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Old 17-Feb-2006, 13:15
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The consensus on Weds was that there will be a lot more spectating there this season anyway...

Carnage was the phrase used.
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Old 17-Feb-2006, 13:19
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agree steve....looks like a nightmare for racing, can you imagine the first lap into that chicane

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Old 17-Feb-2006, 13:23
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Well the scarey thing is... it's going to be like that into there... then the same into Edwinas too.... although by then there may only be half a pack... !!!!

There's some discussions of Clubs not using it as it's primarily for BSB and the time it adds to the lap. Who knows though.

the three problems i see.

1. the corner itself
2. the exit onto the straights(highside)
3. Does it really lower the entry speed into Edwinas ?
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Old 17-Feb-2006, 14:51
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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!
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Old 17-Feb-2006, 15:09
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh more poxy chicanes, why do they keep doing this? The exit of Gerards has never seemed that bad to me - no worse than the exit of any other fast corner, if they really wanted to improve things they should have improved the run off at the Esses and left the track as it was. Even the cost couldn't have been much different doing that than making 2 POXY chicanes.


Did I mention I don't like chicanes.
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Old 17-Feb-2006, 15:10
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You don't like Chicken? was that? :P
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Old 17-Feb-2006, 15:11
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You don't like Chicken? was that? :P

Not even with Hoi Sin sauce?
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Old 17-Feb-2006, 15:19
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You don't like Chicken? was that? :P

Not even with Hoi Sin sauce?

He seems like a decent bloke to me.
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Old 17-Feb-2006, 15:29
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You don't like Chicken? was that? :P

Not even with Hoi Sin sauce?

He seems like a decent bloke to me.

Doubt I could eat a whole one though
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Old 17-Feb-2006, 15:42
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So you go off the start, through the chicane, to the next chicane, through another fast chicane to the hairpin and back through another chicane to the start?

Great!

Where do I sign the HSE form?
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