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Warsaw GP 2022 Saturday May 14th


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On 5/19/2022 at 2:22 PM, AFCB Wildcat said:

I was surprised to read  Rory Shlein's comments in this week's Star regarding the Madsen - Michelson incident where he believes  the referee got it badly wrong. 

"Leon complained he was being leaned on. Well if you're going to slam into someone coming of the corner you should expect a bit of leaning back. It's grand Prix racing" He then goes on to say that Madsen made contact & was the aggressor.

Seems a bit of a tainted view to me, and certainly not how I saw it. 

We've seen lots of aggressive moves in GP where riders have barged through and moved their opponent right to the fence but I can't see how Madsen 'slammed' into Michelson here. 

From half way round the first corner Madsen had clear track in front of him and hugs the kerb as he exits and passes Michelson. From that point he has clear track in front of him and doesn't ride an unnatural line or squeeze Michelson who has plenty of room outside of him. Also Madsen didn't "complain" he was being leaned on, he was merely saying that he wasn't to blame for the contact.

A racing incident where it was hard to apportion blame yes, but I think the referee got it right in this instance and even if you disagree he certainly didn't get it 'badly' wrong!

I take it Rory doesn't like Leon? 

 

 

 

Would have to agree.

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