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During the press conference, we didn't know what (or if) the penalty would be for Marvin jumping on the red cross flag. But Marvin knew he did it, and like everyone else, was waiting to hear what the penalty would be. You can check out the video where he talks about it here.
https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/Marvin-Musquin-I-did-slow-down-…
Of course, we now know that he got penalized according to the 2019 Supercross rule book. You can get your own here. http://www.amasupercross.com/rules/pdf/2019/2019%20AMA%20Supercross%20R…
I'm not sure why people are so angry. This is consistent with the penalty that Jeremy Martin got last year. Yes, it's different than when Dungey got penalized for the same thing, but the rule was also changed after he lost the win in Detroit, to avoid this type of issue. RC can be angry about it. But he can also be wrong.
I think one of the reasons why it took a bit for a decision, was that there were multiple incidents to look over. Some of them (like Savatgy) were determined that he jumped after the incident.
https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/Marvin-Musquin-I-did-slow-down-…
Of course, we now know that he got penalized according to the 2019 Supercross rule book. You can get your own here. http://www.amasupercross.com/rules/pdf/2019/2019%20AMA%20Supercross%20R…
I'm not sure why people are so angry. This is consistent with the penalty that Jeremy Martin got last year. Yes, it's different than when Dungey got penalized for the same thing, but the rule was also changed after he lost the win in Detroit, to avoid this type of issue. RC can be angry about it. But he can also be wrong.
I think one of the reasons why it took a bit for a decision, was that there were multiple incidents to look over. Some of them (like Savatgy) were determined that he jumped after the incident.
What about the riders that took off on the jump face where the downed riders were? They gonna get docked points too? Or is being committed to doubling before you’re clear of the down riders considered good enough because you’ve rolled the previous jumps?
The Shop
Marv made no bones about the mistake. But let's think about this for a second. At this point in the season, do you think he'd rather have the bonus? Or those points back? I'm guessing it's the latter.
7 points is a big deal, he got a fair (big) penalty.
True racers want to win, not finish second, and if it takes jumping on a red flag, u know damn well there are a bunch of dudes out there that will do it.... now it looks like they have to if they want to keep up....
Ugly......
This also isn't the first time that rule has been applied. I don't remember people being so angry last time, which makes me wonder why.
Also if you break the rules and get penalized you did not win, that is just crazy.
These incidents will always bring forward the drama queens. The same 5 or so come out every week with their spin on how unfair life is. It’s boring as hell.
1) ignorance of the rules and thinking penalty was arbitrary by AMA
2) don’t like the rule because it was too easy or too harsh
3) my guy didn’t benefit enough
So the usual.
I would have like the penalty to have been more swift and on TV / NBC Gold. Since it directly followed the rules and they had almost the whole race to decide that would seem doable.
Pit Row
Roczen didn’t lose the race right there. He never had the speed Marvin had all race. So the win doesn’t bother me too much. Also I think Roczen is enough of a man the he doesn’t want to win one that way.
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