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07-29-2014, 01:10 PM | #51 | |
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07-29-2014, 02:51 PM | #52 | |
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rosberg would have come around and ran into the back of a still-waiting-to-restart grid. it only works in rally because they aren't doing laps.part of racing is the safety car. sometimes you get ****ed, sometimes you do the ****ing. bernie says they're not doing standing restarts next year now. i don't really take anything bernie says as fact though so... edit for article. http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com...tarts-in-2015/ Last edited by Himynameisgreg; 07-29-2014 at 02:58 PM. |
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07-29-2014, 03:34 PM | #53 | |
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why not Hamilton? And yeah I agreed that the SC is part of racing, I was just being creative and thinking of ways to improve it. maybe the gap is halved or something to prevent them from running into the back of the grid. Maybe the back of the grid starts first to prevent that from happening? So lapped cars set off in pairs, in 2-3 s increments? Then we have the leaders? I donno, F1 mental masturbation. |
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07-29-2014, 04:19 PM | #54 |
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I'm ok with the current procedure but maybe they shouldn't allow pitting under a safety car. Yeah, it spices things up but it just feels artificial. Nico and Valtteri should have been on that podium.
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07-29-2014, 04:26 PM | #55 |
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According to Toto, the cars that finished 4-7-8 should have been 1-2-3. It is a little lame that your race is ruined based on where you are on track when someone else crashes, but that's the way it is.
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Oh yeah, 3rd too. Was that Vettel?
Speaking of I can't believe he didn't make contact with that wall. Must have been millimeters from it. |
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Yes, he was one of the 4 cars passed the pit entry when the SC came out.
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It looked like the rear hit but I don't actually think it did. There's a tire mark on the wall but if you watch the gif/video, it was already there. Last edited by delongedoug; 07-29-2014 at 05:00 PM. |
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07-29-2014, 05:19 PM | #58 |
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Yeah, and he said on the radio he didn't make any contact.
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07-29-2014, 07:08 PM | #59 |
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pretty sure vettel hit but I cant tell from this gif. It looked evident on tv.
http://gfycat.com/TiredShockedAustraliankestrel I understand that the SC sucks and it's the way it is. The entire point of the discussion is how to eliminate the disadvantages of one. Like no pitting... that sucks as well what if you have a flat or damage? do you keep on limping around until we go green again? Other series do have this and penalize you for coming into the Pits if the window is closed. |
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How about WEC's "slow zones" where they throw flags out and you have to hit pit road speed limiter... Oh wait, that wasn't such a good idea during the rain of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
I think it is what it is. Safety cars have been a part of racing for years. I think if you look at statistics, there are probably less safety cars in a F1 season then in a single Nascar race. |
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The only thing that really can be done is to close the pits when releasing the S.C. Then open it when the field is together. This would however create it's own issues. Unsafe releases galore. Stacking cars in the box would be plentiful. Also painful, since F1 can't seem to stack cars similar to Lemans, even though they have no crew limits, etc.
I'm more agitated about the extended and wasteful S.C. periods we've had this year. Ten minutes or ten laps waiting for Charlie to make up his damn mind about what he wants to do to the field. I would rather let the lead cars pass the back markers. That way they wont have to worry about the slow cars being unsure of being able to pass and just getting caught again sooner. Then we don't have to wait forever and a lap for the slowest cars in the grid to catch up to the the tail end. The fast cars just put the lap on the back marker. |
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**** it. Instead of safety car, everyone pull Over and stop where you are. Wait to clean up mess then restart from where you are...
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This is the F1 media machine at work. How do you keep interest in the sport during a 3 week break? Talk about minutia, changing the rules, Flavio, silly season, etc...There is nothing wrong with the SC rules. The SC is there to keep the drivers (and track staff, etc) safe - nothing more.
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