Donington Track Safety

[anonymous-user]

Sausage kerbs have no place on a racing circuit. They quite simply are a fatal accident creating device, we have been very lucky to date.

[UnluckyTimmeh]

Willhire89 said:

Do BaT and the other TDO's allow timing these days?

Seems from the other YT clips posted by the (ex) Elise driver that he is claiming a record lap whilst on a TD

Quite how you claim a LR using a random point on the circuit is a bit beyond me - traditionally the start/finish line is the datum.

I would imagine via data logging. The guys use it to analyse their lines, braking points etc and naturally it produces a lap time.

[BertBert]

jsf said:

Sausage kerbs have no place on a racing circuit. They quite simply are a fatal accident creating device, we have been very lucky to date.

In my case, in the heat of the first lap fracas, made a mistake and fortunately the fatality was the car, not me. Not a cheap mistake. Utter madness putting danger-creating devices on the race track.
Bert

[woof]

I know we are a long way a way from F1 and the speeds they reach. Equally as club racers are cars aren't as safe as an F1 car. Crash tests etc don't exist. When you hear motorsport experts saying Alonso's accident was far worse because he hit a concrete wall and not a tyre barrier then I tend to think that in those areas of a track where a high speed off, with no gravel or anything to slow you down apart from an immovable concrete wall, probably isn't the best option.

The MSA really needs to listen to it's main body of members - the club racer. Not the 100 or so professional BRDC drivers. I have said this before but I would very much like to be a club MSA drivers rep - I don't mind upsetting people and I tend to get stuff done. I'm not even sure a position like this exists but it should !

[markbates]

Just read the write up in the Northampton Chronicle, was this a track day or test day? Nasty shunt and glad the driver was ok'ish.