so in a tactical (cynical) point of view, if a rider needs more time to be ready for heat 15, nominate someone else to go out and break the tapes, and then get put in as replacement
get an eAGM on NOW, get looking at what needs sorting and why, and how to put things right.
don't leave it all until the end of the season, this is going to take time and thinking, with loopholes covered.
you're wrong, the hole was already there, it's just filled and packed normally but the amount of rain that had fallen had undone that packing.
the issue isn't that they made a hole, the issue is that they haven't done anything about it .... still
and the old Poole track before they changed it was superb and always had plenty of dirt on it