Author Topic: Formula 1 Fiasco! (Read 455 times)

Flossy · « **on:** April 06, 2003, 12:00:56 PM »

Waiting for Brazilian Grand Prix to start, and its already been delayed at least 10 minutes..... no full wet tyres, and the possibility of the whole race being run behind the safety car, looks like making it different to say the least!

gatso · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2003, 01:54:07 PM »

Ooo. Big Massive crash now.

Race stopped. Winning car on fire in the pits!

The most interesting F1 race I have seen for a long time but I still find bike races more interesting.

Gatso

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2003, 02:09:11 PM »

Raikkonen wins!!!!!!!

Ferrari is done for - if this continues for the next few rounds, Schuie and Bari wont be able to recover psychologically.

FINALLY I can wear my McLaren hat outdoors with pride!!

Flossy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2003, 02:14:13 PM »

It's a shame David Coulthard pitted when he did, or I think he would (and should!) have won.

Instead Raikkonen wins, Fisichella comes second, even though he would have been out of the race if it had continued, and Alonso is third, even though he would definitely have been out of the race when he crashed. What bad timing for DC....

mora · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2003, 02:25:54 PM »

I think Raikkonen could have won without the race being stopped. The track was drying all the time and DC took wet tires anyway... Kimi probably had enough fuel to finish and if needed to pit he could have taken dry tires.

funkedup · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2003, 05:29:22 PM »

Amateur hour. What a joke. I can't believe how poorly the FIA and track marshals handled this. Incredible that they didn't go full course yellow after Webber's shunt. Instead they just let them run through for a whole lap, and now Alonso has a broken leg as a result.

Incredible that they didn't get a broom out on the track after Firman's accident. Instead they had some guy with a cell phone kicking at debris. So there were visibly many small pieces of debris, at the fastest part of the track.

Incredible that they don't have gravel traps to keep the cars from hitting the walls in that place where M. Schumacher, Montoya, and the others spun, or that they didn't get the drivers and cars who spun there off the track more quickly.

I've seen amateur SCCA races that were better managed than this. I won't even get into the crap decisions by the tire manufacturers and all the sloppy driving. Or the bizzare rule that gave Raikonen a "victory" for finishing second. Sheesh, work on it F1.

funkedup · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2003, 05:30:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Flossy
It's a shame David Coulthard pitted when he did, or I think he would (and should!) have won.

DC was only ahead of Kimi because Kimi pitted before DC did.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2003, 05:45:56 PM »

Funked, youre just angry because the entire track isnt gravel.

mora · « **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2003, 02:23:02 AM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
I've seen amateur SCCA races that were better managed than this. I won't even get into the crap decisions by the tire manufacturers and all the sloppy driving. Or the bizzare rule that gave Raikonen a "victory" for finishing second. Sheesh, work on it F1.

Raikkonen won because they never finished the lap where Fisichella overtook him. Same rules in any type of racing.

funkedup · « **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2003, 02:38:01 AM »

Actually they did finish that lap before the accident happened. The rules say that in the event of the red flag, the win goes to the driver who was leading two laps before the red flag.