And for those of you who think Kimbal should have somehow moved, as others have said, that's almost rule #1 in driving schools DON'T CHANGE YOUR LINE WHEN BEING PASSED.
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And for those of you who think Kimbal should have somehow moved, as others have said, that's almost rule #1 in driving schools DON'T CHANGE YOUR LINE WHEN BEING PASSED.
Sorry, but no, that is not what it means.Quote:
Originally Posted by call_me_andrew
In Indy Car racing all it means is "Faster Car Approaching". In FIA races, that flag is not even used.
Call_ me Andrew, where exactly would you have had Kimball go? you don't jsut slow down and ride around in a high line at Indy. Slower cars stay low. That accident was not Kimball's fault in any way. Hildebrand simply choked on what should have been an easy pass of a much slower car.
So being forced into the marbles is an easy pass, especially at Indy.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelred5
I assume then that you are familiar with this in some way first hand?
Now it is possible Kendall had people telling him what to do, which was not what he thought best to do, which meant ended with him simply doning nothing, but he is not totally free of guilt.
Last lap and one is not fighting for position, then get as slow and far out of the way as possible.
I agree that he could have slowed long before the corner to let him use the correct line, but that's racing! Great race by the way! Where was PT???
I hope to see more evidence of what's coming next year now!!!
considering Kimball was 24 seconds back in the final lap, he lost 10 seconds on the white flag lap and was extremely slow, he should've been on the warmup lane in 3 and 4, Kimball prolly felt it was ok to be on the bottom but his team needed to notify him that the leader was coming and to get out of the way, he had plenty of time to get out of the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelred5
Give Kimball a break, he didn't do anything wrong. If you watch the video, Hildebrand had a no problem overtaking Kimball's car when going into the turn. Kimball slowed down and maintained his line, making it easy for Hildebrand to get around him.
Hildebrand had a considerable lead on Wheldon so he didn't need to push his car as fast as he did. Especially since Hildebrand, which he seemed to admit after the race, was told to make sure the car had enough fuel to cross the finish line. Hildebrand simply had so much adrenaline built up from realizing he was gonna win the race that he over-drove his car, and thus crashed it. In hindsight, he should've drove more conservatively, get around Kimball, and exit the turn at a steadier and slower pace and he still would've had no problem holding the lead.
The talking heads on the radio, said had he done that, that, for sure do to location and traffic on the track, Wheldon would have passed him and he would not have been able to regain momentum to re-pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICWS
They said he had two bad choices and had he by some miracle survived the marbles there was no other way he could have won.
Kimball's team is probably the one who screwed up as Kimball does not have eyes in the back of his head, or a TV broadcast to tell him what is going on.
Kimball should be glad it was not an Andretti , we would be hearing May whine for months to come had that happened.
What a steaming load of BS. F1 has it's parades, I won't comment on WRC as it holds no interest for me and I don't watch it. As for the rest ot his BS, you have no clue what you are talkimg about. Gannasi gambled and lost, period. No miss-calculation, just a roll of the dice. And they came up snake-eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
Gary
I went for the first time this year and it was really amazing, it brought me to tears several times. I was in between two jumbotrons so it was hard for me to follow the order. I basically decided that I would follow Graham the entire race and listen in on his radio. It was such an exciting race. I listened back and forth between the IMS radio and the PA and the TV and grahams car. It was fun to watch Graham make a new record by improving 26 spots!! It was also fun to see other react around me to the leader changes because I felt there were a lot more than normally. After the race the interviewed wheldon and asked him if he is going to try to run FT for the rest of the year. His answer was he wants to take a nice vacation with his wife and child. I thought that was really admirable and beautiful.