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Surely this is now different to saying that drivers on public roads should be penalised for driving on side-walks (pavements in the UK). We have raised curbs that mark the limits of the roadway in the same way that racing tracks have designated markings that mark the extremes of the racing area. If drivers go over those places, then they should expect a penalty; likewise, if they force another driver to exceed those areas, then they should also expect to receive a penalty. |
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Problematic to compare things to the rules of public roads and also I’m not against penalties.
Just saying that gravel and track limits can at times create extreme or disproportionate penalties. Agree to disagree but there is not a one stop solution to every scenario imo and that sporting values do need to be balanced with entertainment. ![]() |
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What this weekends events have shown is that for the most part having gravel there is a deterrent and that the cars stayed mostly on course.
My issue is that a track is defined as between the white lines, so why does the gravel have to be a full cars width away from the outer edge of the white line. Put it less than a cars width away, make the kerbs less than a cars width. Force them to keep 2 wheels well within limits rather than counting millimetres to see if a cars inside tyres stayed on the line. |
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How are you planning to define, and then police, "well within limits?"
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I initially thought that well within was a problem here, but then I re-read as I assumed I’d probably not taken the time to understand what was being meant.
ScotsBrutesFan is saying that if the kerbs are narrow then the (inner) 2 wheels would be well within those limits. Hence no need for police, or define. The driver will be choosing not to go any further because it would be bad for them. He can confirm if I’ve read that right. |
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So, they could be within legal track limits and in the gravel at the same time? That’s really not going to work!
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If the driver want's to push to the very edge of the track remember as I said in my first post the track is defined as WITHIN the white lines. If a driver wants to run on the white lines with their inside tyres then the outer tyres will be on the gravel. |
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I understand the good motives but that would be total mayhem, and completely unworkable anyway.
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Many reasons that I think are fairly obvious. Let’s start with the legal and indemnity implications for the FIA on safety if a car can be defined routinely as being on the track in regulation and in a gravel trap simultaneously..
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That argument doesn't stand up as there are circuits where cars bounce off the Armco but yet "be defined routinely as being on the track in regulation"
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Or just go back to the ways of the 50s/60s/70s where you had a white line with grass immediately beyond. However, it was usually worn out and would commonly be rutted, meaning that drivers would do all they could to not get on to it as the results could be really unpredictable. Further more, you also never had curbing that is on a slope which is just designed to help the drivers go around corners/bends quicker than if they did not exist. So why not take them away, as well? Or go back to the banking of tracks like Brooklands, because if you went beyond the track limits there you went out in to no-man's-land! |
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Worked really well this weekend, I expect that they'll do a review but it seems on first blush like they've come up with a good solution. |
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