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Thats true and I agree to a point, but when a car pierces a hole and hits a tree (potentially if that did occur) that is a risk that needs to be eliminated. At least in circuit racing. If you are Rallying then its part of the job I suppose, but for this event I think that needs looking at.
Everybody's over at the Ten-Tenths board or on the chat....Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
I have a great deal of sympathy for this view. However, if (again stressing that word) the car did somehow hit a tree on the other side of the barrier, I thought that such accidents were well and truly a thing of the past. That's not the sort of risk I consider acceptable.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJan
It makes you appreciate just how lucky Mike Rockenfeller was in 2011.
There should be lots of discussion about the armco barrier quality in the days to come.
I would generally agree that it's unacceptable for a barrier to be that weak. The one caveat I would place is that it's not the kind of place that you would predict a car would be heading, and certainly not at the kind of speed that Simonsen would have hit it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
I quite agree that there needs to be discussion on this matter and questions need to be asked as to whether the barrier in that area was as strong as it is around the rest of the track. If it is then we know that it's up to fairly heavy impacts (as with Mike Rockenfeller and others). If it's not then you really have to wonder why an even that surely must raise a good revenue is skimping on safety. It's still all conjecture at the minute though, this is largely based on rumour and hearsay,
Question I was just asked. Which I wasnt sure about. Do the teams tell the drivers during the race?
I suppose with twitter and the internet drivers find out easy enough
I'd have thought so, however Ant Davidson tweeted something about having had a difficult stint and didn't mention anything else, so I presume that at the time he was unaware.Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
I think the problem is that if the barrier is too strong, then the barrier itself would be too dangerous as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Perhaps they could have some sort of flexing barrier that will absorb the impact energy in a much better way then current barriers/fences.
In speedway they used to have semi-fixed fences that was quite dangerous but nowadays
most tracks uses air fenceswhich have been a major safety improvement.
Obviously the exact same solution would not bee possible but something with the same principle of function.
#1 In the garage not long after a stop and #3 on the way back from Dunlop chicane on 3 wheels. Everything seemed to be going so well for Audi and then 2 problems in quick succession. I suspect that #3 won't be much of an issue, but it's still let Toyota get their foot back in the door.
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Originally Posted by MrJan
Shows how amazing the 24 hours can be.
Toyota 2-3 and way ahead of #1 who must have lost a lap at least by now, #3 will have lost minutes. Have Toyota got the pace to hold off their recoveries?
Also now suddenly just 1 car ahead of them. Their is a sniff off a win.
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