Targa Tasmania future uncertain after latest death – Motorsport. com

A yet-to-be-named driver was killed in Mount Roland yesterday on just the second day of running for the 2022 edition associated with famous tarmac rally.

The death follows three fatalities from two seperate crashes at last year’s Targa Tasmania, which prompted an investigatory tribunal and a raft of recommendations and changes ahead of this event .

Late last night organiser Targa Australia and governing body Motorsport Australia opted in order to downgrade the event to non-competitive , with competitors able to continue but forced to stick to posted speed limits on the closed sections of road.

The dying has unsurprisingly sparked question marks over the long term of Targa Tasmania as a fully competitive event.

According to Targa CEO Perry there are too many unanswered questions over the nature of the crash to make any predictions as to what that upcoming may look like.

However he admits there is now significant uncertainty more than whether it can continue in its current guise as a fully competitive the road rally.

“It definitely rattles the cage, ” he told media this morning.

“I’ll be because open plus transparent since I can. I may only be honest in order to say there its no doubt it brings it into doubt. We won’t shy away from that. But we need to work through it, because what we don’t know is what happened.

“I would say that if [the crash] was unrelated to the car or safety or even his training or any of that stuff, that will change the conversation dramatically. And until we know all that we won’t speculate around the future and what it looks like.

“We don’t know what the particular future will be. You can ask us all day. We actually have no idea.

“I can say, and exactly what you may see out there today, is usually 300 cars out presently there having a good time at a Targa event. So just think about that. It’s not necessarily the end. But exactly what it appears like from here, we’re months away from determining that. ”

Motorsport Australia’s Director associated with Motorsport Michael Smith said he feels there is a future for the event, but admitted it may be non-competitive.

“Look, I certainly believe there is a long term for Targa Tasmania, inch he stated.

“We’ll work with Mark and Targa Australia and all of the other stakeholders to see what Targa Tasmania might look like in the future.

“It’s too early to say that will there’s not future with regard to Targa. It might not appear different, yet it’s too early to speculate on that at the moment.

“[Touring only is] certainly part of the particular thinking. That’s a discussion we’ll have with Tag. But again it’s too early, not knowing the circumstances from the incident, it’s as well early in order to comment along with any certainty on that will at the moment. inch

This is definitely the 30th running of the Targa Tasmania, with this particular latest loss of life the sixth in the history of the big event.