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Not that simple and hasn't been so for the best part of fifty years. Being somewhere at one's own risk is never entirely possible - and nor should it be in most civilian circumstances. But that doesn't mean that if you get hurt somebody is automatically at fault in every situation- far from it, despite what some pond life PI firms may tell you.
Let's suppose you are at a race meeting , buy a burger and choke to death because you are a messy eater. Vendor liable to your estate? No, why should they be - it's entirely your fault . But you buy a burger which poisons you - because vendor selling cheap , past sell by crap? Of course you want and should get damages.
During a race a car skids of the track in the heat of the moment, kicks up some grit and damages your eyes. Liable? Doubt it- normal incident, nobody at fault (people are known to spin ) . But same driver , except this time his car loses a wheel which hits you and hurts you severely; inquiry finds that the driver's team hadn't properly secured the wheel in the first place . You will probably be entitled to compensation the team had a duty of care to prepare the car and failed to do so.
Or another scenario - you are walking through the paddock , minding your own business but keeping alert (as you should ) , and some young buck in his race car , contrary to all the rules, does a practice start without warning , loses control and runs you over. Compensation ? Damn right.
These are just examples and I stress every case is slightly different and is judged on what happened and why. In some cases it's tough- if your ears hurt at Santa Pod don't say the organisers didn't warn you repeatedly to wear ear protection.... But if a mechanic in a dragster team get careless with their rocket fuel by having a quick Woodbine Tipped where they shouldn't and you get fried - I think you'd get some compo .
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