rec.autos.simulators

Senna and Ratzenberger I agree, should not of died.

On the two days of 'that' weekend I watched two people die on Live
Television, it made a mark on me which has not been removed, it hurt me, it
damaged me, and it dis-orientated me as to what life and living was.

You seem to have the crash statistics sorted out, what about the factor that
affects 99% of racing fatalities? The freak factor.
Freak Accidents happen my friend, if Formula One is to be 100% safe, then
let us stop it now, and all other motorsport, let motorsport be no more, let
us ban cars, ban journey's, let us all live in padded safe rooms where
nothing can hurt us. NO, that isn't it is it! Motorsport IS DANGEROUS, the
FIA make mistakes, but then again so do ALL Formula One driver's, I saw
Senna spin MANY MANY times, and 1994 was one of the FIA's 'spins.' We all
make mistakes, don't let the memory of 1st May 1994 bring anger, let it
bring memories of the man who made Formula One interesting to me up until
1st May 1994, the man who could make Michael Andretti look second ratein
1993, the man that I believe was THE greatest driver I ever had the pleasure
of having signed my t-shirt when i graced Silverstone with my presence, Let
1st May bring memories - Not anger.

Tim

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I also seem to remember a HUGE chicane in the place where Senna was
killed, built the year after that black weekend.
Check your refs before spamming next time, please!

Matt

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Matthew Knutsen

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cya,
Jarno

In the case of Senna no-one in the world knew better than he did what
risks he would face if he got in the***pit. A difficult car, an
emotional weekend, a tough opponent, an expectant audience. The final
judge of whether or not to risk YOUR life is you, and any driver can
walk away at any point as we have seen Prost and Lauda do in the past.

There was no-one like Senna before and certainly not since, and I've
missed him greatly in the races. Nothing could make be blame the
accident on anyone though - it was simply that, an accident.

To be honest I find your diatribe on the FIA quite disturbing.

Cheers!
John

Tim

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Nicely put Tim, I could not have said it better.

SteveG

I've raced sprint cars since I was 17 and have lost
some friends.

Come to think of it, I lost more in Vietnam and none
of them wanted to be there.

Life goes on.

My feeling is that Senna was not forced into the car and thus he
bears as much responsibility, much more so to me, as anyone else.

He posts about every two months or so. Watch for him!

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Perhaps you're thinking of Alliot closing the door on Mansell and
spinning off into the armco?

Tire pressure is monitored and would have been noticed if it was
leaking at all.

The track sloped upward at the edge and served to launch the cars over
the first portion of the gravel trap, thereby minimising any effect it
could have. There was minimal run off. There was a concrete wall. It
was an accident, and a freak one at that, but to say the track didn't
have anything to do with it is plain wrong.

Cheers!
John

Gravel trap? there was NO gravel trap at Tambarello in 1994.

Tim

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True... but if you think that's dangerous, take a look back to the tracks of
the past.  I don't think that the old 14 mile Nburgring is safe to drive on at
60 mph, much less 160 (like you could go that fast there!!!  <g>)  But I'm
gonna have to say that I think that Imola should stay on the schedule as it is
a well-designed, competitive race track, unlike Estoril IMHO....

Dan Belcher
Team Racing Unlimited