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Originally Posted by sperry
Dean, here's the problem. You drive one lap in dry weather. Then the next, there's 2" of standing water ahead, and no way to know it. Also, you're on tires that have no traction if the ground is a little damp.
I'm surprised *anyone* made that corner. Attempting to compare driving a street car on R-compound treaded street tires to a F1 car on drys is ridiculous, even with a disclaimer. You've seen iced over streets such that attempting to drive down them at any over 2 mph wouldn't be possible... well that's what the bottom of that hill is like in an F1 car. You can't blame the drivers for over driving the "available traction" when there is literally no available traction.
It's not like this situation was a bunch of mickey mousing around by inexperienced teams... the rain that came simply came a lap or two early, and *much* harder than expected. A lot of the time it's faster to wait out a rain squall on hot dry tires because the traffic keeps the line dry which is why everyone at the front went out on dry tires. But the rain came before they could get heat in the tires, and came so fast there were rivers running across the track.
I will say, it was pretty funny watching the pace car suddenly accelerate to get out of the way of Liuzzi's balistic car.  Plus the Winkelhock pit lane start putting him at the front of the field for the restart was awesome. |
You imply they don't have radios, spotters, etc... And you forget the drivers who made it through that section before and after the drivers that plowed into the wall. And damn it, last I knew, even hard compound dry F1 tires were 1/3 grooves, especially with 1 or fewer laps on them. If rain is hitting my visor so I can't see where I'm going, I'm slowing the F down which apparently some did.
I also really like the safety car scurrying away.
It sure looked like mickey mousing around! And clearly one team had a slightly knowledgeable meteorologist.
And thank you for the flame.
