Le Mans 2011 Pace Car Ruins Everything!

[archaeic_bloke]

Anybody else catch this disaster? The Skylife: 2011 Le Mans Series at Le Castellet - Pace car Ruins Everything (http://tinyurl.com/lemanscrashpacecar) (Video link)

Apparently whats happened here, is the Pace car (Audi S5) was supposed to leave the track when the lights turned green so that everyone could go full throttle, unfortunately the driver of the pace car (for what ever reason) chose to remain on the track, and while the front row of drivers noticed this and slammed on their brakes, the middle and rear section of the pack had no clue and began slamming into the back of other cars while everyone in front was putting on the brakes!

[word sux]

wow...


I wonder if that guys left the track on a stretcher

[lost240soul]

pace car FAIL:smash:

[180sxsr20]

what an idiot in the pace car lol

[TypeS_kid]

what an idiot in the pace car lol

x2 :doh: :doh:

[Teddy]

I think a guy with sticky fingers pushed on the green button too soon when yellow flagswere still waving and pacecar was ready for another warm up lap...

[mxsx25]

If u read further down it states it may have not been the pace cars fault rather the light operator... the caution flags were.still waving when the light went green

[Teddy]

Yeah, definitely not the pace car drivers fault at all, he was doing exactly what he was supposed to. Whoever was operating the lights completely fucked up.

[josephin510]

I have witnessed this before. Except green lights when it should be red same ending though.

[jamg]

what an idiot button presser

[Walperstyle]

should have his thumbs removed

[Gnnr]

http://img.youtube.com/vi/vsF0K3Ou1v0/0.jpg

Whoops! lol, thats crazy. And man I gotta catch more Le Mans, those cars are the shit!

[AN300zx]

ouch.... that really sucks....

[BoostSlideWayz]

From what i was reading i dont see it all the pace cars fault.. they shouldnt have started the race soo close behind the pace car.. usually they green the lights when the pace car is clear out of the way.. it looks to me the pace car didnt even have any where to go besides off one of the turns and thats just as dangerous because if a driver of shoots the turn hell hit the pace car.

This is really just bad organization IMO.

[JERC]

if you look closely, when it turns green. the pace looks like he was going to cut left to get off the track

[BoostSlideWayz]

if you look closely, when it turns green. the pace looks like he was going to cut left to get off the track

lol probably cuz hes like OHH SHIT THEIR COMING !! and then he probably noticed he had no where to go.

[GabeS14]

First 2 things that come to my mind are:
1: who or how many people got fired...
2nd: How much $$$ in damages did this cost, and who is gonna pay for it all?if it was in the US I am sure there would be about 30 lawsuits the next day.

[BoostSlideWayz]

LOL ^ yeah im sure... so many people sue these days. and also that would be funny if every one on the team sued the guy that greened the lights .... lol his life would be over no lie.