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Originally Posted by soulcrew,May 31 2005, 12:04 AM
in qualifying the track usualy gets faster as more cars go out.
so the slower cars go out first so the faster cars can go out later and get even faster times.
why??? cant the sesion be reversed so the slower cars go last and make for a possibly more interesting grid.
or is that just stupid???
so the slower cars go out first so the faster cars can go out later and get even faster times.
why??? cant the sesion be reversed so the slower cars go last and make for a possibly more interesting grid.
or is that just stupid???
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Originally Posted by bigfecker,May 29 2005, 08:06 AM
Mclaren were stupid to leave Kimmi out,
Offer a real racing driver a safe, reliable mid field car or a fast, potentially race winning car which may kill him (Lotus were good at this sort of thing in the 70' and early 80's!) and he will go for the fast, dangerous car every time.
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exactly, Colin Chapman was delighted when his cars fell to bits as they crossed the finish line.. it meant he had built the car just strong enough, anything more and it was considered over engineering.
Anybody can build a bridge that lasts.. just make it massive, but it takes a lot more skill and ingenuity to build one that only just stands up..
Anybody can build a bridge that lasts.. just make it massive, but it takes a lot more skill and ingenuity to build one that only just stands up..
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Originally Posted by soulcrew,May 30 2005, 04:04 PM
in qualifying the track usualy gets faster as more cars go out.
so the slower cars go out first so the faster cars can go out later and get even faster times.
why??? cant the sesion be reversed so the slower cars go last and make for a possibly more interesting grid.
or is that just stupid???
so the slower cars go out first so the faster cars can go out later and get even faster times.
why??? cant the sesion be reversed so the slower cars go last and make for a possibly more interesting grid.
or is that just stupid???
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Originally Posted by soulcrew,May 30 2005, 11:29 PM
i thought the order for qualifying was how u finished in the previous race.???
If people only watched the top 10 who came out first, then viewing figures would tail off and devalue the advertising space.
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Originally Posted by UK Paul,May 31 2005, 07:19 AM
Curse DC's speed limiter...or him not hitting the button....cost me Tenna off someone on here....right I'm off to find who was sweating....
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It is if you're visiting Wells Next The Sea on a bank holiday weekend.
Slightly concerned about my car in Le Mans though as a result. When we arrived and made our way across the field to our mates, the car grounded about 4 or 5 times on the various lumps and bumps.. then when I parked up the exhaust (pipes into the back of the silencers) was touching the grass and I couldn't see daylight under the car - was parked on a slight dome - the grass was only about 3 inches long, needless to say the freshly cut/churned up grass in Le Mans might be a fire risk
Slightly concerned about my car in Le Mans though as a result. When we arrived and made our way across the field to our mates, the car grounded about 4 or 5 times on the various lumps and bumps.. then when I parked up the exhaust (pipes into the back of the silencers) was touching the grass and I couldn't see daylight under the car - was parked on a slight dome - the grass was only about 3 inches long, needless to say the freshly cut/churned up grass in Le Mans might be a fire risk