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Safety Cars
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:37 am
by Tim Hill
Beware of novice Safety Car drivers - did anyone catch the WTCC at Pau?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMkYK5ntU0
Be careful out there
Cheers
Tim
Re: Safety Cars
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:43 am
by Chris Acklam
Ouch! Mind you, touring cars on a street circuit is asking for trouble....
Re: Safety Cars
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:34 am
by Katy Thompson
Oh dear.
Mind you, these guys can barely make it round a normal race circuit. A street circuit just looks too challenging for them!
Re: Safety Cars
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:24 pm
by TonyLees
maybe the BMW driver hadn't spotted the waved yellows
Re: Safety Cars
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:54 pm
by JERRY KNIGHT
seriously for a moment , there thats over with .
the saftey car driver and spotter were both prosecuted by the Fia as it appeares they were asked to ready themselves but not asked to drive onto the track. the telemetry from the bmw showed that he had braked at the first yellow and reduced speed substantially.
http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=170
should we all carry on board data recorders?
Re: Safety Cars
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:58 pm
by Chris Acklam
Well researched Jerry. It does seem bizarre that the safety car driver just lurched out into the centre of the road (like some of the scary pensioners round here).