Mieran
Member
Registered: 28th Jan 08
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
User status: Offline
|
Similar situation to the Civic and Rover video that was posted a while ago, but I reckon this could have been avoided by the red car.
What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1YmjD0WGTk&feature=related
|
redtom
Member
Registered: 6th Oct 07
Location: Kent
User status: Offline
|
Could have been avoided personally
|
3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
its the porsches fault imo
|
Tomnova16
Premium Member
Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
User status: Offline
|
bloody hell
that screen popped straight out
yeah days of thunder rule applied there
should of taken the route of the white one
[Edited on 14-10-2011 by Tomnova16]
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
|
leon.
Member
Registered: 24th Jun 08
User status: Offline
|
hindsight
|
mwg
Member
Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
User status: Offline
|
inb4Steve
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
not sure what to make of that one, the guy in the white car had more options than the guy in front of him
|
Eck
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline
|
The red one should have taken the same route as the white one, as you could see the one that lost control was coming back onto the track.
|
Ricky352
Member
Registered: 6th Apr 07
Location: Lisburn, N.I.
User status: Offline
|
May have been able to avoid it, but you can see the rear of the red one start to lose traction, I think it was the gut instinct of the red driver to correct that. He may have felt if he didnt attempt to correct it the rear of his car would have swung round and hit the 1st one.
|
SportBoy
Member
Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
i think shit happens and that vid proves it.
|
corsadonk
Premium Member
Registered: 4th Jul 09
Location: Marlborough, Wiltshire
User status: Offline
|
Always head for where the cars is not where it's going. If it's moving it should be gone by the time you to it. 
|
Mike
Organiser: North West and North Wales
Premium Member
Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
The red Porsche was committed to the corner to the point where the back end was starting to step out, I think the crash risk was pretty high however he reacted. That's my opinion with the added benefit of hindsight too. I think he'd have been incredibly lucky if he had managed to avoid any damage.
This is a race scenario too rather than a trackday so the potential of gaining a place may have an affect on just how brave the driver was feeling.
It also would've made it difficult to judge because the front Porsche started sliding, recovered it and then lost it again which is why it would be so hard to react.
In summary, racing incident, get it fixed and crack on.
[Edited on 14-10-2011 by Mike B]
|
