Please Note from Jan 2007 the drivers and passenger door windows should not be covered with film


Some observations so far:
  • Roll bar padding should not be secured by cable ties. These leave razor sharp edges, which is a concern for drivers and marshals / rescue. The padding should be secured only by the adhesive tape fitted to the padding when supplied or polyurethane adhesive. Cable ties should be put around the brake fluid reservoir and the master cyclider to provide additionalsecurity for the brake fluid reservoir (the reservoir can get knocked off in a incident and brake fluid spill on to hot components.

  • Fire and electrical cut off exterior hand pulls need to be spaced away from the bodywork/screen so that they can be operated by a heavily gloved hand.

  • Radio aerials should be removed. In the event of recovering an overturned cat the aerial could whip into a marshall/rescue/recovery persons face/eye.

  • The roll cage weld on identification tags, positioned at the nearside or offside base of the central upright, must be readable. Excess paint should be reduced/removed so that numbers on the tag can be read.

  • It was noted that on one car there were sheet metal body tags near the front and rear wheels that could in the event of a minor incident be forced into the tyre causing sudden tyre deflation. The tag should be bent out of the way.

  • Also noted were cars with long tyre valves extending well beyond the wheel rim. These can be torn off as a result of a minor brush, causing sudden tyre deflation and should therefore be replaced with short valves.

  • Extinguisher retaining clips must be lock wired closed to ensure that the extinguisher does not become free during an impact. The R clip (or whatever) used to prevent accidental triggering of the xtinguisher MUST be removed before going out onto circuit and MUST NOT be replaced until after any post-practice or post-race scrutineering (see MSA Blue Book, section C(c)64-65.)

  • Refueling of the car is prohibitted whilst in the pitlane. During and re-fueling, the driver must vacate the car, the engine must be switched off and a suitable person must be in attendance with a fire extinguisher.