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by **Chris Bloo** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

There always seems to be alot of discussion comparing driving a
real racing car and a sim. For those who say a modern F1 car is
easy to drive may I remind you of a little publicity stunt the
Williams team got involved in a couple years back.

They invited Mick Doohan and (I think) Colin Mcrae to drive a
few laps in the Williams F1 car. Both arguably the best in the
world at their form of motorsport yet neither got round a lap
before shunting the Williams.

If I had to make a list of people in the world who i thought
could handle an F1 car I'm sure they would have been near the
top.

Chris

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by **big..** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I seem to recall McCrae swapping cars with Brundle, not driving a Williams.

McCrae actually drove quite well under the circumstances and, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think McCrae crashed the car at all. He did, however, manage to stall it once I think. IIRC, he was within a couple of seconds of Brundle's time. Not bad for a beginner :)

Anyone remember where? I think it was Silverstone.

Nick

: There always seems to be alot of discussion comparing driving a
: real racing car and a sim. For those who say a modern F1 car is
: easy to drive may I remind you of a little publicity stunt the
: Williams team got involved in a couple years back.

: They invited Mick Doohan and (I think) Colin Mcrae to drive a
: few laps in the Williams F1 car. Both arguably the best in the
: world at their form of motorsport yet neither got round a lap
: before shunting the Williams.

: If I had to make a list of people in the world who i thought
: could handle an F1 car I'm sure they would have been near the
: top.

: Chris

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by **Andrew** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Maybe he was having a flashback to his Rally driving style. Those gravel
traps must look awfully tempting to powerslide through...

by **Tim O** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:59:26 -0800, Chris Bloom

>If I had to make a list of people in the world who i thought
>could handle an F1 car I'm sure they would have been near the
>top.

Even Michael Andretti, with prior Indy car racing experience didn't
fare much better.

Tim

by **David Kar** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

OH NO!! Prepare for a l o n g thread!!

--DK

> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:59:26 -0800, Chris Bloom

> >If I had to make a list of people in the world who i thought
> >could handle an F1 car I'm sure they would have been near the
> >top.

> Even Michael Andretti, with prior Indy car racing experience didn't
> fare much better.

> Tim

by **Tim O** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 19:18:37 -0600, "David Karr"

>OH NO!! Prepare for a l o n g thread!!

Uh-oh. Did I say the wrong thing? :-)

Tim

by **David Kar** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Let's just sweeeeeep this under the doormat . . .

(PS: I agree, by the way--'cept for his last race at Monza)
(Uh-OH!!!)

--DK

> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 19:18:37 -0600, "David Karr"

> >OH NO!! Prepare for a l o n g thread!!

> Uh-oh. Did I say the wrong thing? :-)

> Tim

by **pez** » Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Anybody can drive an F1 car SLOWLY...

If the games could tailor the ai so as to match the speed of the player,
everyone would be happy.

pez

by **Jo Hels** » Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I really liked his crash at the start in the 1993(?) Interlagos GP.
Man, does that guy offer spectacle!!! <G>

JoH

by **Mike Laske** » Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I remember that. Like Martin Brundle's big one at the start of the Oz GP a
few years ago!

Mike.

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