Spent the day at Silverstone today at Trax, top day out, was watching some track action before going home and then safty cars and amblance etc came out onto track and the sesion was stoped, then 5 mins later this pops around the corner........
















Did not see the accident, but the car looked like it was a hard impact as the front end was twisted and both air bag had gorn off. Hope the driver was ok.

Also parked up was a M3

 

Two lovely cars written off their

 

Never great to see.

 

Shame .......

 

sad sight to see

 

Shame, the Scooby looked quite nice. Hope the drivers were ok.

 

Are they standard wrx Subaru brakes on track (eeek).

I'd say it was a £3000 Blobeye WRX

Hope the driver(s) were in hurt though.

Rob

 

I've some shots of it on track.. not crashed... then saw the car parked up as we were leaving

 

£3000 blob eye or not is it not someones pride and joy still?

Hope the driver is unhurt.

 

ouch looks like a right off.
standard wrx brakes and suspension are not a good idea on a track.
ruined those lovely stickers too...

 

Not good! Hope the driver was ok!

 

....and there is the reason I don't track my car. I couldn't afford to put it back together after that. Shame for the owners.

 

he may have has insurance for the track though.
if you have this its not so risky if you dont you run the risk of the getting the bill for above which is most likely a total loss.

but considering the ammount of cars on track yesterday there were very few incidents

 

Not nice.

I do hope you have the owners permission to post images though?.

 

Car was on public display - no need for permission.




Saw the BMW go round Woodcote and said to my wife that I wouldn't be surprised if he crashed it with the way he was driving (damp track, pushing too hard) - he nearly lost it at Woodcote TBH.

There's no need to push it hard enough to crash it on a pay and play session as per Trax yesterday, especially when the conditions aren't 100% - just asking for trouble. Ambition > Ability, me thinks.

Oh, and for the record, stock suspension and brakes are fine on track - they certainly don't guarantee a crash... so long as you drive within the limits of them!

 

I wonder if any insurance companies have ran the reg thru to see if it`s one of theirs ?

 

Ouch, Looks a bit like my last one ended up and I had BIG brakes and decent suspension.

He will certainly be feeling it today, Feel for the guy.

 

this was in a novice session I was in.
Trev

 

Not one of ours

 

True, but showing the registration number serves no purpose and might cause a lot of unnecessary grief for someone.

 

I should think that's the last of his concerns right now.

 

Yes but I would sooner replace a £3k car then a £12k cat! As said I hope the driver is ok. The car can be easily replaced.
That's my thoughts too. I've had standard 4 pots and even with a good combo disc/pad they aren't the best for "track".
Anyone can crash, me included (twice), however a better kitted out car has more chance of becoming unstuck than something that hasn't. My point is the driver may have underestimated the ability of the brakes, ther not exactly the best putting it mildly.

Anyway I'll **** up now being a non Subaru owner

 

I didn't see the accident, but what I did see was the BMW driver thinking he could drift when he really couldn't.

Hopefully the two incidents were separate and it wasn't caused by on or other doing something stupid such as the BMW losing control and the Subaru driver having to take avoiding action / hitting the back of the BMW because of it.

Did anyone on here see the accident?

 

the cars werent in the same session.

they were a couple of hours apart, but the track was damp when the beemer crashed.
i saw it being trailered off but not the crash.

 

OK, the car is wrecked anyway.

But.....is it a good idea to pick a car up by the wheels?

 

In some ways that's a relief... bad enough messing up your own car, even worse if it was someone else's fault.

We saw the BMW getting very untidy round Woodcote a couple of times.

In any case, if you're going to push that hard on that kind of track session (i.e. where there are likely to be a fair few 7 second heros, plus in front of a crowd ), you really are asking for trouble!

 

i totally agree mine was all over the place and had no brakes after 2 laps, still fastest on my session though lol

 

exactly, i didnt say this had caused his accident as i didnt see it.
i was speaking from experience like rob having had standard wrxs i know the brakes fade fast when under heavy track use and the suspension is also not really for the track.

 

There was another guy in a new black M3 doing the same thing, driving like an idiot n nearly causing others to crash.. These ppl should be banned from driving on the track!

 

it goes really well on the road, but on the track you realise you maybe should have saved more for an sti lol