style accident - it is being reported that the driver, Peter Dumbreck, is OK
and luckily it was in an unspectatored area
but a bad decision by the team to run IMO and they were just lucky the
consequences weren't far worse
sa
w
but a bad decision by the team to run IMO and they were just lucky the
consequences weren't far worse
sa
w
Absolutly! But that Merc was so fantastic. It looked stunning. I fear this
typre of accident will become common place if the FIA don't do something about
it...
Rob
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"You will respect my awforataaaay!"
Nothing new in cars flipping, been happening for years. Last car I saw
do it was a Porsche GT1 at Homestead. The car flipped over it's back,
and landed on four wheels like Christian Fittipaldi.
sa
w
>sa
>w
>> Nothing new in cars flipping, been happening for years. Last car I saw
>> do it was a Porsche GT1 at Homestead. The car flipped over it's back,
>> and landed on four wheels like Christian Fittipaldi.
As always, it is easy to make judgements in retrospect. How many of you
remember 1988 when Mercedes pulled out at the last minute because they had
worries about the Mitchelin tyres they were running on. They were absolutely
slated and branded as cowards form many quarters. Motorsport will always be
a calculated risk in terms of the levels of safety. I only thank god that
the driver was not badly hurt and that we did not have a 1955 scenario
unfold in front of out eyes. Let's not stand in judgement when we are not
qualified to do so.
Regards
Mark
In retrospect, it is easy
A toast to Speedvision, I couldn't make it for all 20 hours that they showed,
but I got all the big stuff. Also, a nod of agreement on the "golden age"
comment. We racing fans can watch qualifying, and also final practice for
nearly all the major American racing series and F1, many Euro touring car
races, many GT races, SuperBike races, etc. This is really fabulous.
I didn't see what happened to start the filp (did he just catch air coming over
a hill??), nor did I see the practice blowover, but what I did see was
disgusting. He was incredibly lucky he didn't hit that bridge, and everyone
else was lucky that he drifted off the track before landing. Regardless, I
think we are in for a FIA crackdown similar to the death of the GTP cars here
is the States earlier this decade.
After all that ranting, this was still one of the best Le Mans races in recent
memory. Until the Toyota lost the tire there, it looke like there might
actually be a RACE at the end, with passing and everything!! :)
Justin
Dan Belcher
Team Racing Unlimited
normally i'd agree with you but you didn't need to be a Mercedes
aerodynamicist/engineer/team manager, whatever, to realise that if a car
flips twice in two days that there is something fundamentally wrong.
there's a difference between the inherent dangers in motorsport and what i
would call calculated stupidity (rather than risk) driven by corporate
pressure
we saw another example of a similar thing today - World Superbike race 1
from Nurburgring today when someone wasn't brave enough to stop the race and
again rider safety was put on the line, one feels, for the sake of the show
how much worse to Mercedes' image can a somersaulting car be than
anything else they could have done?
sa
w
>sa
>w
Rick
I was thinking too, that the new LeMans game can have damn near anything in
it for crashes, and it'll be realistic. My first thought seeing that replay
was that it was something you'd see either in an arcade game, or in
hydroplane racing. Scary, at least that was nowhere near spectators, that
could've been horrific somewhere else on the circuit.
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>>how much worse to Mercedes' image can a somersaulting car be than
>>anything else they could have done?
>>sa
>>w
>Yeah, but now they can use it to show how SAFE their cars are.........once
>they get launched like an aircraft.........
>Rick
I saw about 18 hours of it, and boy, am I goofy tired now. I also agree about
the incredible amount of programming available, I might have to quit my job to
watch it all. The only problem is, Speedvision only seems to have about six
commercials. And there's a commericial break every eight minutes. I'm a
little burned out on those six commercials, believe me.
Don McCorkle
Libertarian Motorsports
I saw it on Sportscenter on ESPN this morning. I imagine RPM Tonight
or some other sports recap-type show would have it.
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The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
did you ever see the guy drive a F1 car? He used to be called the nodding
dog. His head was never still and always looked as though it was about to
roll right off his shoulders!
Mark
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