What was he thinking?

[Oilchange]

Did you watch the vid?

All this talk about prepared to have a rub here or trade paint there is irrelevent. It was a spiteful and deliberate act (not an error) that could have caused a serious injury or worse. And for what? A small plastic trophy and maybe a photo in magazine.

I hope I never meet the guy let alone race with him...

Edited by Oilchange on Wednesday 19th November 21:51

[Simon T]

Dur... No I didn't I just made up my post, Come on

I think your comment is valid for both drivers,it could just as easily have ended the other way.

[Oilchange]

I don't think so at all.

[Simon T]

That's the beauty of opinions, we can all have one

Edited by Simon T on Wednesday 19th November 22:15

[Oilchange]

Too true but would you be happy lining up on a grid next to a muppet like him?

It's not what club racing is about. I mean, what's the point if not to have fun? Being barged off into a possible fatal isn't what I call fun.

[RobM77]

I think there's a bit of a difference between a small tap on the way into a corner and a deliberate move across the track on a straight right into another car that's alongside, especially when that tap is towards a driver who is offline and in an unexpected position, having braked way too much and too early. I've been on the receiving end of quite a few taps mid-corner during close racing and haven't thought anything of it, just a quick bit of opposite lock and away you go again - and all of them were followed up by an apology in parc ferme. If two drivers are on a straight in full control of their cars and one moves deliberately across onto the other, forcing him off the track, then that's a different matter entirely. One could even take the point of view that the Porsche driver's driving was unsafe anyway, even not in light of this incident - would you pass an ARDS test driving like that?

Again though, just my opinion. I'm just very relieved that the driver seems to be ok after the incident.

Edited by RobM77 on Thursday 20th November 11:26

[BertBert]

Simon T said:

That's the beauty of opinions, we can all have one

I think that if it were a bit of tit for tat, or making a mistake that causes danger for another person, or having to lean on Andy Cummings to stop him leaning on you then that's a different story.

But the problem I see is that the Porsche driver thinks it's ok to lunge from side to side on the straight to defend his position. That's not a one off mistake, or a slight error of judgement. That's his chosen way of defending. I think it's dangerous and not according to the rules.

Bert