Jordan Bass these guys are as Murray says the best i have been on the grid myself and they are constantly watching everything and i know a few marshalls they are heavily trained and they do it voluntary.
Former SCCA marshall here..pretty accurate. As for protection. well, some tracks are better than others, & some corners are worse. I'm not overly familiar with Mr. Plato, but in his defense, I've never seen a pro driver who wasn't royally teed off when they ended up in an incident that put them out of the race. Just make sure they're not hurt, get 'em out of the way and give them a minute, and most will apologise/ chill out & be nicer. These guys are good people just having a really bad day,
I raced F Renault (a few rounds before the budget ran out) in Europe and F V6 Asia by Renault. Trust me, good marshalls are worth their weight in gold, do a fantastic and much appreciated job and need to have every protection and safety program money can buy to ensure their uncompromised safety.
So I came here after Horners commentsabout a "rogue Marshall" And weirdly the date says this was uploaded in 2011... That can't be true I watched this live when it broadcast... Oh god I'm old . 10 years! Where did that time go?
Finally i know. I remember seeing this on the itv4 broadcast and saw ted wondering what he was doing marshalling, i must of missed the bbc f1 segment this was on.
I do a lot of marshalling for the JMC Club in Jersey, it's not as fun as being one of the drivers or riders but I get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction from it. Being part of a team effort and helping to make the event run as smoothly and safely (for both entrants and spectators) as much as possible. One day I want to go over and do marshal at some events in the mainland. I have the MSA Marshals contact details, however please let me know if you personally know of anyone who is a marshal and who I could get in touch with to come over and marshal at a UK racing event.
When BBC lost the rights to Sky at the end of 2011, they limped on doing highlights for four years but it was a huge downgrade on this stuff. A particular low point was Suzi Perry doing karaoke in Japan.
1) Probans are not "fire proof", they are fire retardant (i.e. they go out if you set fire to them, but heat still gets straight through them). 2) A few patches and the thread through the overalls isn't going to make much difference to the protection; if applied properly, they can be just as retardant as the base material. 3) If we get that close to a fire that it matters, we're probably TOO close; hair and face will likely have felt more than most people can tolerate. 4) The vast majority of fires are small, so the fire retardant properties are hardly put to the test. The idea is to get in quick and put the fire out BEFORE it gets too big. Pretty much the only time I would take substantial risk is to protect another life; once the driver is out, the car can burn rather than me. Those kinds of events, I'm not going to worry about a patch and the thread that might be burning a tiny hole through the envelope; I've seen two, and experienced none personally.
3:09 what was that? I mean that's not the way you flag yellow in the race start... drivers can't react to this little 'bug chasing', do it more confidently
