Finnish_Flash_62 wrote:
He did the right thing by not going back to the first turn, could have been ugly if he would have tried going back across the track when the leaders were coming. However getting back on the gas in 4th was stupid, he should have let that first wave of riders pass by before getting back going. Then again docking him behind guys that were out of the race completely is ridiculous.
Like others have said, it’s really sad to see how differently top guys and these privateers get treated in these situations. And the only reasons I can think of why it is like that is that top guys and their teams (and fans) raise hell about it and make you look bad, while the privateers can do nothing so it’s easy to go tough guy on them. The other reason is money. They are scared to mess up a championship battle with penalties because it could have a straight impact on their income from the races.
But how does he just let the rest of the field go, it would have been just as dangerous to cruise and not jump the jumps, even on the edge of the track, the far edge did not save Barcia.
It should have been a time penalty.
He did not cause the first turn pile up, I am sure he did not choose to get pushed across the track into another lane.
The picture here is a freeze frame, if he spent just a second or two taking his time to turn around and go back to the start straight there is every chance the leaders are hitting those jumps and someone cleans him up.
If he darts of the track on to the concrete, every chance he ends up on his arse on the ice like surface.
Again he did not choose to cut the track, he was punted out there along with half the field, yet we have seen riders cut the inside of the first turn with no assistance and stay on the gas with no worry.
The inconsistencies with the penalties is crazy.