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Originally posted by weeksy
gets onto his lovely dry bike and shoots off on his brand new and fully heated tyres.....
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Then gets held for 20 minutes in the assembly area, does his usual warm-up lap then when the lights go off he shoots off down to the 1st corner and tips it in hard as normal, then the front end goes and he is on his butt as his tyres weren't as warm as he thought. Meanwhile the other rider not on tyrewarmers did his usual warm-up lap and left the line in his usual manner arived at the first corner knowing grip would not be as good as it will be later in the race and allows for that as he tips the bike in...oh look he has just passed a guy sliding on his butt.
I have seen far more 1st corner crashes since tyre warmers were introduced than I did before.
We could always make it even and ban tyre warmers
[Edited on 13-12-2004 by skidlids]