https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1O4285 So does this mean the first part of the bike or body to cross, or the last part of the bike or body to cross?
If you crash, and your bike slides across first, your time stops when the first part of your body crosses. Not when your bike crosses. And vice versa.
I'm wondering with the rule as written, if in a very close battle, a rider might extend their arm/hand forward to gain a marginal advantage. That seems to me like an unintended possibility of the rule (mostly intended for the crash provision, per above).
Ducati is going to end up making the riders look like a god damn narwhal. An aerodynamic narwhal. But a god damn narwhal. And yes I’m fully aware of the rules prohibiting shit in the helmet but they’ll find a way. They always find a way.
What if you and the bike are sliding backward? Confusingly written. So it’s the last part of the first ‘piece’ (rider or bike) to cross? Edit - I think, I got it... whichever part crosses the line second, it will be the front of that. So if you fall off and slide in front of your bike, your time will be when the first part of the bike crosses the line?
Seems like a silly overreaction rule to me. You crash you don't finish, even if you slide across the line. Want to finish - don't crash...
I posted all the changes from Commission here https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...re_pid=5439757&share_fid=1377008&share_type=t <i>Grand Prix Commission make important changes to 2019 rules</i><br />Race classifications, substitute riders, re-starts after interrupted races and more are outlined for this season Sent from my smatrfone
The wording seems a bit ambiguous as to whether it only applies in a crash situation (where rider and bike are separated) or if it applies in all circumstances.
Yes? New rule is still ambiguous. Starts off explaining why it was made but then doesn't specify that the new rule only kicks in during a crash. "In the future, the finish time will be determined by the first part of the rider or his motorcycle, whichever crosses the finish line last." Quite literally this says it doesn't mean squat when the front tire passes the finish line if the rider is in a tuck with both hands on the handlebars. The rider who extends his middle finger will finish in front of the rider who doesn't, all else being equal. I understand what they're trying to say. I would argue they haven't said it very well. Sooner or later a rider is going to challenge this by attempting a last second "Superman" and produce photographic evidence that both rider and bike were across the line before his competitor even though the first part of his competitor's bike crossed first.