Robert Barnard

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Robert Barnard

Robert Barnard

@racecontrl

Motorsport Consultant with 39 years of experience in F1, MotoGP and karting

Catalonia, Spain Katılım Ekim 2014
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@matoxley Great fun doing this, thanks for the opportunity and some very perceptive questions.
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Mat Oxley
Mat Oxley@matoxley·
New Oxley Bom #MotoGP pod! Super-cool chat with renowned racetrack engineer Bob Barnard, the man who gave us Phillip Island - photo is Bob building PI! 😎 He tells us how to make a good track, how to make a bad track and what went wrong at Goiania 😱 oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/episod…
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
This is what used to be at Turn 1 Barber until someone presumably didn't think they needed it. Might have been useful yesterday.
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@joesaward @IndyCar There was a free standing tire wall in that gravel trap when I inspected it for the SCCA some years ago, but someone decided to remove it. And is there a bottom cable on that fence?
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NTT INDYCAR SERIES@IndyCar·
Scott McLaughlin walks away after this incident in Practice 2 🫣
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@SkySportsF1 When I inspected that track some years ago there was a free standing tire wall in that gravel trap for this incident. Who decided to take it out? I have the photo.
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Sky Sports F1@SkySportsF1·
A scary moment for Scott McLaughlin as he goes through the barrier in IndyCar practice! Thankfully he's out of the car and ok 🙏
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MotoGP™🏁@MotoGP·
A big crash for Hakim Danish 💥 #USGP 🇺🇸
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@denkmit That section was the first piece of the track repaved some years ago and they still didn't fix that bump!
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Simon Patterson
Simon Patterson@denkmit·
Good to see Marc on a scooter on his way back. Red flags due to the fence getting damaged I think. Looks like he got caught out by a bump…
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@matoxley @Holcim Obviously this was not a sink hole, we have seen those and they all go down a long way, and in different soils. This was just a area of bad soil not picked up during construction.
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@matoxley It is possibly the only track that could host both due to extent of the runoff areas.
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Mat Oxley
Mat Oxley@matoxley·
Ahh, dang, so Qatar #MotoGP can't be postponed to 29 November because that's Qatar F1 weekend. Or, maybe this could be a dream scenario for Liberty... THEY CAN RUN MotoGP AND F1 TOGETHER! 🔥😎🤑😱
Mat Oxley@matoxley

If the Bahrain (same weekend as the Qatar #MotoGP round) and Saudi F1 GPs are cancelled, due to war in the Middle East, it seems likely the Qatar GP will follow suit, although paddock rumours suggest it may instead be postponed, to the weekend after Valencia, 28/29 November

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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@SkySportsF1 The designer of this corner deserves the penalty. What happened was exactly what was intended, two cars taking a fast high line and a slower but shorter low line would arrive at the same point on the track. Thus was not the first accident like this at this corner.
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@crash_motogp Interesting gravel. If someone is at the track a photo would be appreciated.
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Mat Oxley
Mat Oxley@matoxley·
The first Hungarian GP, at the Hungaroring in 1990. A significant weekend because this was the first race Doohan received equal tech support from HRC - until then he had been number two to Gardner. On Sunday Doohan took the first of his 54 MotoGP victories
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MotoGP™🏁@MotoGP·
Wet-weather drama, tyre gambles, Eddie Lawson’s charge and more 💥 Take a look at the key moments from the 1992 #HungarianGP 🇭🇺 #MotoGP
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Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard@racecontrl·
@MotoGP I watched that race. A classic Eddy masterclass. Stated on a cut slick in the wet. Who else could not crash. Lost lots of time and then it dried up and he took seconds a lap off the leaders and won. Great to watch and anticipate. Pure Eddy.
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