The poll result so far pretty much shows what fans think and is not a surprise to me at all.
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The poll result so far pretty much shows what fans think and is not a surprise to me at all.
Somehow I think you are right and we would get on. Don't know about a ménage au trois but I'm sure 3 guys like us could easily double (or tipple) our numbers with members of the opposite sex :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I have to say after yesterdays events I was sadly reminded of this thread. I agonised over whether to post this and decided that the best thing to do was to post. Call me callous, call me cruel, say that I'm using someone's death to make a point, whatever, but I just don't see why people have to race with something that's needleessly inherently dangerous.
Of course the fact that the race was on a high banked oval with lots of cars was a big factor. But Dan got launched because when two open wheel cars touch, the one behind is generally going to get launched. I won't post pictures on here out of respect for Dan (RIP), but you clearly see him getting launched off the back of someone and then the rest is history sadly.... Do we need cars launching in motorsport? Should we not do everything to make sure this doesn't happen?
Extremely sad that he would die in the very last race before the design of the cars was to be changed in a way which probably would have meant Dan wouldn't have been launched.
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RIP Dan Wheldon :(
They don't - they can chose not to race if they are concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Indeed - a tragic accident that happens once in a million.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Shouldn't you post this on the indycar forum? Comparing F1 to racing on very dangerous banked ovals just isn't viable.
Sure, fine, you go post a thread called "Should IndyCar run 2012 IndyCar's in 2012" in there. Did you even look at the picture in my post???????Quote:
Originally Posted by DexDexter
Yep, I did. Why do you have to use a tragic event to start another argument on a topic that was discussed enough on this forum????Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Son, lay off the weed this early in the morning - it appears to making you paranoid......Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Typical silly statement. You go tell the widow that although that accident could probably easily have been prevented needn't have been because it was his choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
I find it incomprehensible that somehow because it was his choice that it's OK. I don't get it. I genuinely do not understand the logic and don't feel that there is any logic behind that statement. Did F1 stand still when people were getting thrown from cars and say "Well it doesn't matter, it's their choice to race so why should we have seatbelts?" or when people were getting burnt to death and say "Well we could do something, but he understood the dangers so lets do nothing" and when Dale Earnhardt died they sure as hell didn't stand still and neither did F1 and most other high level forms of motorsport would Kubica be alive still if not for the HANS device in Canada a few years ago? I doubt it.
It's easy for people to post the sort of unintelligent illogical drivel which has been posted in here when the last death in F1 was in 1994 and incidents like the ones which happen sadly too often in IndyCar are a few years in the past.
Discussed enough? What happened yesterday in Las vegas could happen in F1. The point that was rather obvious was that the changes which IndyCar are ALREADY implementing for next year will minimise the chance of this sort of accident. F1 has done nothing to minimise the chances of one car driving over another and being launched.Quote:
Originally Posted by DexDexter
As for your post SGWilko, if you think that's an appropriate way to act then I feel truly sad for you.