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7 Oct 2010, 12:27 (Ref:2770823) | #51 | ||
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It is, and in the vast majority of races this season wouldn't have made any difference to the number of cars that qualified. It's very rare that the new teams, Lotus and Virgin especially, have been that slow in qualifying.
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Because its trying to keep someone behind himself would be much slower than to just let him past right away, since there was no chance he'd be able to keep him behind for long anyways. He would also minimize the chance of a potential accident by letting him by. I've done it myself a couple of times, its the only sensible thing to do really
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If the 'blues' are being shown when a faster car closes to 3 seconds behind, then I think that should be looked at as it seems a bit too soon for me.
There must be few situations when a car would close a 3 second gap in three corners - or maybe I'm wrong? 3 seconds at the end of a fast straight is nearly 250 metres - how many car lengths is that? |
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7 Oct 2010, 21:01 (Ref:2771064) | #56 | ||
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Karting is a different world entirely and needs that rule (tracks are not long enough and the fighting in the pack is intense to a point of push and shove.)
F1 just needs to revert back to blues for check mirrors, about to be passed, show some respect and dont do anything silly. F1 this year has a lot more battle groups in the back of the grid and likewise shouldnt be penalised by having to stop and let the leaders go. Granted all tracks are not equals as aren't all corners so some intelligence will be required. Plus allow the ability of the car to draft the car in front - not get bogged down, allowing the car behind the car doing the lapping to get an unfair advantage. |
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Defending against the Red Bull just shows he is completely lacking in racecraft. Plus he moved more than once! |
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And braked early...
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At which point is a car so slow that it really should let a faster car by? Who wants to make up THAT rule? What you are saying is that all cars that are slow on the track should let faster cars by. So in effect the race is decided by qualifying. Oh good. That should save me a lot of Sunday afternoons. As to the racecraft comment. Also rubbish. HK and most drivers at this level have more than enough racecraft, or they simply wouldn't be racing at this level. |
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