|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
16 Jun 2009, 22:35 (Ref:2486690) | #1 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
|
Quote:
Consider that Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder falling off a wall while emptying his bladder ..... Audi doc said that he was fit to race , ACO doc says no . And them the ACO excluding a driver for a mistake . I dont want to hear a word from the ACO about safety issues ..... they suit themselves !!! |
|||
|
16 Jun 2009, 22:48 (Ref:2486691) | #2 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 6,654
|
Quote:
The 1. with Karthikeyan. How would it look, if Karthikeyan crashed the R10 into another car, crew or making damage to others, because of the shoulder!. Who would get blamed for letting him race!, Not the Audi doc, but the ACO doc!.. the ACO doc must be abel to say 100% guarantee that the driver is fit to drive, because of safety! The 2. with Stuart Hall. It's hard to say wether he should been have excluded or just gotten a Stop & Go penalty. But again, if Hall made another one of these VERY stupid mistakes, then the ACO would get a lot of criticism for letting him drive.. You must take into consideration, that ACO must do what is safest, because everything else would cause even bigger problems! |
|||
__________________
Hvil i Fred Allan. (Rest in Peace Allan) |
18 Jun 2009, 15:19 (Ref:2486692) | #3 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
|
Quote:
With respect to the Hall/AMR incident , the ACO very much influenced the driver squad by suspending Hall , which I feel was irresponsible of them , considering it is them (ACO) who decided in the first place that each entry has 3 drivers per entry on safety grounds . |
|||
|
19 Jun 2009, 21:44 (Ref:2486725) | #4 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,314
|
If you read the sporting regulations (article 6.1.2), it only says there is a maximum of three drivers per car, NOT that three drivers per car are compulsory.
It's up to the teams to decide their squad number, although I agree all now consider 3 is the ideal number. |
||
__________________
The noisy one at Pit Lane entry! |
19 Jun 2009, 22:38 (Ref:2486747) | #5 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 6,654
|
Isn't the only real regulation on this subject (other than the one Steve Tarrant points out) is that a driver must maximum race 14 hours of the race!?
|
||
__________________
Hvil i Fred Allan. (Rest in Peace Allan) |
20 Jun 2009, 08:00 (Ref:2486807) | #6 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
|
Well ..... when Bam won GT2 a few years back ..... Hindrey only did an opening stint and took the flag . The rest was done by Lieb-Rockenfeller .
Im sure that some teams plan it this way , Bam being the example used , but I also seem to remember a simler agreement with respect to Felbermayr last year . I wasnt aware that the ACO only says that 3 are maximum , but not compulsory , strange . I guess I presumed wrongly . I wonder how many of the teams are aware of this , and not presumed as I did .... |
||
|
20 Jun 2009, 16:09 (Ref:2487016) | #7 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 8,919
|
Well every team should know, as Steve pointed out, it is clearly stated in Art. 6.1.3 of the S.R. for Le Mans. ( Here on pg. #9) If they do not know, it is through their own ineptitude.
L.P. |
||
__________________
Probae esti in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suaptae enitent |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
NWFF1600 DRIVERS are better than the SOUTHERN FF1600 DRIVERS | Redracar57 | Club Level Single Seaters | 50 | 24 Dec 2003 19:05 |
Are Sportscar Drivers better than F1 Drivers ? | SL | Sportscar & GT Racing | 37 | 15 Jul 2002 13:50 |
Drivers who have yet to win a race, and drivers who havn't won for a long time | Raoul Duke | Formula One | 20 | 28 Sep 2001 22:16 |
Drivers in other series that would make NASCAR stock car drivers | Joe Fan | NASCAR & Stock Car Racing | 16 | 2 Aug 2001 08:34 |