Figured you'd use that but it is hardly the same, also when you compare that to how many of the incidents still have happened since the DW12 came into play, I'd take the F1. The point I was trying to make is that the aero upgrades planned through 2014-17 could have prevented that. Especially when you look at the rules and see the safety measure they will put in place with the engine and downforce to make the racing better but also create more safety.
LMSCorvetteGT2, I don't know how familiar you are with IndyCar, but ever since I started watching IndyCar racing in the 1990s, IndyCar teams have always run different aero packages on ovals and road/street courses.
Quite actually, not as much as NASCAR, LMS, and F1, but I try to make it a habit to read the regs when they come out each year. That said the Indy racing of the 90s is vastly different than today, and the regs that will come next year and 2015 will bring us closer to that time frame than we've had in many years since.
Yes, it's sad that Dario has to retire early due to post-concussion syndrome, but let's try not to exploit this event for the purposes of sensationalizing how "unsafe" IndyCar racing is.
Not at all what I'm doing, might wanna put your shields down, hell I encourage you to look at my comment history and see where I spend a ton of time in.
Racing has been and will always remain a dangerous sport. Simple physics dictate that the faster a car travels, the more likely it will go airborne in a crash.
It's quite obvious that it is a dangerous sport. Also physics dictates there are ways to keep it planted and from taking off like a wing, but that's a little more advance than the simple physics you suggest. Either way thank you for the redundant remark never the less.
With that said, the current Dallara DW12 IndyCar chassis has a rear bumper that absorbs some of the energy and decreases the speeds of cars going airborne. And while there's always room for safety improvements, Dario's injuries would've been worse if he had been driving an older IndyCar.
No one is disputing that, at all. However, unless you have the data in front of you it could have really gone either way and if it was a wider track with much more air time it probably would've been worse.
So the more relevant thing is the fence and not the flip?The fence at Houston was FIA approved btw.
That's great and all but so what? Even if it was, I don't think any of us would call the FIA infallible, and perhaps you'd see that if you read the F1 threads closely which most of us post in as well. The fence could be approved by Zeus but I think it needs more as far as safety for fans go.
Umm...I don't follow IndyCar as closely as most, but I do know there's a different wing on the car for Road/Street courses and ovals
Yes you're right, sorry I wasn't clear enough. What I meant is how the aero packages are the same through out the year in regards to no real innovation that would not only generate speed but safety values as well. However, 2015 can't come fast enough I'd say.
Anyways the rear and front wing are in fact different, but more to the under body and side could be done I feel like. Also it'd be nice to know if anyone does what test the bulk head goes through and if they're more tougher than the FIA has imposed for F1 (hence the step nose).
wtf are you talking about?
