If you saw him clearly go down why did YOU not report that to an official? We were unsure of the situation and had to have faith that the rider did the right thing. It is after all a riders prerogative to re-enter for a check and should not require a black flag. As the laps progressed several people questioned the situation but it was still unclear so we allowed him to ride on with a view to a penalty IF at the end of the race it was clear that the bike had gone down. In our view if he had not gone down and we called him in that would have been a lot worse for us. Initially we discussed a penalty of 30 seconds, the steward encouraged a penalty of 20. We had both riders reps, Nathaniel and Dave, 4 race officials and the steward present to discuss the situation and apply the penalty. No situation like this is easy to make a decision on.
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