by stevebem » Sat Aug 24, 2024 6:08 pm
Dave, Gary is talking about confusing the Track Marshalls if they need to track one bike. A scenario could be that Race Control directs them to look for a particular bike that others have said might be leaking fluid and needs to be verified
The marshalls spot the number given by the tower and sequentially call it as it goes past their station. If the consensus is "yes it is" Control directs for a "pointed at you" flag because he's confirmed something that was reported initially by another source. (Maybe Pit-out called it in because the suspected leak was not apparent until the machine accelerated away from them.)
I've seen it work to pull off a bike creating a hazardous situation, and, I've see marshalls advise "no problem" allowing the rider to continue, and not to lose any positions in the race because of an unnecessary stop.
Two bikes with the same number at the same time is not ideal there.
#413. Steve Bem
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