a FFirst?
Spa 2000 was damp and they started behiend the safety car, and now
today.
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Spa 2000 was damp and they started behiend the safety car, and now
today.
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Rob Swindells
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wimps.
> Spa 2000 was damp and they started behiend the safety car, and now
> today.
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> Rob Swindells
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Chris
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I caught Sebring myself (thanks, Speedvision! :-), but I hope you stuck
around for the Verstappen-Hakkinen-Frentzen battles. Very good racing and
an impressive performance from Jos. And that bit at the end with R
Schumacher and Hakkinen- this was a very exciting race.
They don't
You saw how everyone went off, they wanted to get everyone in, on wets and
back out safely and then let racing commence.
>You saw how everyone went off, they wanted to get everyone in, on wets and
>back out safely and then let racing commence.
DG
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> wimps.
> > Damn, why do they treat F1 drivers like babies having their first run in
> > a FFirst?
> > Spa 2000 was damp and they started behiend the safety car, and now
> > today.
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> > Rob Swindells
MS
> >Well it was mostly due to the fact that one lap it was sunny and dry the
> >next it as monsoon season and all on only one section of the track! (you
> >could actually see the defining line between wet and dry on the track,
wow!)
> >You saw how everyone went off, they wanted to get everyone in, on wets
and
> >back out safely and then let racing commence.
> And if they hadn't done so, you just know we'd be reading all about
> how 'they' got it wrong on this group right now, wouldn't we?
> DG
Frequent safety car periods allow maximum safety for drivers as it keeps
them all racing when potentially a lot would go out of the race making for
bad TV.
It's obviously better for the fan as their is no mass crashes leaving a
field of 5 drivers, not as much need for red flags, and restarts making the
whole thing better overall while making it safer than letting cars run away.
Good move. I don't think they want it to be like CART though as being like
CART makes people well... watch CART ;-)
> MS
> > >Well it was mostly due to the fact that one lap it was sunny and dry
the
> > >next it as monsoon season and all on only one section of the track!
(you
> > >could actually see the defining line between wet and dry on the track,
> wow!)
> > >You saw how everyone went off, they wanted to get everyone in, on wets
> and
> > >back out safely and then let racing commence.
> > And if they hadn't done so, you just know we'd be reading all about
> > how 'they' got it wrong on this group right now, wouldn't we?
> > DG
CART is great, but one thing I dislike about it is the damn pacecar.
> Frequent safety car periods allow maximum safety for drivers as it keeps
> them all racing when potentially a lot would go out of the race making for
> bad TV.
> It's obviously better for the fan as their is no mass crashes leaving a
> field of 5 drivers, not as much need for red flags, and restarts making
the
> whole thing better overall while making it safer than letting cars run
away.
> Good move. I don't think they want it to be like CART though as being like
> CART makes people well... watch CART ;-)
> > I remember a time when in such instances, races were red flagged and
> > aggregate times from the first stint and restarted race were added
> together
> > to give a final result. This ***about using safety cars to allow
people
> to
> > change tyres is just that. It might have been a slightly different story
> > today had real representative times been run, rather than artificially
> > bunching up fields.
> > MS
> > > >Well it was mostly due to the fact that one lap it was sunny and dry
> the
> > > >next it as monsoon season and all on only one section of the track!
> (you
> > > >could actually see the defining line between wet and dry on the
track,
> > wow!)
> > > >You saw how everyone went off, they wanted to get everyone in, on
wets
> > and
> > > >back out safely and then let racing commence.
> > > And if they hadn't done so, you just know we'd be reading all about
> > > how 'they' got it wrong on this group right now, wouldn't we?
> > > DG
Andrew McP
Driving a 800 horsepower car that weighs 500 kg in rain with the spray from
the other cars blinding you is a recepie for disaster anybody could ***y
see that. Have you seen any other car that causes as much spray as an f1
car?
I think not.
> As for the "blinding spray" what about rally cars?
> They kick up huge clouds of dust or snow and whoever is driving behind
> them has their vision obscured.
-Gregor
> >Im sure you would be saying this if you were leading the race and
aquaplaned
> >straight off the track....
> >*cough* bullshit!
> Any race driver worth a ***knows his car's limits. If you slide off
> the track because of rain, then you screwed up and don't deserve to be
> in the lead.
> >Driving a 800 horsepower car that weighs 500 kg in rain with the spray
from
> >the other cars blinding you is a recepie for disaster anybody could
***y
> >see that. Have you seen any other car that causes as much spray as an f1
> >car?
> >I think not.
> The safety car was kept out much longer than necessary. This was done
> simply to bunch up the field again and attempt to make for a more
> interesting race. As for the "blinding spray" what about rally cars?
> They kick up huge clouds of dust or snow and whoever is driving behind
> them has their vision obscured. It's part of the race. Why should the
> F1 babies be any different?