Bit of an old one that. Thats the chaps that run Circuit Days trackdays. I reckon there was a bit of prior nudging leading up to that incident. HANS is now compulsory.
Yeah they had the full video up before showing the lead up to the incident - but they took it down.....
This is one of the things that put me off tin top racing, they are rare but there are some utter psychos out there. More prevalent sadly are guys who drive way beyond their ability, came across a couple of them unfortunately perfectly nice guys off track but could punt you off any second once on track due to a mixture of non-existent spatial awareness and overdriving (all the time not just some of the time). The only mistake the Clio guy did is not realising that idiots like that invariably loose it after a couple of laps, leaving plenty of time and space to just drive off. The way things have been going its almost looking safer to drive sports 2000, Clubmans or classic FF etc. as whilst the cars look much more dangerous the driving standards are vastly better.
He gives the guy a nudge out of the way and I imagine the guy in front did what he did because of the nudge. I am sure it wasn't intentional to cause such an incident.
Plus Cadwell is a very narrow circuit. Stick a car down the middle and its difficult to pass. Causes frustration.
Yeah I've watched the whole thing and the guy kind of cut him off at the last corner and he touched the rear quarter, but it didn't justify smashing him into the pit wall! Must be really frightening to have that happen and gutting when you've got over the shock!
The guy driving the 968 intentionally nudged the clio off, I don't know anyone who thinks differently, such driving has no place whatsoever in the sport. Circuit racing is supposed to be non contact not like banger racing, the contact is accepted if it is accidental in nature between cars in control. Getting points on your race license is very serious, I don't know any racers personally to which that has happened for driving standards, and a few of em have a rep for very aggresive racing. I am friends with both of the protagonists in this incident for example: https://youtu.be/Dvy5YvpZkEs, don't recall either ever getting officially reprimanded for driving standards and Pete has been at it for something like 15 years and in the top 10 club drivers in the UK at least twice AFAIK.
True and there is always an element of risk. However in this case of being deliberately rammed off the circuit the danger has come out the blue and unexpected. So with with your golf analogy it would be the same as the guy on the hole behind smashing you round the head with a 9 Iron because he felt you were going slow and holding him up
Mistake he made was doing a big public YouTube moan about the other driver. Ther are procedures in place to sort out serious racing incidents.
I just think a grown man crying on a YouTube video about a racing incident nobody cares about for some sort of moral high ground is just plain sad, nobody's forcing him to race if he doesn't like the danger of club racing he should maybe try something a little safer is all I'm saying.
Agree with your first statement, the second one doesn't make any sense. Its like saying don't go to any pubs if you can't handle maybe getting glassed in the face by a maniac.
I know plenty of racers teams who would have sorted it out with him "in person" if you know what I mean, despite the very harsh way the MSA deals with such retaliation I know full well to not mess with some of those guys or their teams.
Yep, there is a way of sorting it out, either officially through the club and/or MSA or through more traditional methods, but there no need to make a public video about it. Some guys move up from trackdays where they think they are a bit useful, they suddenly realise racing is a big boys game and much more competitive than they may like with a mix of abilities, budgets and driving standards. Big transition. Trackdays are really amateur in comparison. I just get the feeling these Clio chaps wanted to prove a point, both on and off the circuit. Even the FIA allows a bit of weaving to defend a racing line.
