To all,
Reading John Wallaces SRN bulletin, and he has a survey on what should
be included in the next update if it comes out. My question is what
is the courtesy car? Is this like a pace car in INDY?
I didnt see any pace car in their warmup lap at Silverstone.
Just curious,
Dave Thayer
IVGA #2789
Courtesy car? That's what Damon has to borrow from the garage while his
own crash damage is being repaired.... ;) (ooh, aow, sorry, I didn't
mean it!).
The safety car is like the pace car in Indy, but is seen VERY seldom. It
comes out in times of bad accidents (like Imola '94 startgrid accident
with Lamy (?)), and in times of very bad conditions during a race (Spa
'95).
It's usually discouraged, and drivers don't like it since of course tire
pressures drop and make the first lap after the restart very tricky,
even dangerous as we saw tragically with Senna. There is some opinion to
say his car dropped as the tire pressure went down following the safety
car slowly around - on the restart this caused the car to "bottom"
through Tamburello and lose control. It's not a fact, just an opinion,
and a reason why safety cars are not such a good idea.
Cheers!
John
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I didn't say that's what I believed, I said it was a theory at the time
and used that theory to explain the safety car. I read that the steering
column was to blame, and that is the closest we will ever be to knowing
the details of that tragic day. I don't really want to know anything
else. :(
Cheers!
John
PS - Thanks for the "SRN" comments!
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John,
if you still believe Senna's crash was related to anything else than the
breaking of the steering column, have a look at the official report
explaining the cause of the crash (I found it on the web somewhere)
Regards
PS: Thanks for your permanent and invaluable involvement! (especially the
feedback on GP2)
