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Prague GP`s rounds 5 and 6 Friday and Saturday September 18th and 19th


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9 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

The technology is available to take any subjectivity out of the equation. A movement sensor on all bikes, aligned to the release of the tape mechanism. As soon as the green lights come on the sensor becomes live, and if a rider moves before the tapes are released he is out. Very straight forward to do and would remove the ref from making subjective calls. 

I can't believe in this day and age there is not a better system. PE beams are one way. Why for instance has no one pointed out that the tapes do not go up level? They lag in the middle, some worse than others. Break a beam and your engine stops. Simples!! Yesterday was awful. 

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13 hours ago, HenryW said:

I'm not sure about mobile devices, but if you have a laptop or PC and can do frame by frame on youtube - "." key (full stop) to move one frame forward and "," key (comma)  to move one back, it really looks to me like he didn't move until the tapes were moving.

Don't get me wrong....He clearly anticipated the start. That was NOT a reaction to the tapes being released. Apart from anything else, he was looking at the tapes in front of himself rather than the pole and when he moved the tapes in front of him hadn't moved...I'd love to hear any theory about why Leon does that when everyone else looks at the pole/magnet. 

However, as my understanding of the rules are, that was a perfect start. He didn't move until the tapes moved. It was impossible for him to have reacted that fast, but I don't think the rules say anything about reaction time...I could be wrong, though, as I haven't checked any rule changes in recent years.

It took me a few goes, so it just show how hard it is for the ref, but yes I have to agree with your good self. It looked like he made a perfect jump!!

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Terrible sized crowd. Should have had a round at Poole. That would sort them out. Cant be a thousand there and I watch Blackpool v Swindon this Arvo with a thousand. 

Totally set up for Zmarzlik.

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It's all set up for Zmarlik. 

You can't expect the Poles to pass up a golden opportunity 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Terrible sized crowd. Should have had a round at Poole. That would sort them out. Cant be a thousand there and I watch Blackpool v Swindon this Arvo with a thousand. 

Totally set up for Zmarzlik.

Can't understand why you are so anti Zmarzlik, for me the most exciting talented rider since Gollob

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Just now, sommelier said:

Can't understand why you are so anti Zmarzlik, for me the most exciting talented rider since Gollob

I am actually am not anti Zmarzlik. I just think it’s set up for him. Not an even playing field. In a usual season I would say fair play.

Thing is Poland is dominating the sport to such a degree it is to the detriment of the sport on the world stage. Anyone but a Pole!

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