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Posted by Julian Bond on May 15, 2008, 3:51 am
>I haven't seen any comments in this group about Leon Haslam's
>disqualification from the 2nd BSB race at Oulton Park. James Haydon
>on the Channel 4 coverage was of the opinion that it was a mistake by
>Leon, but not one that he'd like to see penalised (this was before
>Leon was disqualified). I tend to agree with him, even though Leon
>seems to have been a bit lairy this season. Anybody else got any
>views? I'd be particularly interested in what people who actually race
>themselves think.
Disclaimer: I don't race.
I'm not convinced by Leon. He's obviously got some skills. But he also
makes way too many mistakes. He's lost a couple of championships now
because of this. At Thruxton he was pushing people off the track even
before the Sykes incident. With Sykes it was really hard to tell if Leon
pulled across him, or if he was just following the obvious line for the
next corner and Sykes should have allowed room for somebody who was
already past. But at Oulton, it was more like ramming the guy. The move
was just never going to work.
I think the suspension maybe is a bit harsh. But I also think he needs
to be taught a bit of a lesson and a bit of an example made to stop it
all getting out of control. It's a fine line because we expect people to
make hard passes at this level, but you're not supposed to make hard
passes that result in the other person crashing.
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