Marshalling duties

[blue_pinky]

Without seeing it first hand it's obviously hard to say, but I go with the "don't interfere with other peoples races and wait" theory.

And if I did accidentally interfere with another cars race, maybe I'd try and shift my attention to putting the interfered car back first before getting to the original crashed car.

Not crashing is obviously the fastest way around, as winning races is not about having the best marshalling. Although we all appreciate good marshalling as well when we do crash!

And as Pops pointed out, the eagerness to help is often hard to control, your still a racer when your marshalling and for the most part people do try their best to assist the drivers who've crashed, especially at bigger meetings where there is a little more at stake, and there is 'generally' a lot of respect for the faster guys that are inevitably in the race after you.

But you only get a split second to make a decision, that decision will be based on many factors, one of which is experience...

...I bet that particular marshall makes a different call the next time he's in the situation, and as long as someone points out those kinds of errors to the less experienced in a respectful way....then hopefully they/we can only learn from those moments.

We're all human after all, and I bet the top racers / marshalls get in wrong once in a while too!