Who is at fault here?

[Sea Demon]

A race at Brands Hatch yesterday, the driver of car behind took to the grass coming up to the flag to try & win the race, didn't work out.

The car filming took the win 0.7 seconds ahead of the Escort which crossed the line in 2nd place whilst crashing etc - no contact between the 2 cars apart from a slight tap to the front left of the BMW when the Escort goes across it.

Driver of the Escort appealed the win of the BMW and was then handed the win, the driver of the BMW was handed a 5 sec penalty - right or wrong? You decide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrwJDchf6yQ&fe...

Edited by Sea Demon on Monday 6th November 11:15

Edited by Sea Demon on Monday 6th November 11:39

[Sea Demon]

fat80b said:

You've edited the post twice but I still don't understand what you are saying happened.

The car filming - this is the escort?

There was contact - in that the BMW coming round the outside came across the car filming and they touched?

what do you mean in the last sentence. Why did the escort driver have to appeal anything - he crossed the line first right ?

Please have another go at explaining.

Read it again and it makes sense to me

The video shows what happened, the Escort crossed the line in 2nd place 0.7 secs behind the car filming which is the BMW.

I'm asking, was the driver of the car that crashed, right to appeal and was it right that he was then handed the win and the race winner stripped of his win and given a 5 sec penalty?

[Sea Demon]

Birley started the race last - the grounds of the appeal were dangerous driving & that would constitute more than a 5 sec penalty, Im sure its in the MSA book as a ban or a disqualification but the series is as bent as Birleys car.

[Sea Demon]

This should clear it all up!

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kmtv/video/130mph-cras...

Whose fault now?

[Sea Demon]

HustleRussell said:

Have we established whether Sea Demon = Graham Crowhurst yet?

Ha ha Im not Graham

[Sea Demon]

RB Will said:

Seems like a nice championship to be involved in.
Apparently the penalty given to Crowhurst is not what should have been applied for the rule breaking he was punished for. He should have been excluded or given a one race ban. He is happy that he got a minor penalty but people are seeing that as the stewards just handing it out to make Rod happy.

Crowhurst has had personal messages sent saying things like he should have his face smashed in like the Escort, and Rod's wife has apparently wished a life long disease on him.

She wishes him 'a miserable life with a painful life long illness' - such a lovely woman

[Sea Demon]

Rod did an interview for the BBC on Monday, I'm presuming he contacted them as the BBC don't normally turn up to report on crashes at Brands Hatch at any level.

The Astra & Mini crash were a father & son, also a Mitsi Evo crashed into the pit wall coming onto the straight, driver also had to go hospital.

[Sea Demon]

Kraken said:

Birley was scheduled to do an interview with the BBC the day before the race due to the UK wins record but it was cancelled due to traffic (or something like that, the circuit commentators were talking about it) they would already have been covering the story.

Edited by Kraken on Thursday 9th November 14:37

Ah ok didn't know that