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...and Barcia got DQ'd for it? That's bullshit.
For the record...I'm a fan of both Barcia and Ferrandis...
The Shop
Look how quick the pitchfork brigade came out to hang him for the season over this.
1) I understand the GoPro off the helmet rule for safety but damn, the numberplate view sucks.
2) People need to learn the difference between responsibility and fault. If Barcia pushes, you wide and contacts you hard enough that you are laying on the ground he is responsible for that crash. If after watching how Bam races for the past 13 years, you try to pass him on the outside without clearly being past him it's your fault that you're lying on the ground.
Barcia ain't the only TLD guy running one 24/7....they all do.
Show me video of Barcia jumping ANYTHING at Budds where he doesn't at least blip the throttle in the air.
Another angle might tell a different story. Let’s face it, Barcia only releases the footage if he thinks it was “just racing”. Which might be believable if not for his long history of “just racing” moments.
He was going to make contact with Ferrandis no matter what, but I don't think he expected Ferrandis to have the wheel on him and run into him. I believe Barcia just wanted to block the whole Track to keep Ferrandis behind.
Video shows it all clear as day, anyways. If that is your mindset and you take someone out doing it, you deserve to be DQd.
Pit Row
I get tempers running high makes you mad and maybe it felt different or there's still a slight translation deficit or whatever else, and Barcia was outside track limits, but a DQ for it does seem a little harsh now the video is out there. Then again, if you have these things happen constantly then you're gonna get pulled up on it.
But he did cut the inside of the turn, which gave him the advantage to be able to cut off Dylans line. 🤷♀️
Hard to know intent... But his reputation probably didn't help
I think a DQ is too far considering it was like 1/100th as egregious as Malcolm's move on Anderson at Daytona but I'm definitely not ok with that move.
Actually I just went back and watched it again and it looks like Barcia might have been going for the kill on Ferrandis. Hard to tell with that angle but it looks like he could've slowed up enough to make it look like he was going to let Dylan by but then gasses it at the last second to T-bone him. Again hard to tell with that camera angle.
I can stick my neck out and say that all of them would have braked and made what they could to avoid this situation, Barcia? Nope…
This wasn't nearly as bad as Ferandis and everyone else said. Ferandis bumped him off the track so Barcia bumped him off his bike lmao
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