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It's really sad how many people in the Supercars' social medias are acting like the championship's been won in the first round. Still a long, LOOOOONG way to go, guys. 
Exactly. I almost did a "Here we go again" when Jacobson goes into the wall. Would have played right into RB's hands. Apparently, Waters and Scott weren't going to let it happen. That's the best thing I got out of it. They won't "fall for the banana in the tail pipe" this year.It's really sad how many people in the Supercars' social medias are acting like the championship's been won in the first round. Still a long, LOOOOONG way to go, guys.
Really Roland??? ''Engineered to an advantage, that's what we have to deal with''
Ok so it needs to be made crystal clear by Supercars & the Teams, to everyone in the pitlane no car leaves their pitbox without the OK from the Car Controller. He's the one individual with the clearest view & he/she better be sure or, they wear the consequences.It was for the unsafe release part. Yesterday on the telecast he said he couldn't see, and wasn't told by the team if anyone was coming, so he just took off, which imo was a lack of team communication rather than a Chaz issue, but Chaz being Chaz he apologized.
Tim Edwards opinion of the incident was spot on. The unsafe release was on them but the cluster:censored: that ensued was on Rick.
... and what @05XR8 just said
Also in the shot, was a Mega car pushing another car forward. I mean, really making the car move forward, to get out of the mayhem.
Someone might want to remind Roland of his comments from last season.
Whoever the car controller is at Tickford should be the one apologising. Think him and Rick were equal parts to blame for that whole mess.
Yeah I saw a very similar post on FB not long after I commented.
I didn't see that as I was mesmerized with the 'main event'. This is the undesirable flow-on effect from blocking pitlane & happens far too often when there is 'stacking' by teams with both cars in the lane at the same time. How many drivers have had their races ruined when this happens & yet the highly paid Supercar Officials offer nothing in the way of solutions. As a result, it'll continue to happen & I wonder what would've been the fallout had this scenario happened to the #17 or #97 at Newcastle last year? That's a helluva way to potentially lose a Championship.
Bah, let them flame. Like I said earlier there's still a lot of mileage ahead of us, so noone should be getting too fluffed up about the Mustang and whether or not it's too quick just yet.You might want to put your fire retardant race suit on after that post on FB @Nismonath5
Yeah I agree. Exactly the same was said about the ZB last year. I mentioned it being more down to the new ECU and the spring changes... and I still think that's the case.
Some may keep going long like Giz did. Let's say Fabs being down the back of the grid, kept going after the safety car peeled off. Many cars may have come in and kept Fabs out of that mayhem. It's possible he could have finished where Winterbottom did.
They have to try and pit before any safety car periods. If I remember correctly it's a case of pit at the earliest time you can all the time. Only the brave (BJR) and the back markers risk pitting late in the hope of a safety car period mid tyre/fuel run so they have the best tyres at the end of the run/race.
Exactly. COTF->Gen2->SC1(or whatever). VASC weren't listening to/"hearing" Nissan, when they talked about whether the GT-R could fit in with Supercars. Budget wise, global program, etc.
Saturday saw no safety car, but did raise eyebrows when Giz pitted for fresh tyres late in the race. Closing the pits doesn't mean everyone has to pit. Nothing wil stop all teams pitting at once. Thing is, as Barry Ryan said, half the field could pit, when pit lane opens. A fiasco could still occur. I think it's less likely to occur. The double stacking should be abolished. It hurts the other driver's race, indefinitely.Yes it would. So the issue isn't being solved in any way at all.
Like I mentioned before, no they wouldn't. If you pit after the safety car you'll be way down on all the cars that managed to come in before it. You have to pit at the earliest possible occasion every time. In the past they had lap 5 as when pit lane opened so half the field came in on lap 5, the other half on lap 6. But if there was an accident on lap 5 after half the cars had pitted, the rest of the field was screwed. The ones that then had to pit under green flag conditions had to run as long as they could to try and make enough gap (which never happened) for their pit stop, and this was done while risking being caught out by another safety car. Every teams next stop was on their critical lap (which varied for different teams).Yes it would. So the issue isn't being solved in any way at all.
It won't stop unsafe releases which, when watching the video, was the main cause last weekend. It will relieve congestion though, which will help. I really don't know if there is an answer... ban Rick Kelly maybe??
