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28 Jun 2011, 23:32 (Ref:2907653) | #26 | ||
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All true and of course there were once dropped scores so that the odd DNF often didn't affect championship standings at the sharp end at all. Personally I liked it that way, everyone was allowed one or two foul ups without it wrecking their season, also of course it meant if a driver was dominant it left the championship open for a little longer. Fourwheeldrift. Dropping scores also encourages racing rather than points scoring parades! |
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If any of you think it is that easy then try anything that goes fast. I have and it hurts... |
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30 Jun 2011, 01:51 (Ref:2908352) | #28 | ||
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Did you not watch F1 last year? Vettel almost lost the championship (and never lead during the season) because of reliability issues. I believe some of the drivers were close to their alloted engines too.
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30 Jun 2011, 15:03 (Ref:2908659) | #30 | |
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No, I don't see it this way at all.
The more cars that finish, the more chance every driver and team has of showing their speed performance over a race distance, and we are also going to have more cars and drivers racing each other for the duration. I prefer to know that everyone is almost guaranteed to finish and let them sort it out as to which order that will be in. |
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30 Jun 2011, 16:51 (Ref:2908721) | #31 | ||
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Absolute and total reliability is not desirable, no.
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30 Jun 2011, 23:39 (Ref:2908971) | #32 | ||
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That would be the ideal! Goes back to the cars being capable of racing one another and the driver being a more important factor in final performance. |
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1 Jul 2011, 07:59 (Ref:2909106) | #33 | |
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I prefer to see teams earning points/podiums/wins/whatever, rather than being gifted them by poor reliability, so I think this is just another whinge by Trulli because Lotus stand no chance of scoring points unless many cars ahead of them retire.
I wonder if in 2000 and 2001 when he was at Jordan, and lost a lot of points through unreliability, he was thinking "my car has just broken down, this is so exciting!" every time he pulled off the track... |
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