Lawsuit of Ayrton Climo against Monaco: the lawyers deliver their pleadings
The lawyers in the civil trial of the Monaco karting grand prix of Trois-Rivières delivered their closing arguments on Monday.
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The lawsuit persists in believing that it was the negligence of the organization in the assembly of the circuit during the 2014 edition which led to the serious accident of the young American driver Ayrton Climo.
For the prosecution, “the track was unsafe”. “There was a hole at turn number five” where the accident occurred, it was argued.
“The bales of hay had to be bagged,” which would have better absorbed the impact, estimate the pursuit.
“Ayrton Climo was not going too fast,” it was added.
With respect to the risk inherent in motorsport, counsel for the prosecution argued “that one accepts the risk of being injured, but one does not accept the risk of neglecting another or the risk that we ignore”.
For its part, the defense agreed that ultimately “speed was not an issue”. It rather evokes “a pilot error” on the part of Ayrton Climo.
She adds that “the patching of the track was not an issue” either since “the track had been approved”.
“No violation of the regulations” was served, also said the defense.
Regarding the use of hay bales as a protective device along the track; “they are allowed and even accepted on the circuits”, one explained.
According to the defense, the organization of Monaco had “a duty of means”. She still could not “foresee all the possibilities of an accident”.
The judge will now take the case under advisement.
No one has explained, moreover, why no testimony during the hearings related to the state in which Ayrton Climo finds himself. The accident left him with serious after-effects.