Young Driver Gets Two Year Racing Ban For Deliberately Crashing Into Rival

Dan Ticktum was racing in the final MSA Formula event of the Silverstone weekend in September when he passed 10 cars during a Safety Car period and smashed into a rival

Jack Leslie

24 Nov 2015

Young Driver Gets Two Year Racing Ban For Deliberately Crashing Into Rival

A British racing driver has been banned from motorsport for two years after deliberately crashing into a rival during the third MSA Formula race at Silverstone in September.

Dan Ticktum dropped to the back of the pack on the opening lap after contact with Ricky Collard. The 16-year-old then passed 10 cars under the Safety Car to catch up and crash into Collard.

He was excluded from the meeting and handed six more penalty points, boosting his tally to 12, which resulted in a three-month ban. This has been absorbed into the new ban given to him after a meeting of the Motor Sports Council National Court.

Court chairman Guy Spollon said Ticktum passed 13 yellow flags, four double-yellow flags, two white flags and 15 Safety Car boards to pass other cars and catch Collard.

His two-year ban is effective from the 27 September 2015, with the second 12-month stint being suspended “on the condition there are no further offences”. The punishment means he is not allowed to hold a UK or international racing license.

Comments

Well that was stupid of him

When insert online racing game here players get a race seat….

Go to NASCAR, anything for ratings in that league, they’d pat him on the back for this move

Yep, suspending a guy for 2 races is definitely a pat on the back.

what I would have given to have the opportunity to go racing at that age and knobs like this throw it all away through temper tantrums! I’d like to see both of the incidents, though, to see what upset him so much!!

The fact he is immature and couldn’t accept that it was a mistake on the other drivers part should be enough but seeing him get punted off and why he saw that ramming someone off track (which could of been fatal) was an acceptable response.

I completely agree with the first sentence.

If they let people like that into Motorsport then it won’t be long till people class it the same as football players; high paid idiots that do nothing but fight on pitch. Hopefully he won’t get sponsors when he comes back!

A lot of great racing drivers were rivals on and off the track! A long time ago men were real men and nobody cryed even if there was a fight at the end of the race.. and speaking about football players.. race drivers are becoming just like them, someone barely touches the other player and it is allmost the end of the world.. You have to fight for your right, especially in racing!