Classic knee jerk reaction this, both by Mallory/ACU, and now by riders looking at the pictures!
Too many accidents at Edwinas last year in BSB. How do we solve this I wonder? I know, slow it down. Isn't Edwinas slow enough already? Are/were those accidents caused by speed? I don't think so. How many accidents at Edwinas were on other than the first few laps? Not many.
To answer Steve's points,
1. No problem with the corner itself, it's another Gooseneck and will surely sort the men from the boys.
2.Highside? No more of an issue at this corner than at any other.
3. It will reduce the speeds leading up to Edwinas massively. Even with my limted talent I was charging hard in 5th gear on the 748 coming into the braking zone at Edwinas. As it is now, instead of doing well over 100mph on the exit of Gerrards you will now be doing 20-40mph out of a chicane in a low gear.
The thing that annoys me about it is that it has merely relocated the problem. Anyone who has raced can easily imagine the potential carnage of 30+ riders hitting that corner so soon after the start. I am at an absolute loss to see how any sane individual can say that this is safer than it was before.
Surely the answer was merely to provide a bit more space around the entry to Edwinas, maybe loosen the corner a bit, widen it a bit perhaps. There's ample space at the back of the paddock area to enable plentiful run off in the braking area to avoid Kiyo style mishaps.
For the most part, imo, the rest of the incidents are an unavoidable product of putting racers near each other!
