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amazing how what look like a series of comparitvely minor errors can cause such a dramatic result.
hunter
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He seemed to be not too bad but tried to correct when the car was unsettled by the bump between the left and rigth hand apices instead of opening the wheel a bit and going over the left kerb. See it often there even with some experienced drivers as at the race weekend on the 16th and 17 th. We and a rear damper problem ( and sticking clutch) which made the car evil here so had to be a bit more careful thus only got down to 2 min 35 sec which was a little dissappointing !!
I'd agree with Phil about the reasons. Was too shallow a turn in with too much speed and subsiquently a bit too much lock mid way up trying to correct line and it did'nt help lifting a little to correct the too fast entry. Culmination of all that seemed to be what pitched the car into a slide. A very good driver "might" have corrected in time but i doubt he'd get in that situation in the first place.
lee fulford
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQIhXrrk1_E&NR=1
Have a look at this sequence of events.........Capital OUCH and OUCH again
Have a look at this sequence of events.........Capital OUCH and OUCH again
The guy in this caterham vid is an experienced TD driver - know him from Lotus days. There was a load of coolant spilt at the top of Eau Rouge......again another reality check, you can be the best driver in the World but there are some circumstances you can do nothing about.
pilotpaul
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That Caterham / Prelude crash brings back a few memories. That was a Bookatrack day which my Brother and I attended in his Clio Cup.
Another Caterham had dropped all its coolant from the to of Eau Rouge all the way up the Kemmel. He had parked up at the end of the straight. I was driving and somehow noticed a stream of liquid half-way up the hill. I backed off and managed to miss all of it. By the time we returned to the pit we heard about the carnage.
Those two guys were just plain unlucky, that could have easily been me. The gods were smiling on us that day. The chap in the Caterham was lucky not to be seriously hurt when the Prelude hit him.
Be careful out there.....
PP
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Another Caterham had dropped all its coolant from the to of Eau Rouge all the way up the Kemmel. He had parked up at the end of the straight. I was driving and somehow noticed a stream of liquid half-way up the hill. I backed off and managed to miss all of it. By the time we returned to the pit we heard about the carnage.
Those two guys were just plain unlucky, that could have easily been me. The gods were smiling on us that day. The chap in the Caterham was lucky not to be seriously hurt when the Prelude hit him.
Be careful out there.....
PP
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Stewart H
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Just been watching the film Grand Prix on TCM. That was when Spa WAS dangerous - telegraph poles alongside the track together with houses, drops etc. No gravel traps and skinny little grass run offs.
The scaryness still puts me off, but back then they must have had cojones the size of water mellons.
The scaryness still puts me off, but back then they must have had cojones the size of water mellons.
DSCBoy
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My race team boss raced F2 around there... talks about loosening the crotch straps (the year he had belts as opposed to the previous...) so they could shuffle down inside the car to improve the aero... "just aim between the houses..."
The footage in the movie of old Spa is reason to buy it on it's own... can u imagine taking a 917 around there in anger? In the wet?
The footage in the movie of old Spa is reason to buy it on it's own... can u imagine taking a 917 around there in anger? In the wet?
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