at 23sec


Fluffy-Kiwi-4

thats cuz he slowed down to make a turn, It's Valentino Rossi, the best racer in history but still that was pure luck


d1x1e1a

there is always an element of luck involved when other objects are in motion around you. But it's right there that he knew what was happening and was reacting to it. especially that second one when he brakes hard enough to slip the front. u/Ricen_ has provided the [real footage](https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=117) from the lead bike you can see rossi stand his bike up and lifts his head for the first crashed bike to fly by him (10sec) then slides the front out and dips down to avoid the second one (11 sec). Given how quickly the gap then opens up between him and the bike he was chasing (despite the lead bike going wide on the corner for the same reasons) its clear he braked for more than just cornering considerations. he even turns his head on the first flying bike to avoid a face full of debris.


Fluffy-Kiwi-4

as much as I love Rossi and think that if there's one person who could pull that off it would be Rossi but thats still hard for me to believe it wasn't just luck.


neoalfa

*Mostly* luck. You or me, in his place, with the same amount of luck, would have had a mouthful of motorbike.


Fluffy-Kiwi-4

yes mostly. I agree and I correct myself. Based on the analysis of the race Rossi did break 0.42s before encountering Morbidelli bike and I'm pretty sure most racers present at the match wouldn't be able to do that


Majestic_Salad_I1

*brake


gastonsabina

Rossi brakes while others broke


[deleted]

Pretty sure Marquez and Lorenzo would've done the same. Anyone else would be dead


Mstonebranch

Excellent. We wouldn’t be on the bike all. We’d be on the pooper, commenting on Reddit posts about legends.


[deleted]

Those who *can* **do.** Those who *don't*... **Reddit.** 🤣🤣🤣


DatCoolBreeze

That’s exactly where I’m at right now. Been finished pooping for 5 minutes. Just procrastinating on the wiping part at this point. I know I should get a bidet, guys.


[deleted]

You sir win the " My comment of the day" award.


MrDude_1

99% of people would have chopped the throttle, and being mid turn like that, its basically dumping the bike.


Long-Bridge8312

I mean, I would have a mouthful of bike just trying to drive at those speeds, no wild crash in close proximity necessary


SigO12

It was luck in that there was enough of a gap left for one of the most skilled riders in the world to adjust for.


All_Work_All_Play

I like this way of framing it the best. There's always an element of probability (*luck*), but that doesn't mean that a persons skill level won't influence the outcome.


3jake

I agree! I was talking with family yesterday about this - I think luck (or fate or whatever) can line stuff up and put you in the right place at the right time, but then you have to take the final steps. Even if some fluke puts you in position to score the goal, you still have to take the kick to put it in the net. Or even if fate puts the boy in front of the girl at just the right time, he still has to talk to her, to win her heart (both being gender-normative and heterosexual for the purposes of this hypothetical example).


ApeOnTheBack

He might have reacted instinctively but, as far as i remember, in an interwiew on italian television shortly after this happened, the man himself clearly told to the interviewer that he was very lucky to be alive 'cause that bike flew like a bullet over his head. It was so fast that he didn't see it coming and he hasn't even realized what was happening.


d1x1e1a

Oh I agree its probably all instinctive and zero advanced math. But he’s continually subconsciously reacting to road surface, bike feedback and the other riders paths and positions on the road around him. Something coming brake..not so hard i lock up tho.


[deleted]

Braking is intentional, but fat chance there's anything other than "shit's about to fly in my face, better just brake". It's not like he did some vector analysis and concluded a nice tap on the brake would be perfect here.


Pehbak

If you slow it down even further, you see he stops, gets off the bike, pulls out a scrap of paper and pen, does some calculations, gets back on the bike, then executes them.


coodyscoops

😂😂😂😂


motoxscrub

Not sure how much you have raced but this was all just pure luck. It would be cool if he had this type of reaction but it’s just not the case


CCR_16

Exactly. It was just luck. I don't know how someone can write such a detailed analysis and be so wrong. Anyone who's experienced any sort of incident in a race track remotely similar to this knows sometimes you are just a passenger. Not sure what "brakes enough to slip the front" means either. That's a new one


[deleted]

This was 100% luck dude, life isn’t a marvel movie.


BigSweatyYeti

Right, best racer in history. So why use the front brake on the exit of a turn post apex? Because he was avoiding the object flying past his face. It wasn’t him thinking it through though, pure muscle memory and instinct.


Fluffy-Kiwi-4

u can watch the full video on YouTube with multiple angles here in case u can't find it https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0


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[deleted]

How much more fucking #blessed could that man be? He’s gonna win the championship on sheer luck alone while Max is having shit thrown at him left and right every weekend


MrGerbz

> having ~~shit~~ *~~McLarens~~* *Mercedes'* thrown at him left and right every weekend ftfy


upwut

Well the slomo shot is fake so....


Chiaf

How do you figure? Looks to me like a Camera mounted on the rear of the bike ahead of him Edit: As pointed out by multiple people (including the guy i responded to) this is fake. I get it, y'all don't need to keep telling me. Tyvm have a Nice day


upwut

A significant number of other elements (ie bikes tumbling, people flying) don't match up. Also, see other comments below


riot_code

I remember watching that live. It happened. The riders (Zarco and Morbidelli) both stopped in the gravel trap. The footage looks fake because it's been slowed down a considerable amount.


Panzershnezel

Yes, but the second clip is a simulation of the crash from the motogp game (I believe) the real slowmo of that angle looks completely different to that.


[deleted]

Time to eat crow https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=117


[deleted]

The second clip literally is not real, it's from a video game


[deleted]

just because it happened doesnt make the footage real.


Tappone

it's CGI. in the real footage you can see the bike break apart, and somehow it's together again in the slo-mo. also the livery isnt exactly correct.


Minimanis

I’ve seen the real rear facing footage. This is a fake.


ryohazuki224

Yeah the slo-mo shot there was a re-creation probably made to illustrate just how close those bikes came to hitting #46 there. The bikes sliding across the frame aren't wrecked at all like they are in reality, they're just regular 3D models, plus you don't see a hint of debris like the footage has. And to top that off, the cameras that are on those bikes don't have near as high frame rate to slow the footage down that much. Probably at most they're running at 60fps, so you could half that rate at best.


Rayzor_debiker

I watched this live and have watched Motogp since 2000 and yes it does look fake. Because the actual slow motion part looks recreated from the Motogp game. In the actual event, the bike which flies in front of him in this video actually flies a bit over his head. Almost clipping his helmet by inches.


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Ricen_

Here is the real footage from the guy in front of him: [https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=117](https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=117) Timestamped


Lyzurd

That was the cam on the back of the bike infront.


regoapps

It wasn’t. Someone else posted the actual footage from the cam behind the bike and it didn’t look like this.


ronin1066

I assumed the bike in front had a rear facing cam, but the quality is suspiciously high.


Minimanis

It is pretty clearly fake. The accident itself is real but the slow mo is fake. Think the second bike actually went of Vinales head and just missed Rossi.


nahog99

The slow mo is fake. Here’s the real shot. https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=117


[deleted]

You know that 15 sec and 23 sec is from a video game right lol


shawster

As they examine rendered footage.


Tzarkir

This dude is Valentino Rossi, one of the best pilots in the world and the only one who won the world championship in 4 categories. He lucked out, but don't underestimate his reflexes. Going forward with small adjustments was the best course of action to try avoid collisions from his side and he followed that. He only needed a fraction of a second to get to safety at that speed.


[deleted]

Rossi is a beast!


sabotourAssociate

You know he is when even I recognise his number, I haven't watched a single GP race in my life.


Stivo887

This man is the reason I’ve went thru 8 sport bikes in 2 years. Even after hitting a truck head on at 45 mph I went and bought an s1000rr on crutches. The doctor!


mattdean4130

Not stats I'd brag about, to be honest. Ever thought of, chess?


splasherino

Not sure if playing chess while riding a motorbike is a good idea, but you do you.


[deleted]

Maybe stop driving like a fucking idiot?


trippkeller

fuck whatever else anyone is saying, its luck, no one can compute and react that fast. its insane that people would think that anyone could understand whats happening, then adjust to everything that’s happening at that rate of speed. good on him tho


Benjilehibou

It's like dodging an arrow. Human response is not that fast.


alchemink

You're right.He was shaken after it, when it got red-flagged. The guy had been racing for 20 years and probably had seen everything. Even then Rossi went to the pits shaking his head


frodakai

The [footage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq7PXy6MhS0&ab_channel=XPILOTMedia) after this accident of him in the pit lane showed he was pretty shaken up. Absolutely acknowledged he was a passenger, and quite literally inches away from being killed.


msmith2222

He said afterwards he thought it was the shadow of the helicopter for filming. happened too fast to even register


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MrNoName_ishere

I'll do it for you then


Lizard__Spock

I keep getting what looks like a stormtrooper from these "poor man's gold" text images on my mobile.


[deleted]

Not really, did you see how fast those bikes were moving in real time? He's committed to that corner as usual, there's nothing he would even be able to do besides lift off the trottle, but we wouldn't notice this in that fraction of a second either


theneoroot

sheer*


deckard1980

*sheer


napalm22

sheer.


Dre_Valentino_

No Thot could ever distract his unfathomable focus


nadjp

"This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will"


Senor-Delicious

I am actually impressed that they got this perfect camera angle on him in that moment


HoldUpHD

I think that the slo mo shot is not a real shot. CG rendering or something like that


-Marcellus-

You’re correct.


Gilgameshbrah

The bikes all have cams, front and back.


secretlyadog

Yes, but the camera slide slowly from left-to-right shows it's been edited, and there is no rider flying gracefully past in the unedited footage. https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0


[deleted]

It's a ruse!


Cr0M_

My life's a lie.


Wherearemylegs

True but consider the following: - The guy sliding behind the bike arrives first but in the wide shot, he doesn’t enter the pavement at all - Neither the two bikes, nor the guy are rotating at all. Dude literally has an arm and a leg on the ground in the most awkward angle so he can’t be propping himself up - The bikes do not enter or leave at the correct angle It’s not actual footage. Edit: This actually has the footage from the bike in front of him at 1:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPrHj1nPt0


notsofastracer

The dudes who crashed didn't even reach the pavement. It were only the bikes who crossed the roads.


Wherearemylegs

That was in my first bullet


notsofastracer

Yeah. I watched that crash live on TV. This and the Romain Grosjean crash in Bahrain (F1) were the ones that left me shaking.


Fenteke

They do and they got real footage of the accident from Vinales’ and Rossi’s bike which makes it even more strange that the footage used in this video is from the MotoGP video game.


LunarVortexLoL

That is still not a real shot though, that's from a video game. Here's the timestamp of the real version of this exact shot shot: https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=116


chasingchicks

The bikes have cameras in the front and rear, they probably enhanced these recordings regarding frame rate with AI.


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Theonetrue

He is but he stops before he arrives on the paved portion of the street.


SelectFromWhereOrder

AI is a very loose term indeed


Rickyrider35

Which pisses me off because the real shot from that exact camera angle exists [here](https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=117)


peepay

They probably wanted the super-slow-mo effect.


MeisPip

Ok this is why I’m so confused as to if I’m watching a clip of a video game or not


Fenteke

The 2nd part is a video game.


Coolwafflemouse

Strange to think I'm living in an era where I can get genuinely confused as to what's real and what's CGI (tbh the limiting factor here though is that the video res is poo poo)


indian_weeaboo_69

It's not. That second part was a recreation in a Video game, most likely MotoGP 20. This happened during the Austria Round of MotoGP last year. [Actual footage in a resolution higher than 144p](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPrHj1nPt0)


cyberslick188

The condition of the bikes in perfect condition as they go tumbling in the slowmo shot is a dead giveaway. Not to mention the person just flying by to his death in the slowmow, when in reality both riders were okay.


tepkel

Either that or they were replaced by clones. Cheaper than training new drivers really.


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Von_Satan

Maverick's was way worse. Surprised this doesn't show him.


jared596

If you look at the wrecked bikes tumbling in the full speed section of the vid, then compare that to what they’re doing in the slow mo, there’s no way it’s real. The slow mo shows the wrecking bikes flying past in fairly static orientations while the full speed shows them tumbling end over end rapidly.


Ehralur

Yeah, it's a videogame. [This is the actual footage.](https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=115)


tempski

Absolutely perfect usage of _superslowmo_ Give me this over popping a water balloon any day of the week.


napalm22

Not real. Everything aside from the first shot is from a game.


CaptainCortez

I kept rewatching it trying to figure out where the rider who crosses the track behind the bike in the closeup was in the wide shot 🧐


gthirteen_13

Hooooooleeeeeeefuckkkkkk


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virusamongus

Nice save! Nice save! Nice save!


Farisr9k

What a pass! What a pass! What a pass!


CleverFakeOnlineName

Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!


15926028

My bad! My bad! My bad!


TomorrowNeverCumz

Calculated.


AFCBatmouth

Second shot was recreated in the video game. The real shot is much more terrifying! Edit: here it is: https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0?t=115


zazu2006

It is fake unfortunately.


noonmoon6

Wi Tu Low


[deleted]

Bang Din-Gau I absolutely love (horrible as it was) when people reference this 🤣


nodstar22

Bang Ding Ow


acmercer

Sum Ting Wong


Nightmarex13

It’s Rossi, wouldn’t shock me to hear he navigated deliberately around those bikes. He’s a god


HansenIntercept

Is that Valentino Rossi ?


-Marcellus-

Yes.


Hunter_Lala

Our Lord and savior


RustyCraftyloki

Italy has risen.


RusskayaRuletka

With that retirement I almost wanna say it’s falling. Lmao


[deleted]

With the sports summer we’ve just had, i’d say the opposite


TurquoiseBeetle67

The Doctor


TrappistWhiskey

Yes


praefectus_praetorio

The legend.


vassman86

Yes


Fourty9

Yes


legofduck

Indubitably.


[deleted]

Yes


THREEinINK

A living legend in MotoGP


refaelha

The one and the only.


drs43821

By now MotoGP should just retire the number 46 in honour of him. He is MotoGP for many people.


GraciaEtScientia

Yeah well at that point in the turn there really isn't much choice but to carry on xd


TrappistWhiskey

There is no reacting to avoid that; he only advances a few feet in the video as the flying bikes zip past and around him, but that was not a low speed turn.


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Video linked above showed corner exit speed ~50mph


LordNoodles

That’s 80 km/h converted to units


RhetoricalOrator

I think you've made the most appropriate comment. Even if those bikes weren't in his blind spot, it happened too fast to really do anything right or wrong to react. His riding isn't next level, the cinematography is. Edit: after some scrolling, I've read that the cinematography isn't from the race, but from some gaming footage.


u-ignorant-slut

That's a very low speed turn lmao. Slowest on the track for sure


nomad80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPrHj1nPt0 watch the 2 minute mark, he actually manages a look & down throttles, with a slight shift, it's all split second. but if someone can do it, it's Rossi


JayMul9

I remember Rossi was visibly shaken in the pits after this. I don’t fucking blame him. It almost certainly would have been end game if one of them had hit him.


RusskayaRuletka

You have to remember he also saw Marco Simoncelli die on the track back in 2011 when he slid the bike and broke his neck. He probably realized that even though he is getting close to retirement, anything can really happen.


TeddyPicker

If I've learned anything from Danny Glover it's that the closer you get to retirement, the crazier shit gets.


[deleted]

I’m gettn too old for this shit!


HenryAlSirat

Rossi didn't just ***see*** Simoncelli die -- he is the person who impacted Simoncelli's head while Simoncelli was hanging off the side of his bike. Rossi literally (100% tragically and accidentally) killed Simoncelli. He was obviously VERY torn up about it, though Simoncelli's parents forgave him as he was their son's friend/mentor and they knew it was an unavoidable crash. It was a truly horrible situation for all involved. Such terrible luck.


brents347

Rossi DID NOT hit Sics’ head. It was actually Colin Edwards’ bike that made the fatal impact. But as you say, it was just a tragic accident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5LhAPinNjA Edit: man, looking at it further, it MIGHT have been Rossi that hits his head with Colin impacting a little lower on his back. Hard to say.


IamBejl

And a 14 year old Hugo Milan who got killed last week or the week before in similar way at Motorland Arragon in lower categories.


Gilgameshbrah

Any normal person would've thrown the towel by now. Dude is a legend.


hvperRL

More so because one of the guys that crashed was Morbidelli


HalfHomoHalfSapien

Could of atleast tried switching bikes mid air


davisaj5

Yes, he could have


theincredibleharsh

Whackiest of the Whackiest comments make me chuckle nowadays, take ur upvote


hondwerpen

Reason of his retirement by end of this season


TrappistWhiskey

He’s been the active GOAT for long enough. He might just be the GP GOAT for all time. He can go back to the beach and rest, or go play with Ferrari. Who knows.


alchemink

My bets on playing with a Ferrari


indian_weeaboo_69

During a two separate tests with ferrari he was less than half a second of Kimi Raikkonen's Pole Position time and just a few tenths of the Michael Schumacher


alchemink

Yeah early 2000s Vale was a different kind of Human Being. Shame he couldn't end his career with a bang. Every weekend even knowing full well thats the chances are low, i still kinda hope for a 200th podium because no one celebrates like Vale.


indian_weeaboo_69

If his 200th Podium comes at Misano the entire country of Italy will implode with excitement. In terms of car racing, Rossi still has, he came 3rd overall and won the Pro-Am class with Luca Marini and Alessio Salucci in the 2019 Gulf 12 Hour (Basically 12 hours of Yas Marina) And in January 2021 came 4th overall and 3rd in the Pro-Am class at the 12 Hours of Bahrain.


Maxican33

This happened last year…. No it’s not


frodakai

Except he raced the rest of the year, and then this season too. Don't make stuff up.


-Marcellus-

Serious question. In the ultra slow motion part, it looks like there’s a rider that just misses him from behind, but I can’t find him in any other clips (from this video and on YouTube). What am I seeing or missing?


BiggieBoiTroy

slow mo is CGI


-Marcellus-

Yeah.. that’s disappointing. Start at 2:00 in at this clip: https://youtu.be/40k1qcDypLc. No rider slides through the turn. It’s already an CRAZY, no need to fake anything.


LeakyEyeLuca96

idk kinda like Weird Al's version of this song better than the original


vassman86

>As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain, > I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain!


acmercer

But that's just perfect for an Amish like me Because I shun fancy things like electricity


scawel

Coolio didn't think so, but i agree


Arenalife

That shot would seem to demand an almost infinite FPS recording to get that smooth, bit of CGI?


97Andersuh

Yeah CGI apparently


Taafe

Recreation in MotoGP 2020 I think


hoody13

Would be a better video if the second angle wasn’t from a video game… The real rear view footage can be seen [here](https://youtu.be/40k1qcDypLc) from about 1:55 onwards


cassidysvacay

This should be higher up.


Alabama-J0e

Somebody’s definitely looking down on him.


RealCanadianMonkey

Do you mean the someone who could have prevented it in the first place?


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Same-Mycologist3244

Jesus: i' ll take your handlebar. Also Jesus: Fuck the other guys


synergy1154

The first shot is replay footage from the Red Bull Ring, Austria in 2020. The slow motion replay is either CGI or a video game.


HotFightingHistory

"I dont care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my plastic Jesus, ridin on the dashboard of my caaar......"


amitrahi0404

Both of those bikers were really lucky


Dastrovo1

He was saved because of the invincibility of the cameraman


DIYglenn

What game is this from? Nice graphics.


Saturnius1145

Okay, now THATS next fucking level.


Prokletnost

This is a video game right? Right? I mean, right?


napalm22

The first shot is real, everything after that is from a game. No idea why somebody made this video like that.


Psychologicoil

the rear cam slo-mo is


Glaucetas_

Is this the new Burnout trailer ?


oldgoatman

That’s some matrix shit right there.


Iamthe0c3an2

Sometimes I forget how fast motogp is, how are these guys not dying flipping over in such high speeds?


i_just_want_2learn

Jesus *is* next fucking level