Brazillian GP 2011

[markabilly]

that camera sits a bit too low. IMO

Probably too high as on the helmet right above the visor.

I do not understand how any of these drivers can see well enough to maintain control and drive well in traffic sitting so low in the car.

[Dave B]

I don't think there is any question the cars are alot easier to drive now than they were in 1991.

Swings and roundabouts. Semi-auto 'boxes must be a piece of cake compared to constantly taking one hand off the wheel to change gear manually, but there's also the huge array of parameters which must be adjusted throughout a lap which simply didn't happen in '91. I'd say the sport has become less physical but more cerebral over the decades.

[BDunnell]

but the cynic in me says that it seemed planned for Webber to win and even if there was some problem with Vettel's car, it wasn't nearly as serious as to affect his overall race strategy.
If the car was that seriously damaged and doing the lap times it was in the few laps before Webber's incident, then accordingly, Both Button and Alonso would have easily caught him up, but after Webber passed him, somehow the car seemd to have blanced out in terms of time and h cruised for the remainder of the race. Even allowing himself to speed up and do some good times at the end.
Gearbox issues get worse of the course of a race, not better.

If there is any genuine suggestion that the 'gearbox problem' was merely a way to give Webber a win, is this not (quite honestly) a matter for the police, as an example of race-fixing?

[pete c]

Ohh dear

[ioan]

I don't think there is any question the cars are alot easier to drive now than they were in 1991.

Au contraire there is a lot more to do nowadays than back then, also the physical effort required is much higher.

[kfzmeister]

News Flash, Webber was 2 tenths of pole today. Keep skewing reality if it suits you.

Lmao. a tenth really helps your argument! It sure doesn't make my comments lose validity.

[kfzmeister]

Hes in front 'cos hes got the best car...He couldnt do it in a ferrari IMO...

Or a McLaren!

[kfzmeister]

I don't think there is any question the cars are alot easier to drive now than they were in 1991.

...even Brundle said the same thing!

[kfzmeister]

What a bout the much higher G forces compared to 1991?

What exactly are the different g-forces between eras?

[555-04Q2]

What exactly are the different g-forces between eras?

Current F1 cars pull about double the G's on cornering and braking over 20 or 30 years ago. The cars of the 80's pulled similar G's during accelleration as they were up to 1500 BHP back then!