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**cargo_brad** · 07-03-2012, 07:55 PM

Ah shoot, the cars are amazingly 'safe' in a crash, but that sort of thing leaves the drivers very exposed as the rest of the safety equipment stops them being able to duck or turn their heads down.
I hope she pulls through OK, IIRC, she was only given the position a short time ago and this was her first drive, and I was hoping she'd even make it onto the race grid, in time.

It may have been a momentary confusion, trying to press the brake, forgetting it's to the left, unlike 'normal' cars, perhaps some sort of anti-stall problem with the rpm rising and failing to release the clutch?

Appreciate any updates.

07-03-2012, 07:55 PM	#6
cargo_brad Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	Ah shoot, the cars are amazingly 'safe' in a crash, but that sort of thing leaves the drivers very exposed as the rest of the safety equipment stops them being able to duck or turn their heads down. I hope she pulls through OK, IIRC, she was only given the position a short time ago and this was her first drive, and I was hoping she'd even make it onto the race grid, in time. It may have been a momentary confusion, trying to press the brake, forgetting it's to the left, unlike 'normal' cars, perhaps some sort of anti-stall problem with the rpm rising and failing to release the clutch? Appreciate any updates.
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