So what of the mysterious Turn 1 flag?
“The marshal was a bit too overzealous,” Webb said. “He briefly waved the flag because it looked like a fall was going to happen (ed: Iannone was running wide with a mechanical problem), but when the rider got his bike back on the track under control, the flag disappeared immediately. It remained up for about three seconds.
“Coincidentally, exactly the same flag was waved again 10 seconds later when Loris Baz crashed, but by that time all the top riders were long gone.”
“The marshal was a bit too overzealous,” Webb said. “He briefly waved the flag because it looked like a fall was going to happen (ed: Iannone was running wide with a mechanical problem), but when the rider got his bike back on the track under control, the flag disappeared immediately. It remained up for about three seconds.
“Coincidentally, exactly the same flag was waved again 10 seconds later when Loris Baz crashed, but by that time all the top riders were long gone.”
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