Should f1 run coupes?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Would have to be see-through, and I don't know of many clear products that are stronger and as light as carbon fibre.

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You mean that weight is more of a problem in cars then in airplanes? Or that airplane designers are smarter than F1 engineers (which I believe it is right by the way)?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Not 10 posts ago you chastise the swiss from preventing deaths in their country as a reslt of taking part in motorsports............

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Huh? Reading lessons anyone?

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Originally Posted by ioan

Huh? Reading lessons anyone?

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Oh dear - I think I need to go to specsavers. Sorry ioan - poor show from me there.

No discourtesy intended. :)

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

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

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BDunnell - please ignore my comment, I was suffering a senior moment and got in a mucking fuddle.... :)

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Where would you put the roof on an open cockpit F1 car, in the trunk?

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I blocked you a few years ago for talking crap and I unblocked you because you started talking sense, now I'm blocking you for being deliberately annoying. Bye

Shall we be sensible or is it thread closing time?

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Originally Posted by Mark

Shall we be sensible or is it thread closing time?

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No chance of sensible

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Originally Posted by Mark

Shall we be sensible or is it thread closing time?

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I've tried. The whole thread is about having a roof and somehow he is trying to argue against it on the basis that I'm advocating a flying roof type arrangement

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/...ing/flying.jpg

when clearly the coupe's in Le Mans have a cockpit enclosed by a roof and a windscreen.

I didn't start this thread because I wanted everyone to agree with me, neither did I start it because I wanted people to disagree with me. it was meant to provoke discussion rather than silly comments and so on.

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Originally Posted by ioan

You mean that weight is more of a problem in cars then in airplanes? Or that airplane designers are smarter than F1 engineers (which I believe it is right by the way)?

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I'm not sure how one could ever come to an objective judgment on that.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Why should I lose time answering rubbish?
BTW how much is life worth to you? I think this pretty much answers your questions.

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It's worth a lot , Ioan .

Just lost a friend on the road last night , as a matter of fact .
He was into my shop for a coffee earlier in the day .
He was on his way back to town later last night , and went out to pass a seed drill , hauled by a tractor , and caught the edge of the road shoulder , lost it , and rolled into the ditch .

Yeah , life's precious , and I was glad to have said hi , when he passed me on the way in . I won't ever get that chance again .

We don't really think as much about driving these hunks of steel at speed as we should .
And , we should think of that "we" , and beware of others who aren't likely thinking about it either .



But , perhaps it's different for those taking part in this F1 thing here .
It's the pinnacle .
It's what many , if not all racing drivers , think of as that pinnacle .

As far as danger , these days as opposed to the past , they are wrapped in a coccoon .

Kubica was hurt in a freak accident in a tin-top bad enough that there is question whether he will race again .
He was , though , virtually unhurt in comparison in Montreal with that shunt that rivalled some of the most violent .

Drivers compete in both disciplines , both despite , and because of that danger .

And , simply , it gets safer all the time because of that danger as well .