What a great season!! - Page 2

runshaw · 30 May 2005, 22:36 (Ref:1315190)

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The rules, the etiquette, the limitations and the morals...this is all artificial stuff - making the drivers pick their qualifying slots by seeing who can drink a pint the fastest wouldn't make much difference.

Your making F1 sound stupid here, when really it isn't. Its the pinnacle of world motor sport and its great! I think deciding the grid by seeing who can drink a pint of milk the fastest would actually make a hell of a difference, because F1 is not about drinking milk.

Logrence · 30 May 2005, 22:42 (Ref:1315194)

I wasn't thinking about milk...but my point is that racing Formula One cars is inherently artificial - the whole concept is contrived and a bit bonkers. I'm sure welly wangers think theirs is a pure sport of man and footwear against the world.

N I Tram · 31 May 2005, 12:05 (Ref:1315661)

Time, mathematics, language - all are abstract concepts, yet everything we do in our lives is governed by them. Logrence has an intersting point. Apply it to football - why can only one player use his hands, and why only so close to the goal? Why are goal-kicks and corners taken from totally differnet positions? Why the offside rule? All basically rhetorical questions.

Dutton · 1 Jun 2005, 04:09 (Ref:1316386)

I suppose it comes to down to what criterion one believes something needs to satisfy in order for it to be defined as "abstract" - indeed is abstraction not an abstract concept? What is "abstract"?

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Anyway, I would heartily agree that the racing this year has been great to watch. The results could've been better, from my perspective, but that is TOTALLY different issue.

I hand it to the FIA/teams with regards the tyre regulations for this year. They are working very well. It seems to me one of the single most important aspects to producing races that have remained "interesting" through until the end.

Tf105 · 2 Jun 2005, 02:32 (Ref:1317605)

This is my 1st season watching F1.. you can tell by my name who i'm rooting for..actually they are the reason i'm interested now... I know of they weak perforances in previous years and the domination of ferrari and to see now how renaults, and toyotas were dominating early on really peak my interests more to a better entertainment package... on the downside..i would have like the teams to beat ferrari at their best not when they seem to be having adjustment issues..then competition would be reall hot..... Congrats to my team Panasonic Toyota racing and all the others...

Logrence · 2 Jun 2005, 08:51 (Ref:1317740)

Welcome to the forum then, TF - it's interesting to see someone around who is an out-and-out Toyota fan - do you know what that means? It's official! Toyota have arrived...

Tf105 · 2 Jun 2005, 10:36 (Ref:1317856)

Thanks... yes..they have arrived... I have one problem though... I dont get the races on any of the channels I have.. i have to rely on the internet....

steve_r · 2 Jun 2005, 11:02 (Ref:1317888)

Aye, its great to see McLaren, Renault and Williams fighting it out for race wins. A good competitive season is just what F1 needs.

Mclaren & Renault have already won. It's likely that Williams & Toyota will win this season. If Ferrari and BAR get their acts together we could have 6 teams winning races by the end of the season.

Skam85 · 2 Jun 2005, 11:36 (Ref:1317914)

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Originally Posted by knowlesy

Formula One remains "technical excellence mastered by expert drivers". Well, mostly expert drivers....

What..like Channock Nissany?

Kicking-back · 2 Jun 2005, 11:56 (Ref:1317946)

Channoch Nissany hasn't "mastered" it so you've disproved your own point, Skam85!

Skam85 · 2 Jun 2005, 12:10 (Ref:1317952)

That was sarcasm K-b!

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