Silverstone '99. A marshal ran onto the track to get Hakkinen's wheel
whilst racing was still going on.
David Montani <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:0RgD4.18371$[email hidden]...
> I feel bad asking these questions because I'm sure that over the last year
> or so that I've been reading the group, they all have been asked and
> answered before. I've been playing GPL for 14 months now, and I just saw
> the movie for the first time this weekend. Wow. I'd be much obliged,
> though, if someone could answer these two questions or point me to a FAQ:
> 1) Did they really use to have rescue crews cut across a hot track likethey
I feel bad asking these questions because I'm sure that over the last year
or so that I've been reading the group, they all have been asked and
answered before. I've been playing GPL for 14 months now, and I just saw
the movie for the first time this weekend. Wow. I'd be much obliged,
though, if someone could answer these two questions or point me to a FAQ:
1) Did they really use to have rescue crews cut across a hot track like they
show in the movie at Monaco and Monza?
2) How many degrees of banking was Monza? - it looks even more ridiculous
than Bristol.
I'm sure I'll have more questions as I watch this movie more times, so the
FAQ would really be helpful.
Thanks for your time,
David
Here's a link to tje Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com/
You can get info about practically every commercial movie ever made, and
I think it also provides additional links. You can also do a meta-search
on Dogpile:
http://dogpile.com
using a boolean like:
"Grand Prix" AND movie
>1) Did they really use to have rescue crews cut across a hot track likethey
>show in the movie at Monaco and Monza?
hehe, a lot of drivers are getting POed that Watkins Glen desided to use
NASCAR rules for all events at the track. (marquee events, SCCA club
events, ect..) They want a black flag shown to all drivers and have them go
to the pits when ever there's a spin on track. They don't care how small
the spin is. Then when there's any kind of an impact, they want the Red
flag shown untill the accedent is taken care of. again, doesn't matter how
small an impact. The drivers are complaining that these flags are shown for
incidents that could be covered with a local yellow. The Safty crews are
also complaining because the day gets very long when there's a string of
spins (12+ hours).
I for one am glad there's at least one other track being built in
upstate NY. With luck they'll use the SCCA rules.
Around here the SCCA race workers are pretty sure of themselves. I even
seen one out on the track assiting a driver at a during a start of a race.
with F1 cars tho they get to where you are now so fast I am not sure if you
would. At the Dallas event we were flat told to stay off of track and jut
flag since the corner crew had a rep for getting cars out of harms way
fast.
Dave
