Originally Posted by
Graceland
Love this - I wonder how many people on here who are moaning like fuck about a few changes to make it safer and ultimately more enjoyable have actually BEEN round the track -and no, a computer game does NOT count!
If the above are enforced then excellent IMHO - Makes it better for the people who spend time and money getting things right - Should also stop people dumping a cheap UK car in Germany for the year to let anyone have a go in it and then do a runner when binned into the armco!
Some of it is semsible and a lot of it is FIA stuff anyway, likes of roll cage padding, and doorcards. They need only be sheet plastic but it stops you fipping your leg up in a crash. Those sort of things are attention to detail and dont really cost.
Needing harnesses and seats in date is just daft however IMO.
Under those rules i could take my locost, 3 days after an IVA test that certified it as safe for uk (and by extension european road use) and be refused from the ring as my harnesses wont be new and my seats will be unapproved and while made to msa guidelines my cage wont have (or need in the uk) a certificate or sticker....
Even in the case of a competition car, you could run over, and take it out on track, but if its an 8 year old prepped shell you have been constantly developing the piece of paper for the cage is now too old to satisfy ze germans and youll be told to go away?