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The discussion around comms is of some significant interest, given that various clubs run meetings at different circuits in different ways according to "local tradition" (as far as I've been able to determine, anyway).
I'm rarely without a radio when I'm at Donington, Rockingham or Silverstone but that's because the club I do most of my marshalling with (BRSCC Midland Centre) provide all (most!) posts with a radio. I have however done meetings with other clubs in the last few years who still use the phones at Donington, largely as I understand it because they are there and mean nobody has to lug boxloads of radios around with them. As long as decent radio comms etiquette is observed (whole different subject!), instantaneous deployment of flags/boards/brushes/pork pies is most definitely achievable, and is achieved on a regular basis. I'll be responding to the consultation to include that (maybe not the pork pies bit though). |
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If the Code 60 is going out by radio it's going to have to go out on a separate frequency to IO/Post Chief, as that one will be in use dealing with whatever has caused the Code 60.
If they're aiming for simultaneous deployment of flags, I imagine they'll use a countdown similar to the one during the last Formula E race for the Full Course Yellow, to make sure they all go out at the same time. That said, it didn't quite work as the boards and flags looked to be out before the countdown started and the leader, who slowed on seeing the flags, lost about 5 seconds as the drivers behind went off their radios. Overall, I think this should be seen as another tool in the Clerk of Courses bag not a straight replacement for safety cars. For example, I imagine D&G will still want a safety car if they're dragging a car out of the gravel at Paddock Hill and across the circuit to a place of safety behind Post 7. |
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I'm sure D&G have far more experience and savvy than the UAE crews so they should be able to do recoveries in the daylight without a SC. You guys really have got to witness Code 60 in action to see the enormous benefits of it. This is coming from a SC observer who is rapidly talking himself into a redundant job. |
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If it can't be done simultaneously, can it honestly be said to work as intended? Delays can be significant if you're in the wrong place, facing the wrong way and waving something else at the time. If it's too slow, you haven't used a landline. You've probably used a telephone which is entirely different. Landline is an open comms system so that if RC shout Code 60 and counts down, everyone hears the same thing at the same time. |
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And of course at Silverstone there are posts where the Observer is the opposite side of the track to the flaggies or 100 yards away, so you need 2, one for each.
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But it's still a good idea once the comms is sorted out. And presumably any clubs that can't sort it out simply won't use Code 60 just like some clubs/series currently don't use a Safety Car. It's just an additional option, isn't it ? Steve |
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I have just had a look at this thread.
As the Marshals Club rep on Race Committee (where this proposal originated) I can assure you all that your comments are taken into account - and put across BY ME! This proposal has been considered and supported by very experienced Clerks who have used it in other countries. The code 60 flag has been proposed as an ADDITIONAL tool for the clerk of the course to use in the case of a serious incident. Getting a safety car out, finding the leader, controlling the chain, then allowing the marshals to work, then getting the safety car back in, then releasing the train can take a minimum of 3 or 4 laps, and can result in races finishing under safety car. We also have cars trying to catch the end of the train so marshals cannot get out there until the train is established. Code 60 is a useful tool to control cars on the circuit immediately, allow marshals to do their job in relative safety and get the cars back racing as efficiently as possible. It has been proven to work in other countries in many forms of racing. Yes, we need to ensure we get the flags out as quickly as possible and radio instruction will be the best, but using the same system as for the safety car (display in both directions, withdraw in both directions) is the best way we can implement the system if all flag posts are not on radio. Enforcement will be by using timekeeper readouts as well as reports from Post Chiefs. The tool is there for the clerks to use IF THEY DEEM IT APPROPRIATE, but I sincerely hope they will! (But if Dave doesn't want to use it he does not have to!) The Battenburg flag was discussed at length on several occasions but was rejected. We want to find a system to enable marshals to do their jobs but to ensure racing continues. We believe the code 60 does just that. BRSCC may be trying full course yellows at international level endurance races next season as yet another alternative, but we have not yet discussed this implementation at National level meetings. Consultation is exactly that – if you have constructive criticism or comments then please make them. If you fear they will not be taken into account then copy me in on them and I will take them into account when Race Committee meet again to discuss the outcome of the consultation period. |
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As I said earlier, I have no particular preference, as long as we can do our job quickly and safely for the benefit of all.
If the result of this discussion is a solid comms system in use at all events then it will get my wholehearted support just for that. |
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I've just skimmed this thread so apologies if this has already been said.
Instead of using a set speed limit for drivers to stick to, which by all accounts sounds difficult to police and difficult for drivers to know how fast they're going, get the drivers to stick to a minimum lap time (similar to VSC in F1) How it could work: First thing in the morning, get the safety car to do three laps of the track at 60 KPH. Take the average lap time, make that the "Code 60" lap time. Race comes, someone bins it - CoC shouts "Code 60." The flag/light/pigeon relays the message to the drivers, the drivers slow down to achieve that lap time set by the safety car in the morning. Everyone circulates at that lap time, everyone is safe, everyone knows where they stand. - I've never been anywhere where they've used C60, but I've been track side during a VSC in F1 and felt perfectly safe. |
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1. when the Code 60 is initiated, all drivers are on part of a lap; how do they know how fast / slow to go for the remainder of that lap to hit the target lap time? (those near the end of a lap will need to slow far more than those on the first half of the lap, surely this gives dangerous closing speeds?) 2. once a car starts a new lap, how does the driver know how to drive to the target time? Surely more cars have speedos than in-car laptimers, and for those that don't have either isn't it cheaper to fit a speedo than laptimer gear? I'd just emphasise again that Code 60 as currently in use is immediate |
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An action that I know works, is for Marshals to put themselves in an easily seen position (but SAFE) and point a Flag at a car or groups and do the big two handed "slow down" gesture
However, short of throwing out road spikes or some other drastic measure, there are some drivers who just have brain fade, don't get it or are in a dream and will transgress no matter what trackside officials do |
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That's a complicated, time-consuming & inaccurate way of arriving at a figure that can be arrived at by a simple calculation!
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I have worked trackside on a live circuit under both SC and a Code60. I can honestly say that I feel a hell of a lot safer dealing with an incident under Code60 than I do with a SC.
Code 60 is given out over the radios with a countdown of 3...2...1...code60 this allows all of the posts to get ready with the flag so each post can display the flag simultaneously. This is the same for when the code 60 ends and the racing resumes with the green flag. Every circuit I have been to, there is a radio on each post for flaggies to hear. With a code 60, every driver is driving in a slow and sensible manner...under a SC, some drivers feel the need to drive like nutters in order to catch up with the train of cars causing a greater risk to marshals working trackside. Code60 will be getting my vote for use in the UK! |
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I agree that Code 60 is absolutely a better system if practical - but in the UK, radios that flag marshals can hear is very much the exception rather than the rule. As a result, good though it is, I do not feel that it is practical in the UK at the moment. This was the gist of my comments to the MSA.
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