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RE: 4 disqualified in mondays race
Oversized engines believed to be reason for results change
Light shed on disqualifications
It's understood oversized engines were the reason four of the five top finishers in yesterday's Superbike Classic TT Race were disqualified.
The results were changed around 9pm last night (Mon), several hours after the race was completed.
Whilst Michael Dunlop remained the winner, Michael Rutter was promoted from fourth to second and William Dunlop moved into third place.
Sports Editor Tim Glover has more details. - Listen Here
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30-08-2016, 12:38 PM |
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RE: 4 disqualified in mondays race
ban them...no better than drugs cheats in other sport.
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RE: 4 disqualified in mondays race
Organisers of the Classic TT have clarified what happened after the Superbike race when two Kawasaki ZXR750s were disqualified from the results, and two other ZXR750 teams declined to submit their machines to examination, and knocked themselves out of the results sheet.
The statement said: “The first three bikes in the Superbike Classic TT Race were selected for post-race eligibility checks. The machines that finished second (Dean Harrison - Silicone Engineering) and third (James Hillier - Greenall Racing) were found to have oversized engines. At that point the machines that finished in the next places were called for the same checks. At this point the machines of Jamie Coward (Mistral Racing) and Horst Saiger (Greenall Racing) were removed from the result by the respective teams, effectively disqualifying themselves.
“This promoted the machine of William Dunlop into a provisional third place, at which point his machine went through the same eligibility checks and was found to comply with the rules. At this point a final result was declared. There were no technical infringements recorded involving the use of quick-shifters and no official protests were lodged by any team or rider.”
Paddock gossip suggests that the capacity of the guilty machines was around 830 to 840cc. There were also rumours that one or more of the ZXRs was equipped with a quick-shifter system, although the organisers’ statement appears to dispel that.
This is believed to be the first year in the Classic TT’s four-year history that automatic post-race technical checks have been carried out on the first three machines in the races. Previously, the only way in which an outlaw bike could have been uncovered was if another competitor had lodged a protest. The Classic TT organisers appear to be demonstrating that cheating will not be tolerated in the future.
- See more at: http://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-d...mBhuV.dpuf
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31-08-2016, 04:30 PM |
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RE: 4 disqualified in mondays race
Horst Saiger post on Facebook
My Statement
It's not funny to be disqualified and there are a lot of rumors, so I feel I need to say how I see the whole thing...
For me the Classic TT is a festival and show, the regulations say everything:
The organisers retain the ability to accept an entry for a machine that is not compliant with these regulations if in their view it will enhance the spectacle of the racing.
There's no price money and no championship. 750s against 1300s, handmade high tech bikes against old standard bikes out of a shed, big teams with professional riders against absolute amateurs.
To be honest I didn't take the whole thing too serious. I was just happy to have a good bike with a good team behind it, so I can ride safely around the mountain course.
No, I didn't know that my bike was out of regulations... but I didn't ask and that's only because I didn't really want to know! After the parc ferme my team boss Angus Greenall came to me and told me: Sorry Horst, you're out. Your pistons are 0,5mm too big. It was only a money thing as the 72,5 mm pistons would have been special parts and 3000£ whilst the 73mm are standard at 40£ each.
For sure it was not right and he could have used smaller pistons, but I think he didn't take it too serious as well. He and the whole team are just putting a lot of hard earned money and hundreds of hours in these bikes to give me the best possible bike to be part of this spectacle. I'm not angry with him and I think I would have ridden the bike also when I knew it was out of regulations by 0,5mm – because nobody that I know in the paddock would think that half a millimeter makes any difference at the result! I feel very safe and comfortable on the bike when I know the Greenalls are behind it and that is the main thing for me.
The whole paddock now learned that the Classic TT is not longer a show event, from now on it's proper racing – even the difference in bikes and riders is enormous.
I will stay with the team if they keep on doing the Classic TT and I would be happy to have them behind me with my own racing at the roads as NW200, TT and everywhere else.
Sorry for my englisch....
PS: what does these words in the rules mean?:
* The onus of ensuring the eligibility of any machine rests solely with the competitor.
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31-08-2016, 05:35 PM |
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RE: 4 disqualified in mondays race
(31-08-2016, 05:35 PM)Malcolm Wrote: Horst Saiger post on Facebook
My Statement
It's not funny to be disqualified and there are a lot of rumors, so I feel I need to say how I see the whole thing...
For me the Classic TT is a festival and show, the regulations say everything:
The organisers retain the ability to accept an entry for a machine that is not compliant with these regulations if in their view it will enhance the spectacle of the racing.
There's no price money and no championship. 750s against 1300s, handmade high tech bikes against old standard bikes out of a shed, big teams with professional riders against absolute amateurs.
To be honest I didn't take the whole thing too serious. I was just happy to have a good bike with a good team behind it, so I can ride safely around the mountain course.
No, I didn't know that my bike was out of regulations... but I didn't ask and that's only because I didn't really want to know! After the parc ferme my team boss Angus Greenall came to me and told me: Sorry Horst, you're out. Your pistons are 0,5mm too big. It was only a money thing as the 72,5 mm pistons would have been special parts and 3000£ whilst the 73mm are standard at 40£ each.
For sure it was not right and he could have used smaller pistons, but I think he didn't take it too serious as well. He and the whole team are just putting a lot of hard earned money and hundreds of hours in these bikes to give me the best possible bike to be part of this spectacle. I'm not angry with him and I think I would have ridden the bike also when I knew it was out of regulations by 0,5mm – because nobody that I know in the paddock would think that half a millimeter makes any difference at the result! I feel very safe and comfortable on the bike when I know the Greenalls are behind it and that is the main thing for me.
The whole paddock now learned that the Classic TT is not longer a show event, from now on it's proper racing – even the difference in bikes and riders is enormous.
I will stay with the team if they keep on doing the Classic TT and I would be happy to have them behind me with my own racing at the roads as NW200, TT and everywhere else.
Sorry for my englisch....
PS: what does these words in the rules mean?:
* The onus of ensuring the eligibility of any machine rests solely with the competitor.
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