Should f1 run coupes?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Anyone who watches Le Mans will have seen the two Audi's crash with practically no injury to the drivers. At some point an F1 driver is going to get hurt and coupes are obviously stinger.

Discuss :)

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Getting hurt is part of the game, that's why they are paid so much. I've got a better idea, F1 should run bicycles, speeds would be lower and spectators could see the riders better and for a longer period of time. :)

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Originally Posted by Daniel

You don't seem to get it. I'm not talking about the current rules which I imagine preclude cars from having fairings or a roof over the driver currently. I'm saying that the rules should be changed to make for safer racing by allowing for wheel fairings and roofs.

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...meanwhile there is a debate that suggests the F1 drivers are sissy's for starting behind the SC. And yet you want to enclose the wheels and cockpit because F1 is not currently safe enough?

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

Getting hurt is part of the game, that's why they are paid so much. I've got a better idea, F1 should run bicycles, speeds would be lower and spectators could see the riders better and for a longer period of time. :)

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Where would you put the goat - in the shopping basket?

You know what really gets my goat.

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Originally Posted by Mark

You know what really gets my goat.

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The goatherder?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

...meanwhile there is a debate that suggests the F1 drivers are sissy's for starting behind the SC. And yet you want to enclose the wheels and cockpit because F1 is not currently safe enough?

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Funnily enough I completely agree with the way the race was run in Canada.....

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

Getting hurt is part of the game, that's why they are paid so much. I've got a better idea, F1 should run bicycles, speeds would be lower and spectators could see the riders better and for a longer period of time. :)

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So we should never learn from mistakes?

If you are that bothered then bugger off and watch Indycars next year

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Originally Posted by Daniel

So we should never learn from mistakes?

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We should, that's why I think bicycles are the way to go. Much safer. :D

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Barry, we are discussing a change from open wheel to coupe. What part does the incorrect radius on a rear wing element play in a car going from open wheel to becoming a coupe?

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None whatsoever. But then you were discussing the change from open wheel to couple, I was on about the definition of what makes an F1 car an F1 car. Mark wrote "I refer the honourable gentleman to the FIA Technical Regulations re: Formula 1 cars. If it's not in there it's not an F1 car.". If that's how we're playing it then I was asking if any infringement of those rules would mean that the car would cease to be classified as a Formula One car.

It was just a comment made by standing back from the face of the argument, if an F1 car is solely defined by the FIA rules then shirley it can no longer be an F1 car if it doesn't fit those rules?