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Bummer deal for Wilbur.
The track officials should be in place slowing them down well before the crossing if there are still bikes in the starting area. No one should have been allowed to cross the track until all bikes have left. There is a reason most tracks don't cross themselves.
The Shop
Because of the layout they should have "pre-thought" about this scenario... start straight... quick 180 and short run to 90 back across starting grid... with some guys shooting out and riding quick on the parade and other taking more of a glance at various parts of the track this was bound to happen.
thx scottie.
I do know Wil has his HS diploma, but other than that....................
Yup that was a screw up for sure.
He was on Hahn's position and Michele Fanton played Wharton's role.
Major difference : Maddii broke his leg in the incident.
Rinaldi, who was runner up coming into that final, basically had to finish both motos and the first ever title for an Italian was going to be his (instead of Corraddo's)...
He was very upset at the situation and even claimed at one point after practise that he was not going to race in the afternoon.
But people pointed to him that he had been injured himself (broken arm I think) and missed severall GP's after dominating the early season.
So there really was no reason for him to not capitalize on Maddii's misfortune.
Also, Suzuki had stayed undefeated since the introduction of the 125 GP's, thanks to Gaston Rahier, Harry Everts, Akira Watanabe, Eric Geboers and now Michele Rinaldi.
I'm sure some people wearing yellow pointed that out to him also.
So, Rinaldi became World Champion and Maddii never had a shot at it again.
Just thought I was gonna throw a piece of history there, and prove that these type of mistakes may have dramatic consequences.
Pit Row
Really neither rider was at fault.
Why do they let the monkey go and blame the monkey wrench?
I never knew the story of Maddii's misfortune. That Gilera he raced was pretty trick for it's day.
Jimi J
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