The Australian Supercars Championship is visiting Gold Coast – also known as “Surfer’s Paradise” – for the penultimate round of the 2024 racing season. Practice for the event has already provided some interesting action, as 189 curb strikes were recorded during the first session on October 25th, 2024. The sanctioning body elected to deactivate some of its curb sensors in response, and Supercars Ford driver Cam Waters stands behind the decision.
According to a report from Supercars.com, Supercars decided to kill the Turn 2 sensor, then the Turn 9 loop in second practice as each turn recorded a high number of strikes. Waters’ No. 6 Ford Mustang GT was on top during that practice session, and he said that he thinks the curb sensor solution will make the race a better show for the fans.
“For me, it probably doesn’t make much difference. Like you’re just going to drive to what you got, but I think it’s going to be a better spectacle and better to watch,” Waters said while speaking to the media. “Like at the end of the day, they self-police; you take too much, you get too much air and you can’t turn, which slows you down anyway.”
He added, “But it hopefully should eliminate all the curb hops, that’s such a talking point in qualifying and the Shootout. We’re going a lot quicker through the front chicane, but at the same time, we can’t really push it any harder because it’s slower.”
Eliminating the curb sensors will impact the race, Waters said, especially between the beach chicane and the overtaking spot in Turn 11.
“It’ll also probably buy you a little bit of wriggle room when you are behind a car,” Waters said. “It’s really hard to position yourself accurately enough, which will help us not get curb hops when you’re trying to race someone, just because you can’t see where you are on the track. So I think it’ll be much better.”
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