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sidimmu said:
firstly the above with no waved double yellows
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There was double yellows waving, but they were only at the last marshall post literally 10 metres before the car blocking the track, on the outside of the blind corner where the drivers wouldn't see them. Then the marshalls ineptly sit there doing nothing while the poor driver is winded and trying to get his breath laying on the track and his car catches fire.

Race control need their heads banging together for not calling a FCY/red and allowing the track to be blocked for 30+ seconds with the leading group approaching at full racing speed. Absolutely insane. They need a digital flag system ASAP.
 
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GravyMonster said:
They need a digital flag system ASAP.
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this 100%.. it's pure luck that no one was killed.. full racing speed v stopped car collisions should never happen on any track.. can't blame the lead driver.. that track is full of blind bends.. and it only takes a glance over at a competitor to travel 50 meters..

Hopefully they will make the changes required.. as it's an epic track...
 
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Horrific race management there. Driver crawling on the road and they’re still just twiddling the thumbs.
I like this track a lot, but it’s a tricky one. This accident did not need to happen though.
 
imtoooldforthis said:
There was a massive accident at the Bathurst 12hr yesterday

Took forever for them to call a red flag as well with a drive crawling around the track whilst cars are still live , albeit under yellow


This has the aftermath

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Wow! It looked back on the highlights given how long it took for them to get flags but that aftermath video makes it so much worse. The Merc driver climbs out and is crawling on the track and still takes 30 seconds for the red flag. I get central race control have the overview of the whole track but surely any marshal post can call a red flag?

I think there's definitely questions to be asked about this.
 
Greboth said:
Wow! It looked back on the highlights given how long it took for them to get flags but that aftermath video makes it so much worse. The Merc driver climbs out and is crawling on the track and still takes 30 seconds for the red flag. I get central race control have the overview of the whole track but surely any marshal post can call a red flag?

I think there's definitely questions to be asked about this.
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The lack of light panels around the track and the lack of communication between race control and marshal posts has been exposed. The track has always had that ‘rough and ready Aussie feel’ about it, but those limitations have now shown the track to be far below the required standard for what is now a very high profile race, and a high speed track with many blind entries. They simply MUST improve both aspects. Having double waved yellows 20 yards from a stationary car, blocking the track and cars going at full racing speed more or less through a series of blind corners, combined with the delays in action being taken by race control could have resulted in someone being killed. The officiating was totally shocking and far below the required standard for such a high profile race.
 
Anyone catch this on sunday?

A load of youtubers been given access to Formula E cars, with restricted power and all wheel drive, just to do timed laps against each other.
Honestly, nothing entertaining happened but Izzy Hammond had a huge crash where it appeared she didnt brake, didnt turn enough, lost her hands on the wheel and kept her foot on the gas.
Then you had the career ladder guy doing 2min lap times.
 
David Coulthard is a guest on the One Show in ten minutes for anyone interested.

He talked about his new podcast going live tonight called 'Up To Speed' where they discuss all things motor racing and interview drivers. They've already interviewed Verstappen.

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Greboth said:
Wow! It looked back on the highlights given how long it took for them to get flags but that aftermath video makes it so much worse. The Merc driver climbs out and is crawling on the track and still takes 30 seconds for the red flag. I get central race control have the overview of the whole track but surely any marshal post can call a red flag?

I think there's definitely questions to be asked about this.
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Nope, a marshal post can't just throw a red flag, that has to come from the Clerk of the Course.
 
Alibaba99 said:
Nope, a marshal post can't just throw a red flag, that has to come from the Clerk of the Course.
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Yeah, that’s why I said ‘call’ not ‘throw’.

I meant, I would have thought a marshall post could call in we need a red flag as there’s been a massive crash and a driver crawling on track. The clerk still decides but on hearing that, I’d expect it to be called instantly, not 30 seconds later (especially given it took some time for him to get out the car too).
 
MissChief said:
The lack of light panels around the track and the lack of communication between race control and marshal posts has been exposed. The track has always had that ‘rough and ready Aussie feel’ about it, but those limitations have now shown the track to be far below the required standard for what is now a very high profile race, and a high speed track with many blind entries. They simply MUST improve both aspects. Having double waved yellows 20 yards from a stationary car, blocking the track and cars going at full racing speed more or less through a series of blind corners, combined with the delays in action being taken by race control could have resulted in someone being killed. The officiating was totally shocking and far below the required standard for such a high profile race.
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BTCC manage to have both light panels at all tracks and use a dashboard repeater which has been used since 2022. It's even more incredible to think the 12hr is an FIA sanctioned event.
 
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