2.) Formula D needs to fire their “chief steward” Now is their chance! He has been the source of nearly all FD’s drama and problems since he came on board. The only thing he does consistently is bring drama with his decisions. He brings nothing positive to FD or drifting but does alot to damage FD/drifting’s credibility.

3.) As has already been stated, Forsberg’s vehicle should have been inspected and NEVER allowed on track. (this is yet another failure of FD’s chief steward) The fact that he made 3 runs with a vehicle that should have been not only deemed illegal as per the rulebook, it was downright unsafe! While letting him on track in that condition is FD’s failure, FORSBERG SHOULD BE FINED FOR COMPETING WITH THE VEHICLE IN THAT CONDITION!!! They should have taken the win/loss or whatever they were dealt and then protest it from there. That’s how EVERYONE ELSE does it. Instead, they went about it in a way that put the themselves, fans, media, and their opponent at risk. That is simply not acceptable and is an issue that needs to be addressed.

Props to CFR for making due with what they had around them… literally! Kevin “McGuyver” Wells is a genius!

So let’s see… they let Chris keep running even though the car looked unsafe (suspension could have come apart and flown out injuring the crowd or one of the drivers or courseworkers), then they awarded the win to Calvin Wan at the end… then after the CFR team protested because the FD safety marshal wouldn’t give them another 5 minutes to work on the car during their “one more time” run….. they called everyone back and reversed the win and said they need to do that top 32 battle again on Saturday?

Wow, I didn’t think anything major was going to happen in Sonoma. Too bad I couldn’t be there to see it all go down for myself.

Good luck tomorrow Chris and Calvin! Thanks for the update, WreckedMagazine!

CFR should be ashamed of themselves for thinking that a ratchet strap is a suitable means for fixing a damaged suspension component. it’s just drifting dudes.

However this event has revealed a major flaw in the “5-minute rule” it looks as if they give teams time to make a repair but perhaps not enough time for a steward or official to INSPECT the repair made to deem it safe or not.

Obviously I don’t own or run a team so I don’t know this for sure but it seems like 5 minutes isn’t enough to fix something and inspect it.

What is the solution? Maybe certain situations should result in an automatic DNF..if someone breaks a tie rod or arm ..instant DNF..dont give them an opportunity to perform potentially unsafe repairs. That’s just my opinion though..will probably get flamed for it.