Waved yellows - how slow do you go?
Discussion
Not sure if this has been done before, but...
This weekend in a club meet at Croft, a car went into the gravel at Clervaux and waved yellows were out. I could see the tractor thing lifting the car off as I was coming down the straight, so backed off significantly until the green at Hawthorn.
2 cars behind gained on me fairly significantly, and one of the drivers post race said I slowed way too much. I disagree. I believe I was about 30% slower under the yellows,,so around 80 instead of 110 down the straight and coasted through the corner.
To me the rules are fairly clear:
15.1 (f) Yellow flag – Double Waved: Great danger. Slow down considerably. Be prepared to suddenly change from the projected racing line, or take other evasive action including stopping if necessary. No overtaking. (This signal may be supplemented or replaced by flashing yellow light(s), as an added warning).
Personally I don't muck around - it's a club race and unforgivable if you hit a Marshall. You don't know what caused the car to go off, and the worst case it's oil (marshals don't always spot this) and you go off too, into the live snatch vehicle.
What's not clear is how much advantage you can gain on the car in front / person behind can gain on you, and what the limit is for speed short of not setting fastest laps.
Discuss.
This weekend in a club meet at Croft, a car went into the gravel at Clervaux and waved yellows were out. I could see the tractor thing lifting the car off as I was coming down the straight, so backed off significantly until the green at Hawthorn.
2 cars behind gained on me fairly significantly, and one of the drivers post race said I slowed way too much. I disagree. I believe I was about 30% slower under the yellows,,so around 80 instead of 110 down the straight and coasted through the corner.
To me the rules are fairly clear:
15.1 (f) Yellow flag – Double Waved: Great danger. Slow down considerably. Be prepared to suddenly change from the projected racing line, or take other evasive action including stopping if necessary. No overtaking. (This signal may be supplemented or replaced by flashing yellow light(s), as an added warning).
Personally I don't muck around - it's a club race and unforgivable if you hit a Marshall. You don't know what caused the car to go off, and the worst case it's oil (marshals don't always spot this) and you go off too, into the live snatch vehicle.
What's not clear is how much advantage you can gain on the car in front / person behind can gain on you, and what the limit is for speed short of not setting fastest laps.
Discuss.
Some interesting and honest responses.
One thing I always think whe I see someone's had a big off, is that you don't know why they went off. Worst case is due to an oil leak, and if you haven't lifted off a good amount you may well end up right where they are.
The following lap I've added a bit more speed but you still need to have visually slowed down.
It's a tricky one but I will stick to the side of caution.
One thing I always think whe I see someone's had a big off, is that you don't know why they went off. Worst case is due to an oil leak, and if you haven't lifted off a good amount you may well end up right where they are.
The following lap I've added a bit more speed but you still need to have visually slowed down.
It's a tricky one but I will stick to the side of caution.
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