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1. If Webb hadn’t cross rutted and lost control, would his speed and trajectory been faster, slower, or the same.
2. If Webb had been inches to the right of the tuff block and not cross rutted the jump before, would he have entered the turn at a slower, faster, or indifferent pace.
3. If Webb hadn’t run over the top of the tuff block, then again would his speed entering the turn been faster, slower, or the same as if he hadn’t run over a tuff block.
It’s my opinion (not calling it a fact like some others) that if Webb had executed the jump prior to the turn without crossrutting, and held tight to the inside of the turn, his elapsed time to the point of corner pivot would have been nearly identical to a rider cross rutting, nearly losing control, landing on and running over a tuff block, and pivoting in the turn. I honestly just can’t see how his episode through that turn was faster than a well executed corner entry.
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You fucking protest as a matter of principle. Edit: You gotta do anything you can to win right?
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In other words, going off track and gaining an advantage (in this case, advancing a position) is only justified if the excursion taken off the track had a high probability of going badly?
I know it's a moot point now as not even Kawi is pursuing it but I seriously think this sets a bad precedent where riders don't have to acknowledge that going off the track is an issue that requires that they assure nobody will assume they gained an advantage. Any gray area is the fault of the rider as they are the only one capable of mitigating the advantage at the time of the incident. I can point to a specific amateur Kawi rider that did something similar at the '17 MEC All Stars class in their final moto where he went off the track, cut the inside of the corner and just pulled back onto the track in first gaining about 2-3 bike lengths during his whole "mistake."
I don't care who you are or what you finish, if you're the type of person that rolls off the throttle to show that you're not trying to gain an advantage from these types of situations, I'll root for you. It points more towards your character.
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