If you crash, are you out of the race?

Cutter · Aug 19, 2020

I’ve seen a few different clips of Marquez running to his second bike and continuing to ride - whether after a crash or a malfunction. Why didn’t Rins do the same in Austria last Sunday?

Barbedwirebikerr · Aug 19, 2020

Cutter said:
I’ve seen a few different clips of Marquez running to his second bike and continuing to ride - whether after a crash or a malfunction. Why didn’t Rins do the same in Austria last Sunday?

I haven't seen the video, but the only time you can mount a new bike after crashing and making unrideable, your first bike, is during FP or QP.

If you crash in a race, and are unable to restart on the same bike, your race is over.

Aw Mang · Aug 19, 2020

Cutter said:
I’ve seen a few different clips of Marquez running to his second bike and continuing to ride - whether after a crash or a malfunction. Why didn’t Rins do the same in Austria last Sunday?

The clips you saw are probably the free practice, not the race.

p4p1 · Aug 19, 2020

Even if you could, which I doubt the rules allow for, by the time you go back to your bike in the pits I would imagine that you'd be dead last.

Hollywood · Aug 20, 2020

The back up bike is usually set up for rain just in case. also if you could manage to get back and get on a back up bike that was ready for the conditions, why risk the engine just to finish a few laps down?

If you crash, are you out of the race?

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