Should f1 run coupes?

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Originally Posted by ioan

Looks like this is the exaggeration hour.
Someone asks a logical question and all they get in turn is some over inflated exaggerations.

Maybe we can have an intelligent counterargument from you instead of the rubbish you posted above?

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Answer the questions .
Do that rather than suggest they are illogical , over inflated , unintelligent , or rubbish , please .

Where do you draw that line on safety in an area of sport there will always be danger ?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

OK I can see the argument with regards to keeping it open wheel, personally it wouldn't bother me but I can see the point people are making. but I still don't understan the irrational hatred of roofs on cars?

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Thanks , Daniel , for understanding the open wheel thing .

I can also see your point of wanting to make things safer .

The points I have seen to counter the roof you are suggesting aren't really irrational , though , are they ?
It would reduce the vision , which is already an issue in F1 .
It would be frighteningly hot at some tracks .
Driver extraction , in the case of a crash , could be more difficult .

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Answer the questions .
Do that rather than suggest they are illogical , over inflated , unintelligent , or rubbish , please .

Where do you draw that line on safety in an area of sport there will always be danger ?

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For ioan, I fear the line was drawn at the moment Massa had his accident.

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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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That is a worse idea than Bernie's sprinkler system. F1 cars are single seaters, if you want coupes just watch Sports Cars!

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Originally Posted by Bezza

That is a worse idea than Bernie's sprinkler system. F1 cars are single seaters, if you want coupes just watch Sports Cars!

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Bingo.

open wheel, open cockpit.

if you enclose the wheels and enclose the cockpit, you have a sports prototype. That's already "covered" and not even remotely as popular as F1 anywhere.

Of all the posts in this 17 pages. Only about 20 odd posts probably have proper points and issues raised, the rest seem to be pointless rambles or abuse. :rolleyes:

Quantity over Quality I fear. :(

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

absurd over-reaction to a single tragic event.

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And yet, you think F1 is complacent vis a vis safety? Bucks Fizz.....

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

The points I have seen to counter the roof you are suggesting aren't really irrational , though , are they ?
It would reduce the vision , which is already an issue in F1 .
It would be frighteningly hot at some tracks .
Driver extraction , in the case of a crash , could be more difficult .

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Vision is a problem, but we've got the best engineers in the world supposedly? I mean these days the visibility is rubbish, we need some sort of standard level of visibility.
Agreed, there would probably need to be air conditioning
Again, best engineers in the world :) But it would need to be properly evaluated as it's not the sort of thing you could ask the teams to do in a afew months.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Vision is a problem, but we've got the best engineers in the world supposedly? I mean these days the visibility is rubbish, we need some sort of standard level of visibility.
Agreed, there would probably need to be air conditioning
Again, best engineers in the world :) But it would need to be properly evaluated as it's not the sort of thing you could ask the teams to do in a afew months.

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Only way to improve visibility is to reduce the height of the head protection.....

......or use clear aluminium like wot they did in Star Trek IV for them humpbacks..... :p

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Only way to improve visibility is to reduce the height of the head protection.....

......or use clear aluminium like wot they did in Star Trek IV for them humpbacks..... :p

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Well tbh they should probably sit up a bit higher really. F1 needs to set standards for visibility. I can just about accept that open wheels and the dangers that they bring are part and parcel of F1, but making it more difficult to see where your wheels and front wing are?????? :crazy: