SACK the Stewards!!!

[Wayne Kerr]

Why the **** are you idiots blaming Colin Bond when it is not his job?

Colin Bond is not a steward
Colin Bond is not the race director

It is Colin Bonds job to call on driver problems not car problems.

[Hodge]

Originally posted by Wayne Kerr
Why the **** are you idiots blaming Colin Bond when it is not his job?

Colin Bond is not a steward
Colin Bond is not the race director

It is Colin Bonds job to call on driver problems not car problems.

Because the **** knuckles at TEN say it is his fault. Anyway these people here should run the sport they are obviously smarter than everyone in Australian Motorsport

[Big Trev]

Just a small point of clarification, It is not the decsion of the "stewards" to black flag anyone for a safety issue, This decision is the final call of the Clerk of Course, not even the Race Director (Tim Schenken) can make it, he can advise only. The Clerk of Course has the ultimate responsibility for safety at race meetings, so it would have been their call to bring the car in for safety reasons. Also remember that the Clerk of Course does not operate on their own, at big race meetings they have several Assistants.

The stewards role is to give fair and unbiased decisions when rules have allegedly been broken. The incident with Car 1's door was a safety issue not a driving/driver infringement issue, so it has nothing to do with stewards.

There has been reference to race officials sitting watching the TV and making decisions, one question, how in hells name are you supposed to do it any other way at Bathurst. They can't possibly see the whole track from any one point on the track. There are only a very few tracks that you can see most of the track from race control. I have worked in Race Control, and it ain't easy.

Anyway, for what it is worth, IMHO, I reckon this whole topic has been done to death. Arguing about on here ain't gonna change the results, all it is doing is getting everybody's dander up, and didn't you know that stress is a killer