If rules were rules the whole grid bar Jack miller would have started from pit lane that race, which shows they can when needed be flexible.
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If rules were rules the whole grid bar Jack miller would have started from pit lane that race, which shows they can when needed be flexible.
Last year's start was unprecedented, and the pit lane isn't wide enough to accommodate that many bikes in a race start - none of them are that big, they'd have needed an entire grid marking out. As the entire field aside from JM43 changed, they re-formed in their qualifying order behind where the back row was. It wasn't ideal, but better than the carnage that would have ensued had 26-odd bikes tried starting in a mass melée from pit lane. Race Control and the Safety Commission had no choice but to improvise.
MM93 got a ride-through penalty for his self-start and re-position on the grid last year - actually I thought he did very well, but unfortunately it was all illegal...
Last edited by Scotty; 02-04-19 at 01:41 PM.
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