JCW looses win at oschersleben
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Well, just watched the eurosport coverage of the FIA GT's from germany and ive got to say im apauled by jamie campbel walter, ive always thought hes a cracking driver and a nice bloke but what he did to phillpe alliot force one festina viper was WELL out of order, so incredibly unprofesional, matteo Bobbi (although i dont like him!) called campbell walter an 'idiot' and phillipe alliot was also fumming with jamie, anyone whos seen the coverege will know how violent that crash was, the viper was completely destroyed, at that point on the track they are reaching around 135mph and alliot didnt seem to slow down much, alliot just walked out of it, thank god, could have been much worse.
yes, i was apauled at what he did. JCW said he moved over to avoid a SMALL piece of debris, but look at the footage, there was no debris, and in the lister press release it said JCW moved to avoid a BIG piece of debris and it definately wasnt big. The impact with the wall was horrific, JCW should be very thankful he didnt cause some bad injuries, also alliot drove to a superb 3rd overall which is great for them, then to have that numpty hit him on the straight at very high speed, and 'he was in my blind spot' bolloks Jamie, he remained un-apologetic, apauling conduct! He said 'Its unfortunate that someones had an accidnet' thats just plain rude, jamie should have apologised straight away, it was 100% his fault, i agree with you he should have atleast one race ban.
Just looked at MST's PDF booklet, and at the start finish line the force on festina viper was reaching 132mph (205kph) and the accident happend some way after the start finish line, it would have been nearer 145mph
god, that is truely shocking.
>> Edited by viperman on Wednesday 24th September 08:42
Just looked at MST's PDF booklet, and at the start finish line the force on festina viper was reaching 132mph (205kph) and the accident happend some way after the start finish line, it would have been nearer 145mph
god, that is truely shocking. >> Edited by viperman on Wednesday 24th September 08:42
I went to the race and was sat in the grandstand directly above the accident. In my view it isnt as clear cut as eurosport and our friend Alliot make out.
Yes JCW moved over a little to the left, though not as pronounced as the camera's make it look. JCW had effectly got the cockpit passed the nose of alliots car before he moved. Drivers were performing maneouvres like this through out the race.
Alliots driving quality was and is very poor!!. He was completely unobservant towards other drivers through the race. Not even talking about the pit lane thing.
JCW must have become very impatient with the little frenchman. If it were my decision I would ban the pair of them.
Oscherlebens safety and marshalling standards were also a shambles, especially the incident with the stalled Alfa on the Grid.
Jeremy.
Yes JCW moved over a little to the left, though not as pronounced as the camera's make it look. JCW had effectly got the cockpit passed the nose of alliots car before he moved. Drivers were performing maneouvres like this through out the race.
Alliots driving quality was and is very poor!!. He was completely unobservant towards other drivers through the race. Not even talking about the pit lane thing.
JCW must have become very impatient with the little frenchman. If it were my decision I would ban the pair of them.
Oscherlebens safety and marshalling standards were also a shambles, especially the incident with the stalled Alfa on the Grid.
Jeremy.
jv_as said:
JCW must have become very impatient with the little frenchman. If it were my decision I would ban the pair of them.
I think you are right jv but as a driver Jamie must have felt upset and fustrated at the time leading the race and the Viper taking 2 laps to move out the way on a very hard track to overtake, I do not think Jamie intended to run him of the track it was more like a swerve to show "the little frenchman" how upset he was with his driving. But still should not have happened and Jamie should take it on the chin it could have ended up with a driver getting hurt ?
jv_as said:
If it were my decision I would ban the pair of them.
Sounds fairest option to me. I've watched what I can of the TV coverage, and if there's any debris there, I'm damned if I can see it. Plenty afterwards of course, which kinda hides the evidence rather smartly, don't you think? I hope that JCW has had time to mull over what he said when he first climbed out of the car, and admit that much of that was heat of the moment stuff. An apology might not go amiss - from both of them.
im sorry but i really dont see how he can blame alliot atall, it is JCW's job to get past alliot and alliot even moved over for him but JCW still moved over and hit alliot, a move that is VERY serious at 145mph, he needs his license taking off him. I feel v.strongly about this matter. Alliot was only infront of him for a lap and a bit and JCW's lead wasnt comprimised, it was pointless and VERY dangerous, he calls himself a proffesional?
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