Black Flags on Track Days
Discussion
HiRich said:
Many years ago on Silverstone GP. The drivers' briefing earnestly explained that if you collected gravel, you were going home. Also, it was very damp, so please be very careful for the first session.
First session, second lap, and the red flag comes out. Everyone's looking down the pitlane to work out who it is. Car comes back, and it's, err, Derek Bell (doing demo rides for Harrier, IIRC).
OK. New rule. Everyone EXCEPT Derek Bell, don't stick it in the gravel.
Later in the day, a young kid nearly stuffed the back of his McLaren F1 into the pitwall approaching Copse. Everyone came out to applaud...
I think I've heard stories of that day - was it an RMA one? Apparently the F1 crash was caused by a lack of heel&toe leading to locked rears on entry to the corner.
Recently I was standing with a marshall at Bedford (at the bank complex), when he black flagged someone driving a Mini Cooper S. The driver wound down his window to speak to the marshall -
Marshall "Everything OK today Sir?"
Driver "Yes, fine thankyou...?"
Marshall "Not cold at all?"
Driver "No I'm fine thanks"
Marshall "So I assume you haven't noticed that your boot has been open for two laps???"
I think that was the same day a certain SL driver got into trouble for doing donuts...
Once at Bedford for continually demonstating the lack of rear end grip on a set of sh4gged tyres on my M5 coming out of the hairpin on the GT circuit.
Again at bedford for being too loud in mt Caterham... I managed to fool the noise police by limeting the revs past the sound check but then got caught up behind a CSL and decided I'd had enough but forget the mic! so they sent me home.. bassers!
Again at bedford for being too loud in mt Caterham... I managed to fool the noise police by limeting the revs past the sound check but then got caught up behind a CSL and decided I'd had enough but forget the mic! so they sent me home.. bassers!
dcw@pr said:
I think I've heard stories of that day - was it an RMA one? Apparently the F1 crash was caused by a lack of heel&toe leading to locked rears on entry to the corner.
I think so. None of us were up on the wall, so we didn't see the cause, although there was a suspicion that the problem started when overtaking another car under braking. The young chap driving (early twenties at most)had the McLaren silver race suit as well. Hid the brown stain very well.
dcw@pr said:
Many years ago on Silverstone GP. The drivers' briefing earnestly explained that if you collected gravel, you were going home. Also, it was very damp, so please be very careful for the first session.
First session, second lap, and the red flag comes out. Everyone's looking down the pitlane to work out who it is. Car comes back, and it's, err, Derek Bell (doing demo rides for Harrier, IIRC).
OK. New rule. Everyone EXCEPT Derek Bell, don't stick it in the gravel.
Later in the day, a young kid nearly stuffed the back of his McLaren F1 into the pitwall approaching Copse. Everyone came out to applaud...
I think I've heard stories of that day - was it an RMA one? Apparently the F1 crash was caused by a lack of heel&toe leading to locked rears on entry to the corner.
Recently I was standing with a marshall at Bedford (at the bank complex), when he black flagged someone driving a Mini Cooper S. The driver wound down his window to speak to the marshall -
Marshall "Everything OK today Sir?"
Driver "Yes, fine thankyou...?"
Marshall "Not cold at all?"
Driver "No I'm fine thanks"
Marshall "So I assume you haven't noticed that your boot has been open for two laps???"
I think that was the same day a certain SL driver got into trouble for doing donuts...
Hadn't he heard of an interior mirror. Should have been driving a Nissan.
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