Stefan Mucke may lose his license?
Discussion
For those who haven't seen it, head over to www.gt1world.com/gt1tv and the incidents start at about 1 hour 5 minutes into the footage of the "GT1 Championship Race from Silverstone Watch Again" video on there.
I'm sure some of you are aware of this if you keep your eye on motorsport news; but Stefan Mucke made a bit of a "driver error" at the FIA GT1 Championship race at Silverstone this weekend. He seemingly got a bit angry after being spun by Richard Westbrook, and promptly took him out at high speed, in what seems like a spot of retribution.
He's due to drive at Le Mans this weekend alongside his FIA GT partner, Darren Turner, and nothing has been said as yet as to whether this will affect his drive on the weekend.
As an AMR fan, I have no idea what to say to be honest. See what you think!
I'm sure some of you are aware of this if you keep your eye on motorsport news; but Stefan Mucke made a bit of a "driver error" at the FIA GT1 Championship race at Silverstone this weekend. He seemingly got a bit angry after being spun by Richard Westbrook, and promptly took him out at high speed, in what seems like a spot of retribution.
He's due to drive at Le Mans this weekend alongside his FIA GT partner, Darren Turner, and nothing has been said as yet as to whether this will affect his drive on the weekend.
As an AMR fan, I have no idea what to say to be honest. See what you think!
damianv8 said:
i just cant wait till the off on thursday to hear those 'Vettes'
thanks for that link its got me all excited!
You're most welcome! Great to see a motorsport league giving such good (and free) coverage.thanks for that link its got me all excited!
webby74 said:
Mucke out, Brabham in i think. Sure he got taken out but should be far more professional than that. Its Turner i feel sorry for having a co driver that does that sort of thing.
The irony is that Brabham made a silly lunge on the Saturday Qualifying race and took a few cars out, including Turner, which destroyed the back end of the Aston. Therefore to a certain extent, Brabham contributed to Mucke's anger. Not that it excuses Mucke of course...I'd like to see Enge alongside Turner in the AMR-One.
zebedee said:
Mucke has signed on for Le Mans and doesn't expect any hearing on his licence to happen this week, so he will be racing in the 24 hours.
Hope he gives the #74 Corvette a wide birth as if he goes near it during the race I will personally hunt him down and give him a slap.Doesn't deserve to be racing if he's unprofessional enough to make w
ker signs to people involve with racing incidents. He should surely be intelligent enough to carry on racing and report to the FIA/Stewards/Ruling Body after the race regarding the matter.
If someone cut me up on the road and I went after them aggresively and made the error of making contact at such speed then I'd most probably have a date in court. The initial bump in the end of the curves looked to me as if the GTR lost front end grip as the driver has holding the steering wheel at a high angle of lock away from the Aston. In my opinion there was no reason for that accident to happen.
ker signs to people involve with racing incidents. He should surely be intelligent enough to carry on racing and report to the FIA/Stewards/Ruling Body after the race regarding the matter. If someone cut me up on the road and I went after them aggresively and made the error of making contact at such speed then I'd most probably have a date in court. The initial bump in the end of the curves looked to me as if the GTR lost front end grip as the driver has holding the steering wheel at a high angle of lock away from the Aston. In my opinion there was no reason for that accident to happen.
A Curtis said:
Doesn't deserve to be racing if he's unprofessional enough to make wker signs to people involve with racing incidents. He should surely be intelligent enough to carry on racing and report to the FIA/Stewards/Ruling Body after the race regarding the matter.
If someone cut me up on the road and I went after them aggresively and made the error of making contact at such speed then I'd most probably have a date in court. The initial bump in the end of the curves looked to me as if the GTR lost front end grip as the driver has holding the steering wheel at a high angle of lock away from the Aston. In my opinion there was no reason for that accident to happen.
Mucke was already on a 5 race suspended ban following a previous incident, Westbrook is on a 3 race suspended ban now following the contact with the Aston. Mucke should not be racing at Le Mans. Darren Turner was still very pissed off on Sunday morning after the Aston was taken out by David Brabham in the Saturday race so I guess Mucke just saw red after the contact, but that doesn't excuse the damage done to the car after driving into the Nissan in a revenge attack. His quote after the race was laughable.ker signs to people involve with racing incidents. He should surely be intelligent enough to carry on racing and report to the FIA/Stewards/Ruling Body after the race regarding the matter. If someone cut me up on the road and I went after them aggresively and made the error of making contact at such speed then I'd most probably have a date in court. The initial bump in the end of the curves looked to me as if the GTR lost front end grip as the driver has holding the steering wheel at a high angle of lock away from the Aston. In my opinion there was no reason for that accident to happen.
Mucke said:
"There came the situation with the Nissan, which drove hard into my back corner at a corner where you can't usually overtake," Stefan Mucke explained. "I spun, but could continue and the car felt okay.
"I was already back on the racing line when I saw the Nissan very slow in front of me. I expected him to drive onto the grass as he was so slow, but underestimated the situation and passed him too close. Somehow my car clipped the Nissan and I spun into the wall.
"It was of course not my intention to drive into the Nissan, I just underestimated the situation."
"I was already back on the racing line when I saw the Nissan very slow in front of me. I expected him to drive onto the grass as he was so slow, but underestimated the situation and passed him too close. Somehow my car clipped the Nissan and I spun into the wall.
"It was of course not my intention to drive into the Nissan, I just underestimated the situation."
Mucke said:
"I passed him a little bit too close. It was definitely my mistake but I was focused on taking my line"
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