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I think that's an incorrect assertion if you watched individual races. It was varies much more than that. 2015 was the complete opposite of 2016, the field got very strung out between cautions.
Alonso will get decent mileage during the practice days, even if the ROP and pre-Indy testing is not particularly long. It wouldn't surprise me if it's multiple race distances, more than any F1 testing allowed these days.
As for the safety comment, may I direct you to the British F4 accident that happened last weekend. Or Alonso's own injuries in F1. Motorsport is not some padded risk-free activity. I would like to add that Hinchcliffe's crash was caused by a mechanical failure of an obsolete part (which was also run way past its recommended mileage). That was a fault of the mechanic(s) responsible, not the series which constantly makes safety updates.
Rookies will crash at some point on an oval, part of finding the limits: happened to Busch, Chilton, Pigot among others. They walked away and learned something for the next session.
Last edited by 10TENTHS; 20 Apr 2017 at 03:37.
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