Le Mans 2011 Pace Car Ruins Everything!

[archaeic_bloke]

Anybody else catch this disaster? http://tinyurl.com/lemanscrashpacecar (Video link)

Apparently whats happened here, is the Pace car (Audi S5) was supposed to leave the track when the lights turned green so that everyone could go full throttle, unfortunately the driver of the pace car (for what ever reason) chose to remain on the track, and while the front row of drivers noticed this and slammed on their brakes, the middle and rear section of the pack had no clue and began slamming into the back of other cars while everyone in front was putting on the brakes!

[gtrjon]

wow i really hope either the person that turns on the green light or the driver of the pace car gets fired!!

[LittleDevilCRX]

HAHAHA, Nice post. I start work tomorrow on a project with Audi Canada, should be a good conversation peice to start the day. lol

[leeaspin]

LOL what a rook show!

[bellis_GTR]

no wayyyyy. That sucks for a lot of people lol.

[DreadedFist]

Miscommunication somewhere along the line. It's a sad situation, because when everything is double and triple checked, stuff like this can STILL happen.

[MarusGTR]

HAHAHA, Nice post. I start work tomorrow on a project with Audi Canada, should be a good conversation peice to start the day. lol

What kind of work, if you dont mind me asking?

[CelicaKidd_205]

Didn't look like the pace car's fault to me. It was already past the pit entry before the lights went green, and the majority of the field didn't look like they were in proper order. But either way, the lights were green and that's all the back of the pack can see, so they go for it and suddenly everyone in front doesn't :P

[Snake556]

And so, the 2011 Le Mans was ruined :P

[esh]

damn that sucks