Leicester Lions Vs Swindon Robins 17/07/17

[arnieg 3,637]

 

I guess it's because Bachelor wasn't excluded but was unable to ride due to being injured after starting the race first time out.

 

Correct - as set out in 15.14.3

 

"In a re-run of heat 15 a non-disqualified rider who is unable to take part may be replaced by a reserve or another ‘qualified’ rider."

 

for a starting offence it's 15 metres or a reserve.

[Big Al 708]

Just looked at that incident again.

Have changed my mind. It wasn't a bad refereeing decision, just a wrong one.

 

Pawel had already embarked on a trajectory that was always going to result in him either going into or very close to the fence on bend 4. This was probably due to lack of knowledge of the track, coupled with the track prep which had created a corridor a grip on the outer half of the track. Losing control of his bike as it picked up grip merely hastened his journey to the fence.

 

Riss was in front, and there are no wing mirrors on the bikes, nor is there a requirement for riders to look around. Peter Collins once said that when another rider is close, you hear a buzzing noise but that it's impossible to tell whereabouts the other bike is, you don't know if he is on the inside or outside.

 

Riss was innocent!