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Originally Posted by henners88
I don't remember Ferrari sending him out on track knowing full well that the part was not well attached to the car.
Than there's a difference between a wheel and a wheel fairing.
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Originally Posted by henners88
I don't remember Ferrari sending him out on track knowing full well that the part was not well attached to the car.
Than there's a difference between a wheel and a wheel fairing.
But that fairing could have flown off into the crowd and seriously hurt someone. Is that not a sufficient level of risk to justify the imposition of a ban on something or other?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Nobody said jack when Nakajima drove around Valencia with his rear tyre disentegrating.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Was there a risk the wheel would fall off?Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello
There was a risk of shards of carbon fibre being scattered, but hey, if cars bump into each other there is just as much risk of that, isn't there? They still race don't they? Contact is still made, isn't it?
I do not think there is enough cotton wool in the world to make open seater racing safe beyond all doubt......
Not to mention that BDunnell has been vehemently posting in the thread about security that there should be no reaction to parts flying of the cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello
Talk about double measures.
There was a great big chunk of Bridgestone left in the road. Imagine what that could do to an unsighted driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
True, things fall of race cars all the time, but if we are going to have the consistency that most people seem to want, then consistency should have been applied to Nakajima.
That nobody said anything does seem odd.
You are underestimating the cotton wool production by a huge margin. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Maybe open-wheel type of cars should be banned altogether since there is always a possibility of something falling of the car. Come on lads, this ain't going nowhere. FIA does what it does and we are stuck with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I read it too quickly :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
No offence, but do you have a link to an article about Badoer's incident. I've not heard about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88