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It's only my personal opinion but I cannot help thinking that the seeds of this weekend's tragedy were sown with the most recent track layout change, which remodelled Tertre Rouge into a faster, more flowing corner.
When I first went to Le Mans in 1996 I loved watching from the inside of the track at night (by the little dark tunnel) as the cars slammed their anchors on and seemed to defy physics in slowing for the old corner.
When I went back for the first time after the circuit change that had totally changed and now they just roared past. Maybe Rocky's big accident there in 2007 should have been treated as a warning? Maybe not, I don't know.
It does seem to me, though, that in its new incarnation we now have a pure racing circiut corner but with public road safety margins (i.e. armco and trees).
I hope the full results of the ACO investigation are made known...
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