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Originally Posted by Dean
Simply adding a chicane... That is crazy talk.
How would you propose to do that, and how do you know it won' cause further issues, and how do you know the tires won't now blow due to the raw acceleration that they will now be under in that turn...
And by the way, NO ONE HAS EVER DRIVEN ON THAT COURSE WITH A CHICANE!
Adding a chicane was never a solutiuon.
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Originally Posted by Dean
Simply adding a chicane... That is crazy talk.
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I believe Indy already uses a temporary chicane on that track for other series to keep the speeds down through turn 13.
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Originally Posted by Dean
How would you propose to do that, and how do you know it won' cause further issues, and how do you know the tires won't now blow due to the raw acceleration that they will now be under in that turn...
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The tires are safe under acceleration, braking, and latteral G's, they are not safe under the high *verticle* G's generated by the banking. Going slower through the banking takes the verticle element out of the equation. Also, if the tire gives up, now it's at 100kph instead of 240kph.
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Originally Posted by Dean
And by the way, NO ONE HAS EVER DRIVEN ON THAT COURSE WITH A CHICANE!
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If an F1 driver can't adapt to an extra chicane on the course, they should quit their job for a year and run a Solo2 season because they don't deserve to drive a the "top level" of motorsports. Also, by that logic, Rally is an unfathomable sport.
In addition, there was a proposal to allow a 3 lap practice session before the start to let the drivers see the chicane at speed... but Jordan refused because they would have run out of gas during the practice because their qualifying fuel load was so light.
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Originally Posted by Dean
Adding a chicane was never a solutiuon.
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If may not be a good solution, but it's certainly better than what we saw. 2 Ferraris, 2 Jordans, and 2 Menardis does not a Grand Prix race make.