Goodwood fatality

[MikeO996]

Everyone seen this?

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/xforums/topic.asp?h=0...

[Eric Mc]

Thread number four.

[sjmmarsh]

I think all discussion threads on this are being taken down on here and blatchat.

This is totally appropriate IMHO.

Steve

[James.S]

Very sad indeed.

Lets hope some good comes out of it and the MSA rethink safety scrutineering in sprints, hillclims and various "open" race series.

J

[rev-erend]

My condolences to both families..

Very sad day.

[Pesmo]

I was thinking that they might at least allow a moderated condolence thread on Blatchat.

Edited by Pesmo on Tuesday 1st May 14:12

[fergus]

James.S said:

Very sad indeed.

Lets hope some good comes out of it and the MSA rethink safety scrutineering in sprints, hillclims and various "open" race series.

J

Agreed. See my (non imflamatory) post below. The sprint safety standards seem to be a long way below races involving more than one lap. They need to be bought in line. As for sprinting being "informal", it poses as much risk as other forms of racing, other than car to car contact.

[four20]

sorry to butt in late but i missed the removed posts. my own thought is that as a sprinter i'd like to know exactly what happened so i can avoid the same situation.

[coppice]

If you want to know exactly what happened I would wait for the inquest.

[Eric Mc]

Way too early to speculate.

[four20]

that's fair comment about waiting for the inquest but since the original incident generated very little information in the press, i doubt the it will be reported in other than local press and we'll be none the wiser unless we live in west sussex..

[Eric Mc]

The internet is your friend. You don't have to live local to read local papers any more.

http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news

http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/

[anonymous-user]

Is it really so much worse than someone asking "Does anyone know what happened so I know not to make the same mistake?" ?

[Noger]

Yes.

[HustleRussell]

Crossflow Kid said:

Is it really so much worse than someone asking "Does anyone know what happened so I know not to make the same mistake?" ?

Yes it is, because questions like that stimulate innovation in safety. As others have said, too early to speculate but if it turns out that there is one small clause which could be added to Motorsport regulations which would prevent a similarly tragic result to an accident, would that not have been a reasonable and worthwhile line of enquiry?

One eyed mick's post shows that either he is disrespectful or that he does not understand competitive driving.

[Eric Mc]

Without getting into too much speculation at this stage, the major factor that day had to be the weather - which was appalling,

Secondly, my thoughts have been centering on the effectiveness of tarmac run-off areas in torrential conditions.

[Noger]

Indeed. Not the first fatality during an event at Goodwood.

A previous one went to court and the claimant includes pretty much everyone including the FIA in their claim.

Of course one wonders about the conditions, run off, provision of HANS etc. But all speculation is pointless pre inquest.

Saying "don't crash" is just being an arse.

[Eric Mc]

Indeed.

In a competitive event, finding the limits is part of the job.

If you don't mess up at least one of your practice runs in a sprint or a hillclimb then you probably aren't trying hard enough.

In this case, the outcome was sadly tragic.