posted Oct 24, 2008

Baredinho... have you got a link to that story? What exaclty happened? Who moved in what braking zone and how exactly did that lead to a marshall's death?

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posted Oct 24, 2008

The marshall was killed when a loose wheel hit him.

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posted Oct 24, 2008

That doesn't necessarily have anythign to do with moving in braking zones....

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posted Oct 24, 2008

Australia 2001 and Monza 2000 are the clear cut answers there. Both races a marshall lost his life because one driver decided to do a risky overtaking move and end up colliding with the car, losing a wheel which spirals round and hits the marshall where it hurts..

Forget the championship and the rest, next weekends about DC, last race of a brill f1 career and before you say he's crap, how come he lasted 14 Years in the most expensive and high demandind sports in the world. Obviously because he was one of the 20 fastest drivers on the grid, great driver and sportsman and I won't believe it when he goes :'(!

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posted Oct 28, 2008

Having read the article, and then some of the comments posted I would say, I agree with MW that Lewis is in his 2nd season, but I hope all drivers continually learn, when you think you know it all - you have a problem. But what has amazed me is the personal critisism aimed at MW, re his nationality and his opinion. Hamilton moves around the breaking areas, so what, just because other drivers hold a particular line, so what? Hamilton has woken the sport up and made it alot more interesting. KR seems to get bored so spices the race up by crashing its as if he can't be bothered to finish a race - but who critisises him? There is a new generation of drivers and there is a hint of what we saw with Senna, Piquet (senior), Hunt and the like. The cars are ever improving but the lack of overtaking over the past few years seems to have become the norm and now there is a driver that races, the FIA and other drivers don't seem to like it. And as with MW's final point, I will be very sorry to see DC go from the sport. Good luck to you DC in whatever you go on to do in the future.

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posted Oct 29, 2008

"That doesn't necessarily have anythign to do with moving in braking zones...."

Moving in the braking zone caused the crash, which caused the wheel to come off which caused the marshall to die.

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posted Oct 29, 2008

All cars move in the braking zones, otherwise they would be parked...

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posted Oct 29, 2008

DPanna (U4000762) - moving in the braking zone did not cause the crash. Unless you would care to prove me wrong. Perhaps with some facts.

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posted Oct 31, 2008

Australians want Lewis Hamilton to be more humble? That's very funny, Mark.

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posted Oct 31, 2008

Am not clear what is meant by moving in the braking zone. Braking late into corners is a legitimate means of overtaking and it should not be dangerous or illegal if you do so when there is roadway. Some do it better than others to the chagrin of drivers being overtaken. The incident where Schumacher took out Hill was a clear case of the former taking the latter's road so he had nowhere to go except the gravel at the Magny C hairpin. That was dangerous and I am sure quite illegal. There should be a very heavy penalty for knocking a contender deliberately out of a race such as disqualification. Massa spinning LH out of the reckoning at Monsa might have fallen into that category. Surely Mark is not suggesting that it should be a procession around the corners. Each driver will have a different braking zone which should be commensurate with reasonable safety. Some of the best manoevres have been executed on corners. Lewis has done some excellent passes. May be lack of experience was evident on occasions and he has paid. But there is always the reaction of the driver being overtaken to turn in to baulk the manoevre. After all why do they put corners in circuits especially hairpins. Its not for drivers to say to each other ‘ No, Please, After you’ Rather, its to add interest and a further test of aggressive driver skill.

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