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It's about as straight forward as the rules state it.
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If this was the other way around...everyone would be saying what a great pass by Tomac.
If he tboned Tomac but "didn't mean it" no penalty right?
He was going for the kill in that corner. More power to him if he succeeds, but he failed and still took the advantage, despite leaving the track. That's almost exactly the scenario the rules are written to penalize.
Ultimately the rules are there both for competition and for safety. I know it feels fucked up that safety is even a factor in this suicidal sport, but the rule is clearly written that a move involving leaving the track won't get rewarded and riders have to exercise a lot of caution re-entering, regardless of the competitive situation. That's why many times, 'SAFE' is written into the rule: It is specifically to address the case of a guy being out of control.
It does appear it tightened up one of the two. Tomac and Webb were both turning 49s prior to the pass. Webb had the ability to maintain that, while Tomac dropped to 51s and 52s.
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Webb cut "50%" of the corner. He didn't actually cut the whole corner. Anything else than a 5 second penalty would've been way too much (and a 5 sec penalty would not change the results since Tomac dropped an anchor). Lets say that Webb crossruts one jump earlier and ends up on the other lane and continues, then we have a bigger problem and in a case like that docking positions is the only option.
What if Tomac is more aggressive in the corner and keeps the spot, do you still think that Webb should get a penatly? Because Webb was going to pass Tomac, the question was when he was going to make the pass.
I agree that there should be some kind of penalty when you exceed the track limits and happen to make a pass. But my point is that he barely cut 1 meter of the corner and that is why docking positions or anything over a 5 second penalty would've been way too much.
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