Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Race Direction To Review Marshals' Handling Of Rossi/Stoner Jerez Crash

The incident between Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi continues to generate controversy. Much of the debate has centered around the role of the marshals, with Stoner contending that the marshals helped Rossi first before attending to him. Footage only partially corroborates Stoner's story, but what is clear is that the marshals did not lend enough assistance to restart his Honda RC212V, the marshals dropping off one by one, until the Australian had only marshal pushing him along. This, Stoner claimed, was not good enough, and he felt that he was a victim of bias by the marshals, the corner workers helping Rossi on his way but not doing enough to get the Repsol Honda rider back in the race.

As a result of this complaint, Race Direction have decided to hold a review of the entire incident once they reach Estoril, the FIM announced today. Race Direction will hold a hearing into the incident at Estoril, where they will invite the Clerk of the Course and the Chief Marshal to explain the chain of events. Though the press release does not go into details of exactly what will be reviewed, given the people invited to attend, it is most likely to examine the actions of the corner workers helping both Rossi and Stoner during and after the crash. 

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