Not really OT: F1 merchandising

Felt this was interesting and I agree with this guy Do you think this can in any way effect the sim racing community due to the very restrictive and high priced licensing issues http://www.grandprix.com/gt/gt13353.html

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> Felt this was interesting and I agree with this guy > > Do you think this can in any way effect the sim racing community due to > the very restrictive and high priced licensing issues > > http://www.grandprix.com/gt/gt13353.html >

Its hard to take it seriously when he says the sport is very safe. Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli and Felipe Massa could have all died within the last few races because of accidents...they were all very lucky. He also doesn't keep his connections tied together. Carnegie did a lot of stuff to help people later on in life, but his company did not. The F1 teams are helping people out in charitable schemes as well. Later on, instead of saying this, he says that they should be having scholarship's to help young drivers. This is already happening. Look at the Red Bull driver search, look at many other companies helping people out. F1 teams also sign drivers at a young age to bring them up. He then goes off on a couple of other tangents without really covering anything.

Stuart Becktell wrote: > Its hard to take it seriously when he says the sport is very safe. Ralf > Schumacher, Jarno Trulli and Felipe Massa could have all died within the > last few races because of accidents...they were all very lucky. This is true,however, when compared to other series, it seems F1 is pretty safe IMHO . There hasnt been a death since Senna. Now I realize that some of the other series have more races in a season and more cars on the grid but if we take a look at Nascar and CART, there have definately been issues in the recent past and we have lost many great drivers. The IRL in my opinion is tragedy waiting to happen and I trust it will in the next 2 years. I just think it is absolutely stupid to be running packs of open wheel cars at 200 + mph on ovals. MS even said in an interview he would never race like that cause it is just far to dangerous. I think the tracks are much safer in F1 especially the new ones. I think the cars will always be evolving with safety as a big factor, and quite honestly, I think the drivers are more disciplined by the time they get to F1 than they used to be. Of course this is still racing and the danger will always exist but put me in an F1 car anyday.....please:)

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> > Later on, instead of saying this, he says that they should be having > scholarship's to help young drivers. This is already happening. Look at the > Red Bull driver search, look at many other companies helping people out. F1 > teams also sign drivers at a young age to bring them up. > > He then goes off on a couple of other tangents without really covering > anything. > >