Heilige Scheiße!!! 15 car pileup at the 'Ring

[GTBrandon]

It’s my belief that corner workers are there to make sure everyone is as safe as possible by knowing information that can’t be seen by drivers. That doesn’t mean though that you are gaurneteed to have a safe track just because some guy with some flags and a radio says so. Without track insurance, the moment you drive on the grid you are forefeting the right to blame anyone but yourself for damage to you or tour property. It’s extremely unfortunate that someone with such a highly important job went home and did not have someone cover his/her shift, but i’m sure there are a lot of details we don’t know. Like maybe there was supposed to be someone there and the guy who left was assured he would be replaced promptly, or maybe he’s just a selfish asshole who let this happen for no reason other than his own. Either way I’m curious what the ring will do following this event with the way they employ workers and if this will cause another “this track is too unsafe for the public” fiasco all over again.