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4.15
i. A rider leaving the course may continue the race by properly
re-entering the track at the closest safe point to where the rider
left the course without gaining an advantage.
1. While off course, the rider may not accelerate in an unsafe
manner as deemed by Race Direction.
2. If a rider accelerates in an unsafe manner while off course
or cuts part of the racecourse, the rider may be determined
to have gained an advantage without gaining a position.
3. It will be the duty of Race Direction to make the
determination as to whether a rider gained an advantage by
leaving the racecourse and re-entering
Webb indisputably cut part of the racecourse, and this may be determined as gaining an advantage without gaining a position. It doesn't matter than he didn't gas it. Not doing the whoops lowers your risk of crashing, willfully cutting the racecourse would warrant sanction under the current regulations in my view.
The theoretical lost time argument isn't really valid.
Did Webb gain track position by not riding through the whoops? Even a blind man’s Labrador knows he did. Is gaining track position, ( without gaining place), gaining advantage? That doesn’t even need an answer.
I must say though, I would have been very surprised if Webb was penalised. The outcome of this question was, unfortunately, never in doubt.
Wow u cannot see a difference between this incident and webb.
So this is the difference.
Savagty crashes infront of the Yamaha #45 Mitchell Harrison?
He rejoins in the next lane near Harrison. The difference is the lane savagty crashes in and the point of his crash. About 4 bikes pass that point. Therefore he should rejoin behind that 4th bike.
He was officially passed by those 4 riders then passed them back by cutting the track.
If he waited for that 4th bike to pass him in the next lane then proceeded to ride he wouldn't get penalised.
As for webb he was never passed.
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But from the point webb remounted is when the ama would look at it. And Wilson was only just coming into the corner. Webb skips the whoops and Wilson is right on him. By timing and scoring webb lost time by skipping the whoops.
Ama cannot try and predict how fast he would have got thru them coz that answer is unknown and only a guess.
2. If a rider accelerates in an unsafe manner while off course or cuts part of the racecourse, the rider may be determined to have gained an advantage without gaining a position.2
Cutting the racecourse is enough for the race direction to deem an advantage has been gained. It doesn't necessitate a predication of time loss/gain.
That was not Webb's first rodeo. He knows that he shouldn't have cut the track.
That said besides the ridiculous rule, Webb clearly cheated and should be penalized. He crashed on the track, remounted on the track, and decided to go off the track to skip the section of the track he struggles with.
He did everything right, shouldn’t be docked.
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Could he have stayed on the track and rolled the whoops, absolutely.
Was exiting the track and rolling along side the section after a crash before returning to the track and returning to race speed reasonable? You know it was.
I’m not even a Coop fan but it’s pretty clear.
Lame.
"If a rider cuts part of the racecourse, the rider may be determined
to have gained an advantage without gaining a position."
So they probably didn't like it but since Wilson caught up maybe they didn't feel like penalizing him.
Yes, he should have stayed in the whoops and rolled them. The excuse of "checking out his bike" after the crash doesn't hold water for me. Normally you'd roll the track and check into the mechanics area - at great cost to positions. But you don't get a free lane aside from the track to cruise on.
In a rhythm section with guys doubling/tripling I can see where it can be unsafe to enter. He could have just rolled the whoops - and Wilson would have passed him would would be the right consequence.
Lame
If purposely cutting the track isn't against the rules, then the rules need to be updated. Not docking Webb for that seems so counter to what racing should be about.
For those saying to check out his bike...he tipped over going 5 mph! He could check it out before going, or while on the track also.
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