Formula 1

[Bullet2012]

Interesting animated version of the accident in this article.

"Jules Bianchi saved my life and I will forever be grateful": Grosjean reflects on defining moment | Sport It Now

Romain Grosjean was initially apprehensive with regard to the Halo, but knows how different his life may have been without it.

sportitnow.com

 

[Bullet2012]

F1/ FIA news about the crash

Romain Grosjean suffered 67G in fiery Bahrain GP crash - report

Romain Grosjean suffered an impact of 67G in his fiery crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix, the official report into the incident concludes.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Turbo]

We're still using cement dust and a broom though.

We've now changed to skimming plaster powder, the cement dust sets in the holes of the porous tarmac and causes puddles on the race track.

 

[Bullet2012]

Annnnd theyre back !!

 

[500e]

Not a particular fan of any of them Few drive anything else the old drivers did sports car, long distance, Le Mans, Daytona etc with modest remuneration all in cars that were not as safe as today .
A quick Fag & a cuddle of the grid girl

 

[Bullet2012]

Not a particular fan of any of them Few drive anything else the old drivers did sports car, long distance, Le Mans, Daytona etc with modest remuneration all in cars that were not as safe as today .
A quick Fag & a cuddle of the grid girl

Thankfully the safety has moved on, it’s a sport about fast cars. it is not about people being killed.
Also the old championship seasons only consisted of a few races, mostly within Europe,
allowing drivers time to compete in other races and formulas.

 

[500e]

I appreciate part of what you say, have been a RAC / MSA / Motorsport UK Scrutineer for 50 odd years & have had input into both rules & safety aspect, I also think the rules have stifled innovation for the smaller teams, it is not a sport it is big business, same as most sport to day.
Please don't get me started on the money side of drivers / footballers
Never mentioned people being killed always looking for ways to make car safer for the people who drove cars we built.
I totally agree cars to day are safer
Drivers used to get out of a car & fly to the next race

 

[ukracer]

Sad day. Murray Walker takes the chequered flag.

 

[arther dailey]

Sad day. Murray Walker takes the chequered flag.

So sorry to hear that, what a legend

 

[Screwdriver]

Many years ago I was working in a studio at the BBC setting up a sound booth for Murray to do some voiceover. It was a modified edit suite (in post production) and the engineers wanted to check the sound levels because Murray was notoriously LOUD. He would speak at PPM7 (when PPM6 is flat out) so I mustered all the strength I had and launched into my best Murray Walker impression:

"...AND THERE THEY GO, DAMON HILL..."

Just as Murray walks in!

He will be very much missed. Such a nice chap too. Extremely polite, fantastically knowledgeable about motorsport and a motorcycle fan to boot.

 

[Gragson]

GP today, the most boring GP I've ever watched, why don't they just tow them around in a circle so the drivers can wave at the super rich
Monaco, tax dodging pointless place. They really should bin it and put Peckham on the street circuit, they would have Bottas tyre off in a jiffy

 

[Parm]

GP today, the most boring GP I've ever watched, why don't they just tow them around in a circle so the drivers can wave at the super rich
Monaco, tax dodging pointless place. They really should bin it and put Peckham on the street circuit, they would have Bottas tyre off in a jiffy

Did you see the poll on the website

over 12,000 folk said ditch it

a pointless exercise where the cars a too big and too fast on a useless track

i agree, needs to change

 

[Gragson]

Exactly mate - it's anathema to anyone that wants a race, its just a BS procession loop de loop,
be amazed if the drivers didn't agree but half the rich ******** live there

 

[Miranda]

Dullest thing ever since the whole thing became about preserving life.

 

[ukracer]

GP today, the most boring GP I've ever watched, why don't they just tow them around in a circle so the drivers can wave at the super rich
Monaco, tax dodging pointless place. They really should bin it and put Peckham on the street circuit, they would have Bottas tyre off in a jiffy

Posted this during the race.........sorry..procession.

 

[Bladevane]

"And here are the race highlights - A wheel nut seizes".

 

[Screwdriver]

Funny thing is, for the procession that F1 has become, that was actually a pretty good race. The Bottas wheel incident was fairly interesting, err. I think something else nearly happened but the director decided to cut away from the only overtake in the entire race. Twice.

Max was nonplussed I think because he didn’t have anyone to beat. Great to see Hamilton come nowhere.

 

[Gragson]

Dullest thing ever since the whole thing became about preserving life.

There's a balance I guess, shocking accidents of the past are way down which is good, but it's a bit too sanitised.
Bit of Ben-Hur type action wouldn't go a miss at monaco with residents as barriers, "botox spillage ends the race"

 

[Nick DV]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! Oops, have I missed something.........?

 

[Greeves246]

There was more overtaking on one lap of the SSP300 ( World Superbike class) yesterday than in ten seasons of F1.