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Clerk of the Course's Report: Genk.

BRDC Stars of Tomorrow Super ICC front-runner Jack Hawksworth takes the chequered flag to win at Genk in Belgium [pic credit: TSR Productions]
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Clerk of the Course's Report: Genk.

Tuesday, 14th August 2007

BRDC Stars of Tomorrow's Clerk of the Course Nigel Edwards gives his view on the recent action at Genk.

For interest the Genk organisation (and many CIK events) allow one warning flag per race, then should another warning be called (in that race) that becomes an automatic black – food for thought for 2008.

Having said all of that, the vast majority of competitors had good clean races and I hope gained some valuable experience – thanks to you and your teams.

Nigel Edwards


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Summary of the weekend’s action

Thursday 2nd/Friday 3rd August – Practice Days (All days being under permit)

Practice days should be used to acclimatise to the circuit, prepare your equipment and tyre draws and scrutineering. In the main the off-track activities went well – thank you for your co-operation. On-track there were some unnecessary issues.

No 27 Junior Max – Penalty 0.1.1.5 – £100 Fine + 3 points


Sat 4th/Sunday 5th August – Race Days

Cadet
Considering the number of competitors per race and the different nature of the circuit the racing was of a high standard. Very little action by the clerks and the finals were great to watch – thank you cadet drivers.

Mini Max
A very disappointing weekend from my point-of-view – starts were too fast, driving standards very poor and overall a ‘messy’ weekend.

The fast starts meant incidents on the straight/opening corner were happening faster than drivers could adapt to, while there were also some incidents caused by a lack of awareness (ie. of other drivers around you) and finally just some very bad driving.

I had hoped that on such a big circuit contact would be minimal. Please remember we are off to Wigan next, another fast open circuit where I hope you can all race together with respect for each other – if so we will have great end to the championship.

Junior Max
Very competitive, with some hard and border-line racing – please remember a bit of respect for your fellow competitor may pay you rewards in the long run.
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