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Originally Posted by Simon Hadfield
Have the MSA cars had more fires than other ASNs cars?
Have those fires been more serious?
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Have there been many fires in historic racing cars?
Doing a demonstration at Goodwood where racing overalls weren't required the marshal said that he felt full protection with no exposed skin was essential, particularly in a single seater - e.g. disagreed with wearing period dress.
That made me wonder how many situations there have been where such overalls have made a difference in historics?
Following on from that you have to wonder if it is really essential to have the very latest standard of equipment.
As for fire extinguishers, the only person I know who's actually used the onboard one in an emergency said that it was totally ineffective, didn't put the fire out and it needed the Marshal's to aim their extinguishers in the right area!