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5 Feb 2004, 15:48 (Ref:864165)
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2004 testing crashes
It might just be my but it seems in 2004 testing there has been quite a few crashes as with Panis today and also Massa and Glock. Is there actually an increase in crashes and if so do you believe it is simply teams pushing all there testing time/budget to the beginning of the season due to the limited testing time during the season?
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5 Feb 2004, 16:03 (Ref:864183)
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I think Glock and Leinders both wrecked the Jordans out of inexperience. Massa's accident was clearly a car failure, of the same type Ferrari had in testing 3 or 4 times last year, so I don't think that one is anything new this year. Haven't heard of what went wrong in Panis's crash, so hard to say anything about that one...
All in all, I don't think we are seeing any significant increase/decrease in testing accidents this year. I do think there are more teams turning up and running more laps this year, though, so maybe we should expect a few more crashes if there is more testing going on. |
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5 Feb 2004, 16:30 (Ref:864214)
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It's just testing - people crash in testing.
New bits fail. New drivers get it wrong. Experienced drivers get it wrong. The teams are pounding the circuits putting mileage onto the cars this year in an attempt to get their reliability up to scratch - and more miles = more crashes. |
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5 Feb 2004, 19:47 (Ref:864447)
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There's always lots of crashes in testing - it's just that this time of year they get more attention because there's not much else going on.
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5 Feb 2004, 21:33 (Ref:864566)
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spookily reminisant of the 94 pre-season testing.
God forbid. |
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6 Feb 2004, 07:29 (Ref:865086)
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I dont think so !!!!!!
every year there is crashes , there isnt an increase or anything like that. exposure is what has happened , today in 2004 every day of testing is virtually covered live and anything that happens instantly gets reported all over the web , so its simply there is more of it out there these days. |
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9 Feb 2004, 02:50 (Ref:867724)
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marcus I agree.The fact there appear to be more accidents/incidents is wholly and solly on the fact there is greater media outlets which appear within minutes of the event happening.
The Grumpy1 Last edited by grumpy1; 9 Feb 2004 at 02:52. |
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