Because F1 always has been, and IMHO always should, be an open wheel formula.Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
Shouls we advocate stabilisers for the bike racers? :crazy:
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Because F1 always has been, and IMHO always should, be an open wheel formula.Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
Shouls we advocate stabilisers for the bike racers? :crazy:
Because that's what it's been like for ages man! People seem to have un unrational attachment to having the wheels uncovered.Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
Listen, I don't think F1 should go towards being front engined, electric, fwd, or anything like that. But covering the wheels and cockpit would make the cars safer (aside from what Sonic mentioned with a car rolling, but even then a driver can't get out of an open top cockpit anyway) and would make the cars so much more fuel efficient (green racing anyone? ;) ) and somewhat minimise the need for DRS as the cars will have far less drag.
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Your stabiliser argument is ridiculously crap as it completely changes the sport.
Mud, meet stick, stick, meet mud.
Well for a good 30 years it was extremely dangerous and lacked sufficient safety, so lets go back to that. It would be nice to see a few more drivers die or be seriously injured, you know like in the good old days.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Tradition shouldn't stand in the way of safety. I'm not saying that I want to see closed wheel F1, just that 'it always has been' is a **** argument.
Mud and stick know each other well, they've been carrying on for years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Well, are you advocating we should do away with HANS, medical air, cockpit raised sides, roll bars, wheel tethers, crash structures, self sealing fuel tanks?Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
All measures taken to dramatically improve safety while keeping the spirit of the open wheel formula, no?
Gotta be better that a goat straddling your airbox Daniel.... :dozey:Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Spirit :up: :rotflmao: Now you're just heading further towards needlessly indefineable definitions of what F1 is or should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
It's merely an example of why we don't need to keep things the same because they have been like this for a time......Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Au contraire - F1 running coupes becomes sportscars, not F1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel