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> >1.) Why, when the two stewart cars had problems on the grid, did they abort
> >the start? You can't get started? See you next event...(very NASCAR
> >mentality I realize, but I don't understand)

> It is the *DRIVER* who qualifies not the car. Your right about your nascar
> mentality BTW :-)

> >2.) How did Schumacher, Michael, get screwed? He couldn't go anywhere on
> the
> >first start because of the stalled car in front of him.

> If his car did not start properly on it's own, it goes to the rear of the
> field
> or the pits. I didn't realize that he also had a problem until after
> everything
> was sorted out. Also (fwiw) he got screwed by the flat tire not the start
> :-)

> >3.) Why only 58 laps, kind of short for months and months of
> preperation...?

> All the F1 races are aprox 300KM in length (monaco is 259KM). Monaco is
> 78 laps, but that circuit is pretty short. Hockenhiem is only 45 laps. Also
> there
> is a 2 hour time limit for each race.

> >4.) I guess I just don't understand why F1 insists on using standing starts

> Feature :-)

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>> >I watched a replay of the Australian GP last night and I have a few
>> >questions for the die-hard F1 fans out there.

>> >1.) Why, when the two stewart cars had problems on the grid, did they
abort
>> >the start? You can't get started? See you next event...(very NASCAR
>> >mentality I realize, but I don't understand)

>> It is the *DRIVER* who qualifies not the car. Your right about your
nascar
>> mentality BTW :-)

>> >2.) How did Schumacher, Michael, get screwed? He couldn't go anywhere on
>> the
>> >first start because of the stalled car in front of him.

>> If his car did not start properly on it's own, it goes to the rear of the
>> field
>> or the pits. I didn't realize that he also had a problem until after
>> everything
>> was sorted out. Also (fwiw) he got screwed by the flat tire not the start
>> :-)

>> >3.) Why only 58 laps, kind of short for months and months of
>> preperation...?

>> All the F1 races are aprox 300KM in length (monaco is 259KM). Monaco is
>> 78 laps, but that circuit is pretty short. Hockenhiem is only 45 laps.
Also
>> there
>> is a 2 hour time limit for each race.

>> >4.) I guess I just don't understand why F1 insists on using standing
starts

>> Feature :-)

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>>2.) How did Schumacher, Michael, get screwed? He couldn't go anywhere on the
>>first start because of the stalled car in front of him.
>He couldn't go anywhere on the first start because he fluffed it
>getting away, nothing to do with the car stalled in front (he could
>easily have driven round that). Actually he shouldn't have been sent
>to the back, since the rules state that you must go to the back ONLY
>if all other cars have crossed the white line to begin the pace lap -
>Takagi's car had also stalled and hence not all cars had crossed.
>Officially Michael should have been allowed to resume his position, as
>Hakkinen did. Anyway, his race was screwed further when he got a
>puncture and then a steering wheel malfunction rubbed salt in the
>wound (the wheel controls most things on the car).