Bleating drivers

[Retro Formula 1]

I am getting fed up with drivers bleating on about how rough their lot is. Here we have Rubens moaning that drivers have to take their eyes off the track to check how much KERS they are using and that the moveable rear wing might encourage drivers to go faster on hot laps.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89856

I wish they would just get on with it.

[BDunnell]

Heaven forfend if they had to change gear using a lever too.

[nigelred5]

Drivers have always been whiners, but that's a point I've been hammering on for a while now about the current crop or drivers. They are paid to drive, not talk. Shut up and drive.

[BDunnell]

Drivers have always been whiners, but that's a point I've been hammering on for a while now about the current crop or drivers. They are paid to drive, not talk. Shut up and drive.

I would very much like to hear them talk, if they had something genuinely interesting to say.

[gloomyDAY]

I agree with Rubens. Their job is to drive as fast as possible, but not to contort their bodies to make their cars function (F-duct 2010). Drivers now have to contend with flapping wings and standardized KERS, which are two ideas I hated from their conception. This isn't CART and both of these "passing measures" should be banned immediately. Drivers don't need another distraction in the cockpit, but I bet no one will listen until someone gets hurt.

[BDunnell]

I agree with Rubens. Their job is to drive as fast as possible, but not to contort their bodies to make their cars function (F-duct 2010). Drivers now have to contend with flapping wings and standardized KERS, which are two ideas I hated from their conception. This isn't CART and both of these "passing measures" should be banned immediately. Drivers don't need another distraction in the cockpit, but I bet no one will listen until someone gets hurt.

Oh, yes, he does have a point about KERS, and I am against the concept of passing measures. But if F1 drivers in the past have been able to deal with changing gear manually, those of today ought to be able to operate a moveable rear wing safely.

[gloomyDAY]

Oh, yes, he does have a point about KERS, and I am against the concept of passing measures. But if F1 drivers in the past have been able to deal with changing gear manually, those of today ought to be able to operate a moveable rear wing safely.

I don't think that's a fair comparison. Modern F1 cars are much more sophisticated today. The device that drivers use to maneuver their cars is no longer just a steering wheel, but a hub of other components and switches as well.

I bet Mark Webber was probably distracted at Valencia. How did he manage to slam into Kovy? I think he was tinkering with some gadgetry and lost his focus; then we saw a pretty horrific crash.

[ioan]

Last time I checked security was paramount in motorsports.

[BDunnell]

I don't think that's a fair comparison. Modern F1 cars are much more sophisticated today. The device that drivers use to maneuver their cars is no longer just a steering wheel, but a hub of other components and switches as well.

If there is a genuine hazard being caused by the plethora of buttons, etc, then it should be looked into by relevant experts.

[BDunnell]

Last time I checked security was paramount in motorsports.

Last time I looked, a certain element of hazard was always inevitable in motorsport.

On second thoughts, maybe I shouldn't have written that, for I will now inevitably be (completely wrongly) accused by those who put two and two together and make five of wanting to see drivers hurt or killed.