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I remember it well at Silverstone.
I was always concerned when single seaters went in it as the posts could hit the drivers helmet quite hard. It was a pain to pull off cars, took ages to replace and if anybody else went off at the same spot moments later things could get very complicated. Also because it was at an angle to the barrier you couldn't just go straight to the accident as you had to run 20 or 30 yards to the end of the fence and then to the car.
It served it's purpose at the time but was ultimately replaced by sand traps, which have there own problems. Having raced single seaters I would much rather go off into a home made beach than catch fencing, just to save the bodywork if nothing else.
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