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Also in the case on the weekend, some cars pitted as soon as the incident happened because they were in the lucky spot, others couldnt because they were in an unlucky spot and would have missed out because under your scenario the pits would have been closed, thats hardly seems fair. agree with your 2nd point, another safety car stuff up, they happen to often |
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9 Nov 2009, 06:00 (Ref:2578673) | #53 | |
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at the moment its fair, just increases the risk for circuit workers.
I dont think the CPS is Tims fault, i would think that is V8Sa fault, well actually it was because of the cost of the new fuel tanks, they were meant to be in this year meaning no CPS I would think your theory is correct for shorter races though, eg support catagories without pit stops and maybe you are right for longer races outside the pit window |
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Are you suffering heatstroke, I know it's 35 outside right now...... That is possibly the first time you have ever agreed with me, i think I need to change my mind, if only to rectify the balance. Seriously, I'm liking this thread (even apart from having people agree with me ) We are seeing some decent debate about a serious V8 Supercar issue. |
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9 Nov 2009, 06:12 (Ref:2578682) | #55 | ||
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My point wasn't really meant to be included with other rules, like closing pit lane. Mandated speed under SC should be a given really. Seen some old lakeside vid's that were really shocking, wondering how no-one was injured after a car screaming past fire marshals, literally a foot away from them, doing warp speed.
If its a mandated speed, sure, some people will be disadvantaged, but thats racing. Safety should be number one, not 1: Entertainment, 2: Profit, 3: Safety |
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9 Nov 2009, 06:16 (Ref:2578684) | #56 | |
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its only 34 here and ive been in the pool.
is the SC a bigger issue than just V8SA? i say this because both you have PVDA have referred to incidents in other classes. in which case its now a CAMS issue and not just a V8SA issue, but maybe V8SA can drive some changes with what happened on the weekend. o if we are agreeing then maybe your original opinion is wrong |
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9 Nov 2009, 06:24 (Ref:2578686) | #57 | ||
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We could have longer safety car sessions thus allowing the cars to complete their pit requirement (without as disadvantage) then once that has been completed then bring the cars under the Sc control and then close the pits and enforce a set speed on anyone who has to pit, meaning they start part of a lap down (its just another form of limiter like a pit lane limiter) Alternatly at point X we throw a control causing all cars to slow down to a set speed and reduce the need for SC altogether and it *******ises the race less |
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The occupants in the SC cant easily see what is being them so it's not easy to pick the lead car. That said, the minute the lead car entered the pit lane the very next car to cross the control line either on track or pit exit becomes the pack leader. May not be the actaul race leader but the lead car on track becomes the next available car to catch the SC in this situation. It should never have been told to completely stop on the race track...... Can someone tell me what the SC was deployed to cover and exactly where on the track the problem was please?? As for helmets and roll cages?? what for?? The SC spends most of it's time at 80km/h or less as should the race cars on the track anywhere near it. The MotoGP & F1 Safety Cars operate completely differently to our Safety Cars here and the drivers seem to treat them as a Race Car rather than a Safety Car. |
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9 Nov 2009, 06:43 (Ref:2578695) | #59 | |
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as for helmets and roll cages, well you have already quoted a scenario, as has cranker. on the weekend again we saw a high speed incident. thats why they should be wearing them. at least helmets and race suits (do they wera them now, i always assumed they did)
what you described used to be the way they did it with a safety car, but now they tend to pick up the leader, although it can depend on the purpose of the SC the incident happened at honda corner and was a long way of the track in what skaife describes as "i have never seen a car go in there before" but still worthy of a Safety car with 20 laps to go. the incident with the SC happened at pit exit, just over the hump, on the entry to turn one there is footage on that link in post 46. |
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The reason I asked where the incident that brought out the SC was so I could decide for myself if the SC should've stopped or rolled along towards Turn 1. If the incident was at 1 or perhaps 2 then "maybe" I'd have let the SC prop but for something around at 4............. |
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9 Nov 2009, 08:27 (Ref:2578732) | #61 | |
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1. Fire Suits, Helmets, Hans/Leatt devices for SC crew. Now.
2. SC speed limiter in race cars, driver activated. Drivers have set time limit to activate their limiter, which must remain active while SC lights are in use. Maximum speed 160km/h (random number used for demonstration purposes) 3. SC minimum speed - 80km/h (random number used for demonstration purposes). It's on and circulating or it's off. Get it on track and let the race cars catch up. None of these things are rocket science, impossible to achieve, or even difficult. None of them will affect the purpose or trigger points for a SC, but will significantly reduce the problems outlined by PVDA and others with actual experience in white. |
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9 Nov 2009, 09:49 (Ref:2578774) | #62 | ||
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if the leader is in the pits isn't the safety car meant to pick up the next leader, this was a disgrace.
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9 Nov 2009, 09:52 (Ref:2578775) | #63 | |
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yes they are, but the next leader didnt get around to Jamie got out of the pits,
apparantly it was not told to "scramble" and so it waited for the call before it moved |
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Yes it 'should', but The Leader exited the pits before the 'next' leader reached the SC (parked @ pit exit)
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He also told me I was to chauffeur the two drivers out to their respective flag points, and very very specifically told me not to say very much to them about the incident, as they has been appropriately admonished. Not in my opinion...... I gave these two the spray of their life on the journey out, and left them both in no doubt what a 6' 4"man who weighs around 130 KG would do if they repeated their c0ck-up. Needless to say,they raced very cleanly all day, one of them won the day, and the three of us shared a beer and a joke at day's end, and all was forgiven. CAMS take that as a lesson in summary justice. |
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9 Nov 2009, 10:28 (Ref:2578794) | #66 | ||
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Doesn't it all bring into question the use of that particular pit lane exit- a nice long warm up lane that goes a lot further down to turn one that can be used...
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9 Nov 2009, 10:33 (Ref:2578798) | #67 | |
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you mean one that would see drivers not scream from one side of the track to the other in the hope of making a poitions, even though there speed is slower.
I like it, i have seen this happen at a number of tracks like PI and Darwin, it seems really dangerous |
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9 Nov 2009, 10:36 (Ref:2578803) | #68 | ||
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This was all Fiore's fault!!!
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9 Nov 2009, 11:05 (Ref:2578825) | #69 | ||
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Has there been any explanation of why Fiore ended up where he did?
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9 Nov 2009, 12:12 (Ref:2578860) | #70 | ||
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I have a few points here, Firstly, assuming Ms Anderson is being paid, then this is an OH&S Issue and should be reported as such. Imagine what would happen to an RTA (insert individual State Road Authority) worker who was working on a highway without the flashing lights, signage, reflective vest etc!!
Also, there is no reason that the occupants of the "Safety Car" should not be properly protected with at the minimum, Helmet & Racesuit, no reason it shouldn't have a cage either. Forget the replay, rewind your Beta Tape to the live incident and listen to what Schenken says. Assuming this audio was not time adjusted, he should stand down NOW, {if someone who is smarter than me & that's most of you could upload it & put a link in that would be good} no way can he claim that he does not know where the SC was as an excuse, or what it was doing, if he says that, that is another reason he should stand down. Why would the Safety car need to wait for the leader? SC leaves pit lane and drives at 60 KPH until a car appears in it's mirror to control the safety on the track. If the first car is not the suitable one, then let it past at a suitable place. If the situation does not require any more than a local yellow/s, why use the SC? Malfunction has a good point too with the speed limiter, why not! Is it really that hard? Most importantly, V8SA, STOP CALLING IT A SAFETY CAR UNTIL YOU START USING IT AS A SAFETY CAR! |
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The safety car is there to control the field, to make the track safe for workers on the track or for drivers/car in an akward position. This was a bull**** decision and Schenken should hang his head in shame, he barges into race control 30 minutes before a V8 race and assumes the position of control, everyone has seen you do it Tim. The Clerk of Course is the person in charge, not the bloody Race Director, you should be there as an observer only. The safety car should have picked up the very first car to make the track safe, these bloody drivers need to be told 100km/h flat out while the track is unsafe, I have been out there like Uncle Cranker and PVDA and have these 'drivers' come at you flat out. |
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The whole issue here is an error, or errors, were made. We are all human, even Uncle Cranker & Big Trev, and these things will happen from time to time. The one thing that separates humans from most other animals on this planet is that we try to learn from mistakes so I have no doubt there will be several discussions in Dandy Rd Malvern in the coming days and phone calls to VE$A HQ in Brisvegas and a 40 page procedural document will be produced to make sure it doesn't happen again. I've already stated that the SC should be under the control of the CoC via the normal track radio system, after all this seems to work at most tracks for the other 362 days per year so why not for the V8's. |
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There is an old saying about the man who when he found himself up to his neck in Alligators and momentarily forgetting that he was only in the swamp to dig a drainage ditch.
Race Control can be very very busy and cars are traveling at high speed. When you have two or more situations happening at once there will be a delay in responding to one of them. IMO the greatest cause of Safety Car problems is that we try to pick up the leader first time up. Now this is great if that is the way the field is spaced and it is easy to do but the first rule is get the field under control then worry about getting the running order right before withdrawing the Safety Car. The other question that no one has asked is why to they have to pick up the leader why not just stabilise the field behind the 1st car the SC comes out in front of and withdraw it when the issue that has casued its deployment has been resolved and let peole go racing. Sure it might advantage or dissadvantage some but this might just cause them to take notice of the yellow flag situation and drive appropriately then if they did the Safety Car would not be required to interfere with the race. |
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I think Todd Kelly deserves a pat on the back in all of this too.
He had a mirror full of Courtney's machine heading straight for his cloaca at warp speed and moved across to the right to leave some room. Without Todd's move, I don't think Courtney would have stopped... THAT would have been ugly. |
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OK - a problem is reported to C of C and it is serious!
Full yellow comes on then waved yellow and SC boards are shown at all points. SC is then deployed with flashing yellows and slots in safely under the direct control of C of C to neutralise the race. If they manage to pick up the leader then so be it - if not the international best practice is to have an electronic green light displayed on the SC advising competitors that they may pass the SC and move through and on to the back of the queue. When coming up to the incident the SC may turn out the green to lower the speed through the incident area. It is not really rocket stuff but my first call was in 1979 and the last was 2008I was ready all last weekend [not PI] but thankfully did not get a call! It is important that the deployment of SC is practiced and everyone should know what is going down. Best practice is an experienced C of C and a SC driver that he - she has had a chat to before practice starts. |
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