If the car survived the run in one piece, he most definetly did not run it in anger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Civic
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If the car survived the run in one piece, he most definetly did not run it in anger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Civic
It is what it is. The fact that nation suffered a calamity as big as it did and is still in the business of hosting racing says volumes about their ability to bounce back. Circumstances being what they are, let them run the road course and lets see what happens. The course to me has a few passing possibilities with the long straights with slow corners following. No point in crying about the loss of use of the oval, it is gone, and just being there is a good thing...
IRL cars don't run with F1 cars do they? There are two different series, right? The cars are built for two different purposes, correct? Why compare them? Oh yeah, so you can get yet another dig in on the IRL. Why are you here again? Your constant negative attitude is getting really tiresome.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
I don't think that's entirely fair. Even if he is generally Mr Doom and I seldom have reason to agree with him, it's not negeative to suggest an ICS car would be considerably slower than an F1 car round the same circuit. They DO race on road courses, so the issue of comparative road course pace is valid. I'd be curious to see how the current ICS cars compared to F1, GP2 and maybe even Superleague and AutoGP cars round the same circuit, simply out of pure curiosity. Doesn't make me negative. I'm sure there are many reasons why they don't overlap, doubtless mostly Bernie derived, but I'm sure the difference in pace is a factor. In an ideal World, outright pace would be less important than good racing, but it's the lap times that hit the record books, so that's what people tend to focus on.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
Sure you can compare them. But who cares and why does it matter?Quote:
Originally Posted by hornet
It might matter for the same reason Danny Ongais crashed when he ran out of tires while trying exceptionally hard to beat the track F-1 lap record when USAC went to the UK in 1978.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
If ICS is trying to market itself as a premier open wheel series, people are naturally going to compare it to other series around the World. Doesn't need to be any political motivation, it's just natural curiosity. From a marketing point of view, I can't imagine the IRL want people to be saying "wow, the ICS car is x seconds a lap slower than an F1 car round [the same circuit]", as it immediately presents something negative about the series, regardless of the actual racing. I'm assuming that's at least part of the reason why they don't share circuits. On that basis, it absolutely matters. You could argue that people who are influenced by that situation are not true racing fans, and you'd probably be right, but you can't run the series without casual fans getting involved, so you need to maximise your appeal to the general public. Part of that has to be not putting yourself in a position where you're being compared to rival series.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
Video: When Indycars went to England 1978Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
Neat!
Thank you for that video, fantastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marbles
Hard core fans know that an Indycar will not be as fast as an F1 car around the same circuit. I don't know of a time when that wasn't true (maybe the late 60's/early 70's but probably not). The casual fan probably doesn't really know there is a difference anyway. "Premier" doesn't really have anything to do with speed. If it did then how is NASCAR so popular?Quote:
Originally Posted by hornet