Damn! That is harsh.
Australian Grand Prix 2011, Albert Park Circuit - Race 1/19
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Damn! That is harsh.
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Not really mate, its a multi million pound business, i have enough info at my finger tips to destroy our season.
Oddly, that kind of 'innovation' doesn't gel with me, it's slightly hollow simply because it's so flagrantly outside of the rules whilst racing..
I guess lots of teams probably are doing lots of things that brake the rules during the race, yet pass scrutineering, it's just something I'd rather not encourage, much preferring to see more genuine innovations, and there have been plenty of those over the years..
So where exactly do you think these genuine innovations stem from?
I don't follow? The innovations I prefer to see don't break the rules, they work within the interpretation of the rules, there have been plenty of those..
Forgive me for not liking all the similarly dodgy innovations from Ferrari/MacLaren and all the other teams over the years.. But that's just me.
The innovations stem from "bending" the rules. You really dont get autosport do you.
Thanks for the condescension
This feels more a case that a rule is obviously been broken (not bent) by all the blatant video evidence, however it relies on a 'testing' loophole..
Of course I may be wrong, but isn't there a rule that states the bodywork should not be with X mm of the ground (for that element of the car), and whilst I could accept some accidental/very occasional breach of that, it's clear that this is very much not occasional or accidental, and certainly gains a large advantage?
I'm happy to discuss this, I'm not out on a witchhunt, but I am human, some things look unfair to me, this is one such thing.
Motor Racing is and always has been about bending the rules, and sometimes smashing them completely, as long as you can get away with it. It's essentially some of the most clever minds thinking up rules, then even more clever minds thinking up ways to get around them.
If it passes the test, it's legal. Even if it's blatantly obvious that it's bending more than it should be out on the track, the only way to prove that is to test it.
If it passes the test, it's legal. Even if it's blatantly obvious that it's bending more than it should be out on the track, the only way to prove that is to test it.
Thanks for the condescension
This feels more a case that a rule is obviously been broken (not bent) by all the blatant video evidence, however it relies on a 'testing' loophole..
Of course I may be wrong, but isn't there a rule that states the bodywork should not be with X mm of the ground (for that element of the car), and whilst I could accept some accidental/very occasional breach of that, it's clear that this is very much not occasional or accidental, and certainly gains a large advantage?
I'm happy to discuss this, I'm not out on a witchhunt, but I am human, some things look unfair to me, this is one such thing.
Yes but you clearly look at the rules as a given rather than a guidance.
Yes, of course, that's a given, since it's already happened many many times..
When I looked at these 'innovations' they tend to fall into 4 categories
1. Quite within the rules, just something no one has thought of..
2. Bending a rule (in it's intepretation), possibly slightly sailing close to the wind
3. Breaking one rule, but relying on the fact the 'test' is insufficient to enforce it
4. Breaking a rule and hiding it
I have much more respect for innovations in the first category, and less and less respect as they get down to 4.
That is all
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tbh I view the rules in F1 as no different to rugby, you do what you can get away with.
Got it in one!
MorningTwo early starts ahead
for some reason I thought p3 was 1am - so here I am......and I now cant sleep, and I still have 1hr40 until practice 3 lol
So wired (a little sad I know
)the Aussie GP just HAS to start every season, it doesnt feel right to have it any other way imo lol
for some reason I thought p3 was 1am - so here I am......and I now cant sleep, and I still have 1hr40 until practice 3 lol
So wired (a little sad I know
the Aussie GP just HAS to start every season, it doesnt feel right to have it any other way imo lol
Drive up here,ive already ******* the mrs off so come and join in the fun!
hahaha
If I could drive I would (eye problem requiring low-odds laser surgery), thanks for the offer
Think thats a bad bet for your mate lol - Ferrari /Alonso is practically gaurenteed to beat one if not both of them to start with imo - and while Schuey's performances are bound to be better, by the looks of the car....with the same engine as Lewis/JB ... he cant have as bad a season as 2010 surely
Really depends on how hard the others want it, afterall we are just " a drinks company" so should offer little resistance
That said, what we have coming up is "impressive"
Just remember the old addage - "Share and share alike" , please dont win all the races - share them around a little will ya
edit - all teams "bend" the rules , and they will continue to do so - I would just really hope there are no "result is under appeal - to be sorted in a court room in x weeks time" garbage - Either ban the car at some point over the weekend....or parts that break the rules, or let it race (even if it requires a black flag from strong ex-driver stewards to be waved).
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