Comments on: 2012 N24h: Porsche-Renault finish line chaos http://www.ausringers.com/2012/05/21/2012-n24h-porsche-renault-finish-line-chaos.html An Australian view on the Nürburgring Nordschleife Tue, 21 May 2013 06:36:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gary http://www.ausringers.com/2012/05/21/2012-n24h-porsche-renault-finish-line-chaos.html#comment-24803 Gary Tue, 22 May 2012 14:34:14 +0000 http://www.ausringers.com/?p=1492#comment-24803 Fault is 100% with the Clio driver

Its not established why the 911 stopped but he crossed the finish line before the 24hrs was up anyway so stopping shortly afterwards would still have left him unclassified as he needed the extra lap.

It was an odd and unfortunate situation for all parties

]]> By: Tiaan http://www.ausringers.com/2012/05/21/2012-n24h-porsche-renault-finish-line-chaos.html#comment-24723 Tiaan Tue, 22 May 2012 00:25:16 +0000 http://www.ausringers.com/?p=1492#comment-24723 While Robbo has a point, this is also an insight into the effects of fatigue and split concentration at the end of such a long race. That renault had a vast amount of time to see the P-car in front of him, but failed to. Where was he looking?

It is also understandable that the Porsche driver would not have thought to put on his hazards while thinking about fuel & strategy etc.

Fatigue like that can hinder even the most simple of tasks….

]]> By: Liam http://www.ausringers.com/2012/05/21/2012-n24h-porsche-renault-finish-line-chaos.html#comment-24704 Liam Mon, 21 May 2012 12:57:15 +0000 http://www.ausringers.com/?p=1492#comment-24704 Tend to agree Robbo. Regardless of the reasons and/or blame, it’s just heartbreaking to see two cars fail to finish like that so close to the end. I can’t begin to imagine how the two teams involved are feeling.

]]> By: robbo http://www.ausringers.com/2012/05/21/2012-n24h-porsche-renault-finish-line-chaos.html#comment-24698 robbo Mon, 21 May 2012 10:27:18 +0000 http://www.ausringers.com/?p=1492#comment-24698 If the manthey porsche was truly out of fuel he should have had his hazard lights on and pulled onto the grass on the edge of the track. Why on earth did they think they could park on the racing line? You can also point the finger at the clio, but I think after 24 hours and coming to the finish line they would have been concentrating on whether they were finishing or had to do another lap. The driver was probably on the radio or looking for pit board etc. IMHO trhe blame in this incident is purely on the porsche who should have pulled off the tarmac onto the the grass

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