Should f1 run coupes?

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Originally Posted by henners88

Spotted this on the IndyCar canopy thread:

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No again :down:

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Originally Posted by henners88

Spotted this on the IndyCar canopy thread:

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They forgot the wipers.....

Rain-X!!

F16's don't need no stinkin wipers! ;)

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

No again :down:

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I'm sorry, but if you make that a clear canopy so the driver can be seen, put them in a fighter jet style helmet and mask, That is just a bad a$$ looking car. I'd watch that :bleep: all day long!

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Originally Posted by nigelred5

I'm sorry, but if you make that a clear canopy so the driver can be seen, put them in a fighter jet style helmet and mask, That is just a bad a$$ looking car. I'd watch that :bleep: all day long!

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:erm: ..... no again ;)

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

:erm: ..... no again ;)

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88.24% agree with you :D

Mark Webber on the "thrill of danger":
BBC Sport - Mark Webber column

Jackie Stewart - "F1 can't relax on safety":
Jackie Stewart says Wheldon crash shows F1 cannot relax on safety - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

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Originally Posted by nigelred5

I'm sorry, but if you make that a clear canopy so the driver can be seen, put them in a fighter jet style helmet and mask, That is just a bad a$$ looking car. I'd watch that :bleep: all day long!

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I think its fine for Indycar and preserve of oval race.

Drivers will need a G-suit and early 2000s CART spec racer to go round Texas.

I can't help but think that a canopy may hinder extraction of an imobile driver in a serious accident.
What if the canopy is jammed and is difficult to be removed?

(...apologies if this has already been mentioned in the previous 37 pages of this thread... :uhoh: )

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Originally Posted by henners88

I think Mark puts across very well the views of a modern day racer in that article. Stewart is very sensitive when it comes to safety and for good reason. Many of his friends died on track and he's been a pioneer for making the sport safer, but I do think he applies the same logic now, as he did in the early 70's. I know Stirling Moss has locked horns with him over this topic in the past, and considering both men raced in the most dangerous od era's, they have very different views on what racing is all about. Moss admits alot of the attraction for him when he raced was the danger and knowing it might have been the last time he got into a car. He thrived on it, whereas Jackie nervously avoided it I would imagine. Nobody wants to see people killed on the track, but as Webber says its a slim risk and one they are willing to accept. I agree with him. :)

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I don't think it's quite right to say that Stewart 'nervously avoided' danger. Had he done do, he would not have competed at all, after all, rather than having been one of the greatest drivers of all time. His 1968 German GP win hardly constituted a nervous avoidance of danger, I'm sure you'd agree.