| Monza too dangerous for LMS?; What do you think? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 28 2008, 10:44 PM (119 Views) | |
| James | Apr 28 2008, 10:44 PM Post #1 |
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Well, what a dark weekend for LMS and Monza. On Saturday in qualifying, Jamie Cambell-Walters had a big accident at the 2nd chicane at Monza breaking two vertibrae. On Sunday, first Dindo Capello was hit and spun violently, air getting under his car and nearly rolling damaging the Audi badly. The biggest accident of the weekend no doubt about it though was Stephen Ortelli's in the number 5 courage. Going down the back strait, a rear supsension part failed, snapping his car sideways suddenly onto the grass. He hit a bump in the grass, air got under his car and he flew a few meters, narrowly missing the number 1 audi which was going around the chicane, before landing and tumbling end over end before slamming into the barriers at the other side of the track. He suffered a broken ankle. Obiously questions have to be asked now over the track saftey. Accidents like Ortelli's can't be helped, that was a car fault rather than the circuit, but with very little run off when cars are going over 250 km/h isn't good. If there had been more run off in Ortelli's crash, he wouldn't have slammed into the barriers at the end, the impact that broke his ankle. Obiously the cars saftey can be improved , if drivers get broken bones from crashes they obiously can be improved, but how come accidents like this haven't happened at places such as Barcelona or Silverstone before? Obiously the average speed is lower, but they have wider run off areas. Personally, the Ortelli crash was one of the biggest i've seen since Robert Kubica's crash last year in F1 at Montreal. Very scary accident, and hope that both JCW and Ortelli recover from their injuries soon. What do you guys think? |
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| Pilot 5 | Apr 29 2008, 10:26 PM Post #2 |
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That Big Dude. On the cloud. Capische?
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Hmm. Monza's a tricky course, really, the best defense for a driver is himself. Misjudging corners can really screw you up. |
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| James | Apr 30 2008, 12:27 AM Post #3 |
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Yeah, but the thing is, 2 of the 3 weren't driver errors, they were things on the cars going wrong, such as a tyre blow-out for Capello and a Suspension faliure for Ortelli |
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| Pilot 5 | Apr 30 2008, 02:33 PM Post #4 |
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That Big Dude. On the cloud. Capische?
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Then those would be setup failures or manufacturing defects. A track surface doth not a suspension failure make, laddie. |
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| James | May 2 2008, 02:32 AM Post #5 |
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And barriers inches from the track arn't car faliures, "laddie" |
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| Pilot 5 | May 3 2008, 06:18 PM Post #6 |
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That Big Dude. On the cloud. Capische?
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Well, as for that explanation, you need to go back to Monza's history, which will make both you and Brian collectively barf. It was, in fact, originally, an oval track. But then for F1 they made the track more difficult, so as to encourage skill. That's why the Armco is so close. |
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