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Teddy Lop said:
Kraken said:
Runs on a tiny fraction of the ludicrous F1 budgets and provides far more entertainment IMO.
You can only really compare the driving when you compare how difficult the cars are to drive. From everything I've read about what the top drivers say about the new Indycars they are very tricky to drive. They don't have tyre warmers either so they drive out after a pitstop on truly cold tyres.
lets not do F1 v. Indycar. It wouldn't be fair on youYou can only really compare the driving when you compare how difficult the cars are to drive. From everything I've read about what the top drivers say about the new Indycars they are very tricky to drive. They don't have tyre warmers either so they drive out after a pitstop on truly cold tyres.
Seriously though f1 team budgets aren't really s
t to do with track safety - I've been to a few tracks in the UK (and Europe) and seen many more on the telly that host rounds of national level championships and they seem better set up... The American series have been often maligned over the years for a poor attitude to safety, if I'm talking st or out of date feel free to correct me.You might want to watch the excellent documentary on Amazon about the Indycar safety team to get up to speed on what they actually do.
Kraken said:
Couldn't give a rats ass if it's fair "to me" or not. I'm not a fan of either compared to all the other motorsport that's out there. Open wheel racing does nothing for me but if I have to watch it I'm far less likely to fall asleep watching Indycars compared to F1.
You might want to watch the excellent documentary on Amazon about the Indycar safety team to get up to speed on what they actually do.
Eat chips and biscuits and swig copious cans of coke seems to be the order of the day.You might want to watch the excellent documentary on Amazon about the Indycar safety team to get up to speed on what they actually do.
Lentilist said:
Possibly bad form to quote myself, but thought it interesting to bump the above following both Albon and Kvyat impacting unprotected barriers at Silverstone over the weekend. Not intended in a petulant sense. but curious as to whether Silverstone and F1 deserve the same level of criticism that was directed at Indycar and Road America following Rahal's off and big impact?
Both into Armco which gives and both after a decent distance of dedicated runoff at much higher speeds, Kyvat left the track at over 180MPH in a very unusual place due to tyre failure and didn't have a scratch on him.That's not ideal then re Kyvat.
Obviously the safer the circuit the better. I think its pretty safe to say the F1 circuits and cars are significantly safer than those used in Indycar, but that doesn't mean you cant continue to improve things. I'm certainly not a fan of the new Zandvoort banked corner exit onto the pit straight and the barriers on the inside run. More so for none modern F1 cars, as the current cars are pretty safe even with poor barriers.
Obviously the safer the circuit the better. I think its pretty safe to say the F1 circuits and cars are significantly safer than those used in Indycar, but that doesn't mean you cant continue to improve things. I'm certainly not a fan of the new Zandvoort banked corner exit onto the pit straight and the barriers on the inside run. More so for none modern F1 cars, as the current cars are pretty safe even with poor barriers.
ash73 said:
Alonso "I've hit the wall"Pits "Box box box"
Alonso "incoming" (Arrives backwards on one wheel)
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