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Re: These rule changes
Posted by 'orton1966' on 22 Dec 2015 @ 09:30

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Cadets are definitely where this (loading) problem started and yes where it needs stamping out.

Look back at vids of the s60 days of Lewis Hamilton etc. And a rolling start, was just that, the grid did a lap, keeping position (i.e. a small gap to the kart in front) and at the line "went racing" now hardly any race starts, at the first attempt and at many places, the heavily loaded middle of the pack often get spat off the track on the start straight!

The big teams, have been actively practiced loading for years, as they also realised they could use it to help, each other, in timed qualifying. We were at a track, where two of the biggest teams had a winter training camp and at least one of the teams had there coaches using a pro kart to load their drivers and push slower ones back up to the pack.

The trouble is drivers who have learnt their trade in cadet, are now working their way up through the other classes. We need to get back to the position that karting is a non contact sport, where contact is accidental and graphics/bodywork aren't considered racing consumables.

Yes I agree, the new rules are a sledgehammer to crack a nut and if anything should be introduced at cadet level. I'd also have a smaller max grid size for cadets, so it's easier to marshal and spot bad drIving.

In short, teach them right at cadet and in ten years time we'll have better racing, throughout the sport!

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