Interesting that it doesn’t mention yellow flags but I’d assume that they were out
Hard to comment without knowing more.
On bike days, if you drop it is it red straight away?
poor guy,
or is he trying to get one over them ?
airlifted to hospital with serious head and spinal injuries, a broken pelvis, a fractured ankle and internal bleeding.
He was placed into an induced coma and spent nearly a month in hospital before he was released.
He also suffered bruising to the brain and needed pins placed in his pelvis.
That injury list will cause him problems for the rest of his life, if he can prove they were at fault then fair game he deserves a huge payout. To me 40 seconds is a fairly long time to not raise a red flag once a biker is on the ground but I doubt we’ll ever know the true circumstances.
Difficult to judge. Read the thread a couple nights ago and nearly dived in but given the seriousness don’t think it’s appropriate. Just hope that none of us or anyone we know are ever put in that position.
Reds slow out… know it all too well.
Aren’t Reds are authorised by “Control” as they cover full circuit, rather than individual marshalls who wave Yellows, hence delay?
one would like to think marshalls have the autonomy to call reds on a TD
I would think the marshal calls red & contacts control who then inform all marshals to do likewise?
Not sure how it operates on trackdays, but for racedays per MSA:
5.4. Any race can be stopped at the sole discretion of
the Clerk of the Course by waving the Red flag at the
Start/Finish line. Competitors will be warned that the
race has been stopped by the simultaneous waving of
the Red flag at all Flag Marshalling Posts.
but they also have doubled waved yellows on race days
Got to say that I feel for the guy and even more for the families of the others.
I have been in a lot of briefings, and every single one says that if there are yellows, you need to be able to stop in the distance that you can see. I appreciate that’s a little black and white, and life isn’t like that.
Double waved yellows on race days are normally for trackside personel on the track - marshalls, medics, etc.