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Re: make starts faster?
Posted by 'davidmc' on 14 May 2014 @ 16:30

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1) When the one behind has started accelerating sooner.

2) The momentum of a 5 kart train is greater than that of a 1 kart train.

3) I didn't say it wouldn't happen, I said the gaps are bigger so it's much less likely to get that large train of karts pushing (again, borne out by evidence) and it will be easier to spot if it does occur. Moreover, any kart that starts significantly slower will be driven around.

There's something like 25 starts at a S1 weekend, plus the 4-5 from PFi Minimax makes approximately 30 starts. Crashes went from almost every heat to no crashes at the first corner.

Whilst I agree that a better solution is to enforce the rules more stringently and I would personally prefer rolling starts, you simply cannot say that we'll see more crashes with standing starts or those starts will be more dangerous, especially when the evidence points to the contrary.

And as a final anecdote, even a relatively spread out rolling start will have accidents similar to a stalled kart/car on the grid. The Birtcar 24hr 2008 start was a big one, which led to the first hour or so being run behind the safety car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id6UT2-A7xo

Message Thread:

PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'JohnM' (30 Apr 2014 @ 19:38)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'NJB' (01 May 2014 @ 15:09)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'Muzza' (01 May 2014 @ 18:44)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'olliewestover' (01 May 2014 @ 22:46)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'JohnM' (02 May 2014 @ 7:35)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'moondog78' (02 May 2014 @ 8:34)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'TeamPoor' (02 May 2014 @ 9:02)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'olliewestover' (02 May 2014 @ 9:16)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'rollover' (02 May 2014 @ 11:07)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'IanA' (02 May 2014 @ 11:59)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'NJB' (03 May 2014 @ 7:41)

Re: PFI to Trial Standing Starts by 'Bigjim1978' (03 May 2014 @ 15:48)

Standing Starts by 'jkhno1' (05 May 2014 @ 16:20)

Re: Standing Starts by 'Alan' (05 May 2014 @ 18:38)

Re: Standing Starts by 'alanrr' (05 May 2014 @ 21:32)

agree to disagree... by 'moondog78' (06 May 2014 @ 8:26)

Re: Standing Starts by 'Moonshine' (06 May 2014 @ 9:15)

Re: Standing Starts by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 10:10)

Re: Standing Starts by 'Moonshine' (06 May 2014 @ 11:06)

Re: Standing Starts by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 12:18)

Re: Standing Starts by 'PaulMRotax' (06 May 2014 @ 12:51)

Re: Standing Starts by 'AlfieMoon' (06 May 2014 @ 10:29)

Re: Standing Starts by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 12:24)

Re: Standing Starts by 'Flagman52' (06 May 2014 @ 12:39)

Re: Standing Starts by 'BilandRacer9' (06 May 2014 @ 13:01)

Re: Standing Starts by 'BilandRacer9' (06 May 2014 @ 13:02)

Re: Standing Starts by 'Venom' (06 May 2014 @ 13:02)

Re: Standing Starts by 'Moonshine' (06 May 2014 @ 13:15)

Re: Standing Starts by 'Aquila' (06 May 2014 @ 13:20)

Re: Standing Starts by 'Venom' (06 May 2014 @ 13:29)

Re: Standing Starts by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 14:07)

Re: Standing Starts by 'richydehav' (06 May 2014 @ 13:33)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 14:13)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'christkm' (06 May 2014 @ 14:21)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'Moonshine' (06 May 2014 @ 14:56)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'Moonshine' (06 May 2014 @ 15:46)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 16:04)

For Itpros benefit.... by 'Moonshine' (06 May 2014 @ 16:31)

Re: For Itpros benefit.... by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 17:42)

Re: For Itpros benefit....continued by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 18:12)

Re: For Itpros benefit....continued by 'Moonshine' (06 May 2014 @ 21:33)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'PaulMRotax' (06 May 2014 @ 14:51)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 16:15)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'magician' (06 May 2014 @ 17:42)

Re: Standing Starts, Flag man by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 18:09)

ian by 'moondog78' (06 May 2014 @ 15:39)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 16:11)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 16:21)

Re: ian by 'rollover' (06 May 2014 @ 16:29)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 17:45)

Re: ian by 'davidmc' (06 May 2014 @ 16:43)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 17:56)

Re: ian by 'davidmc' (06 May 2014 @ 19:54)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (07 May 2014 @ 11:37)

Re: ian by 'davidmc' (07 May 2014 @ 20:18)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (08 May 2014 @ 0:25)

Re: ian by 'davidmc' (08 May 2014 @ 14:22)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (08 May 2014 @ 15:10)

Re: ian by 'davidmc' (09 May 2014 @ 12:38)

David by 'itpro' (10 May 2014 @ 1:58)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (12 May 2014 @ 9:37)

Re: ian by 'davidmc' (12 May 2014 @ 19:48)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (13 May 2014 @ 1:36)

Re: ian by 'PaulMRotax' (13 May 2014 @ 8:28)

Re: ian by 'davidmc' (13 May 2014 @ 9:41)

Re: ian by 'moondog78' (06 May 2014 @ 16:46)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 17:59)

Re: ian by 'moondog78' (06 May 2014 @ 16:35)

make starts faster? by 'SLK' (06 May 2014 @ 17:23)

Re: make starts faster? by 'SSR' (06 May 2014 @ 17:47)

Re: make starts faster? by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 18:06)

Flat out start by 'BanzaiBoy' (06 May 2014 @ 20:22)

Another video shock horror by 'BanzaiBoy' (06 May 2014 @ 20:37)

Re: Flat out start by 'davidmc' (06 May 2014 @ 21:09)

Re: make starts faster? by 'SkintFather' (13 May 2014 @ 11:06)

Re: make starts faster? by 'Venom' (13 May 2014 @ 11:23)

Re: make starts faster? by 'itpro' (14 May 2014 @ 9:23)

Re: make starts faster? by 'davidmc' (14 May 2014 @ 11:48)

Re: make starts faster? by 'itpro' (14 May 2014 @ 14:01)

Re: make starts faster? by 'davidmc' << You are here!

Re: make starts faster? by 'itpro' (14 May 2014 @ 17:20)

Re: make starts faster? by 'davidmc' (14 May 2014 @ 20:46)

Re: make starts faster? by 'itpro' (15 May 2014 @ 11:25)

Re: make starts faster? by 'PaulMRotax' (15 May 2014 @ 16:52)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (06 May 2014 @ 18:01)

Re: ian by 'Dogman172' (06 May 2014 @ 22:01)

Re: ian by 'rollover' (07 May 2014 @ 11:04)

Re: ian by 'itpro' (07 May 2014 @ 11:47)

ian has a very short one by 'PaulMRotax' (07 May 2014 @ 12:19)

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