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Pretty much. It’s designed to keep excess whiplash under control so the driver doesn’t suffer a skull fracture while they’re being thrown side to side. Jack Harvey was ruled out of the Indy race at Texas Motor Speedway when he received an 88 G impact during practice, and his crash didn’t look as extreme as Schumacher. The race was also fantastic. Several fights up and down the grid, you had drivers struggling for grip with worn out tires that didn’t explode unlike the shit Goodyear produces, Hamilton’s very best could only get him to 10th after 6 cars either couldn’t start, overheated, or crashed. My only complaint was what’s the point of the “Virtual Safety Car?” You either need to slow the field down or you don’t. I know there’s a big gap with Americans throwing Safety Cars out if a booger hits the track and the Europeans risking the death of a driver and/or safety workers for the “dignity of the race.” It must be hard to find someone in Europe with a working pair of balls (internal or external). Having both Red Bulls die in Bahrain wasn’t a good start, but they’re third in the Constructors with 37 vs Mercedes’ 38. Also another great week for Ferrari at 78 points. They could take Australia off and still be comfortably in the lead. Haas is doing great. At 10 points they’re 20 away from tying their results for the last 3 years combined. Now let’s see how the upgrades (team and track) work at Albert Park in two weeks. | |||
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Fire begets Fire |
Yup; fantastic racing! "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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| I swear I had something for this |
Albon just nailed a 3 spot grid drop for Australia after crashing into Lance Stroll. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/...roll-tangle/9377586/ Seems Williams still finds way to suck under new ownership. It’ll also be interesting to see if George Russel can stay ahead of Lewis this year. He’s currently has the points lead and had very few problems whereas Lewis is complaining that he needs more grip and more power to fight for the lead. | |||
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Political Cynic |
Nice to see Ferrari on the podium again. It was a very good race - up there with the best that last year produced. Lots of fights for position. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Felt bad for Perez. He did everything right and just bad luck that safety car came out when it did. Great racing for a number of positions but the lead duel at the end was outstanding. Glad there were no serious incidents, on or off the track. More mechanical failures than they've had for years. Lewis tenth and it wasn't a fluke, that's just where he ended up on speed. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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| Political Cynic |
Yeah the timing on the safety car just crushed him. Nothing he could do. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
The HANS is mostly for straight ahead or slightly to the side. The side cockpit bolsters limit side head movement and absorb most of the side G's. The Hans is held in place by the shoulder straps and two straps attach at the rear of the helmet base about 6" apart. A sliding tether allows the driver to turn their head to the side in normal movement. Tether length is a key element. The HANS was designed mostly to protect against a basilar skull fracture holding the head in relation to the neck vertebrae. The injury occurs when the head goes too far forward and the attachments (bone) at the base of the skull break loose. The HANS certainly helped in parts of that accident but the side bolsters were what mostly protected him against extreme G's to the head in this case. The drivers radio ear plugs have a sensor built into them to measure the actual forces to the head, as differentiated from the vehicles impact G's. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Leclerc needs to be more pushy this season to defend Max as he is super aggressive. 30 seconds off pace again for MB is no good. Only hope is that a long season and they can make it up. Too bad Checo did not win today, he will get his chance. Hope to see Schumacher back next race. I get the new regulations but other cars are way too far back. Hope they get better as the season progresses especially McLaren. Fingers crossed for Lando. | |||
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Casuistic Thinker and Daoist |
Not really a lot he could do as both RB cars had a huge top speed advantage. What allowed Leclerc to keep Max at bay was that the Ferrari was better in the corners...as long as their tires were warm enough. The last VSC was a killer as it allowed the Ferrari tires to cool and they lost their advantage to hold off the RB after the last pass No, Daoism isn't a religion | |||
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Well said. | |||
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Good hard racing all over. The midfield had some good scraps going until the DNFs started. The double lockup by the leaders at the DRS line gave me a laugh. Definitely unexpected from F1. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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So far a great start to the season with Max and Charles going at it. Extremely excited to see when Ferrari finally upgrades their car in Australia (I think I read) what that does for their performance. I also read Ferrari have yet to use the full potential of the engine. They also ran more df than the others at these first two races. I hope the Redbull/Ferrari fight continues BUT, would prefer a Ferrari comes out on top. Also fantastic to see Haas with K-Mag and Mick running well. So far a great start. Haven't been this excited for F1 in a long time. | |||
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It appears to me that the cars can truly get up much closer to a car in front of them with no problems to their car. That makes for good racing. | |||
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| I swear I had something for this |
In a case of sad news, Max Mosley, the former head of the FIA, killed himself this week after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Some will feel certain ways about his controversial tenure, but something that can't be argued is his relentless pursuit of safety in FIA sanctioned events. As an interesting aside, he was one of the few dignitaries that went to Roland Ratzenberger's funeral after the awful weekend at Imola in 1994 that saw Rubens Barrichello seriously injured and saw the death of Ratzenberger and Aryton Senna. When he was asked why he came, he said "Everyone went to Senna's funeral, but no one came to Roland's." https://www.google.com/search?...er&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
They just announced the coroners findings. Not that there was any real mystery. He did the deed a year ago. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Las Vegas Night Race - 2023
 The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Hmm, my mom lives about 40 min north of Vegas & my stepdad has some connections in town. Might need to start making plans now. The High Roller would make for some interesting viewing, though the Vegas lights may obscure really being able to see the cars. No real balconies on the hotels either, so that rules out a Monaco-like approach. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| women dug his snuff and his gallant stroll |
No tears shed for Max “Nazi Hooker” Mosley. He was heavily involved with socialist shift in F1 during the 2000s. | |||
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Go Vols! |
I heard there was a F1 docuseries. Is it pretty true to the sport or is it more for entertainment? | |||
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Netflix - Drive to Survive? A bit of manufactured drama by context, or lack thereof, but the first couple seasons were good. I haven't watched the most recent yet. I know some of the drivers weren't happy with how some of it was portrayed. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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