Marshal at the Formula E Race in London

[deley]

Originally Posted by JimW

Native English speakers.

Jim

Well sort of....

[morwenna]

Originally Posted by deadsquirrel

Yes, a collection of Donington marshals/rescue crew.

I'm confused - is this for the Long Beach race, or have the marshals for London already been selected?

[deadsquirrel]

Originally Posted by morwenna

I'm confused - is this for the Long Beach race, or have the marshals for London already been selected?

Long Beach, but they're in Argentina at moment I think

[morwenna]

Originally Posted by deadsquirrel

Long Beach, but they're in Argentina at moment I think

Ah, the travelling team, got you! Hopefully they'll also need some local(ish) marshals in June.

[Woolley]

Originally Posted by JimW

That presentation was written by some people who you know! Native English speakers.

Jim

Really? It just had the air of having been translated by someone with a vary good, but not native command of English! Maybe it's designed for people with a good but not native command of English...

In which case it's wasted on most of us!

[thepits!]

OT ish

Latest round is on ITV4 now

[Bodysnatcher]

and a fairly interesting race it is too.
but I'm surprised that with it being such a short street circuit a crane was'nt covering the exit of the chicane for Chandock's car.

[aland]

i might be a bit wired here but is there any way a scottish pleb like me can volunteer to marshal it in london and who to contact

[thepits!]

Originally Posted by Bodysnatcher

and a fairly interesting race it is too.

Was it? Sorry I must have dropped off, zzzzzzzzzzzz

[Bodysnatcher]

Alan D
Short answer - No

It seems to be a bit of a state secret as to who will be running it. ie nobody seems to know or as seems more likely no-one is willing or allowed to say who is, because at FIA event minus 6 months there has to be an organisation in place, surely.

I suspect details will be out soon enough, but most of us are already deep into planning our year ahead so the longer the organisers hold off making any announcement the more likely we are to make other arrangements.

as for thepits! look, we realise it's not your thing, but people get rebuked for saying negative things about the big circus event that comes to Silverstone and sucks all the money out of it


I'd prefer it if the naysayers try and leave this thread for the positive things that people would like to know abot the upcoming London event.

[rotation]

Originally Posted by aland

i might be a bit wired here but is there any way a scottish pleb like me can volunteer to marshal it in london and who to contact

Most clubs dahn sauff use the online registration system now, so when the organising club is announced, you'll be able to fill in a form online, and they should post out your passes and instructions.
As the folks have said, you'll need to wait until the organisation club is announced before you can do anything though.

[Greem]

The organisers must be laughing their heads off. 110 posts before the event has even got close to happening, and that's just here.

Regardless of what we all think about it, the event is yet to happen. Even with all the knocks, *we're talking about it*.

Sounds like a free marketing win to me!

[Slipstick]

We're certainly talking about it and I must admit I was sort of impressed by the bit of the race I saw. Racing cars that hiss at you are certainly new and I like the way they're built so that if you touch anything or go near a kerb the suspension falls apart. That certainly adds some entertainment value.

And I love the idea of "pit stops" to hop out of one car and into another. That should encourage people to buy electric cars. Get home from work, plug it in but if you need to go out again that evening just hop in your second car .

BTW Mr Snatcher, that was 2 puns, positive and negative. And you surely can't be surprised that opinion about this class of "racing" is rather polarised. And I don't like F1 either so it's not just this particular FIA farce that I moan about.

Steve

[Richard Duvall]

Originally Posted by Bodysnatcher

I'd prefer it if the naysayers try and leave this thread for the positive things that people would like to know abot the upcoming London event.

[M Greenslade]

Originally Posted by deadsquirrel

Apologies for bringing this thread back on topic, but here are some marshal notes on the Formula E cars (credit to Long Beach organisers' for publishing the notes). Hopefully they'll provide some interest.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dos7krju68...B1%5D.pdf?dl=0

Does anyone really want to go near a crashed one of these things, sod that for a game of soldiers……..

Bladders…..

[JimW]

Originally Posted by M Greenslade

Does anyone really want to go near a crashed one of these things, sod that for a game of soldiers……..

Bladders…..

I have and felt quite content. (Heidfeld)

During our training and education about these cars the confidence of the electrical system designers was very well communicated.

Regards

Jim

[Richard Duvall]

Originally Posted by deadsquirrel

Apologies for bringing this thread back on topic, but here are some marshal notes on the Formula E cars (credit to Long Beach organisers' for publishing the notes). Hopefully they'll provide some interest.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dos7krju68...B1%5D.pdf?dl=0

Interesting word used "Securization". Anyone know what this means?

[JimW]

Making things secure.

FIA speak and poor translation.

Jim

[Bodysnatcher]

Possibly more a case of an FIA / renault / spark technology having French as first language.

securisation(french) = securing (english)
they also used
signalisation(fr) = signalling (english) , when talking about flags

I also saw marshals using the canalisation (channelling) arrow during the race. Another useful French thing when marshalling a tight street circuit.

[thepits!]

Originally Posted by Richard Duvall

Interesting word used "Securization". Anyone know what this means?

there is no such word, the nearest I could find was Securitization

which "is the financial practice of pooling various types of contractual debt such as residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, auto loans or credit card debt obligations and selling said consolidated debt as bonds, pass-through securities, or collateralized mortgage obligation (CMOs), to various investors"

so it's obviously FIA Franglish

[deadsquirrel]

Originally Posted by M Greenslade

Does anyone really want to go near a crashed one of these things, sod that for a game of soldiers……..

Bladders…..

Please tell me what gives you confidence to go near a crashed gasoline powered car?

[The Fat Clerk]

Or even worse a Methanol powered one?

[thepits!]

Originally Posted by The Fat Clerk

Or even worse a Methanol powered one?

Yep, we've been there, seen it, done it - even before the Indycars at the Rock UK

Good old John Webb introducing his own methanol formulae

[aland]

sod methanol, hate the stuff and that it is still allowed in sprints and time attack. as soon as one of them pulls off with the dreaded orange dot i dont like it. at least with petrol you have nice big visible flames to tell you the thing is on fire

[thepits!]

Originally Posted by aland

sod methanol, hate the stuff and that it is still allowed in sprints and time attack. as soon as one of them pulls off with the dreaded orange dot i dont like it. at least with petrol you have nice big visible flames to tell you the thing is on fire

They're easy to sort, get the water out, and if the driver is running around flapping then douse him first.

Simples