What if that CART and Grand Prix drivers form an organization together To further improve their position for improving safety across all of the sport.
As a matter of fact another F1 champion Mika Hakkinen nearly died at the australian GP in Adelaide late 1995. He had a broken skull and was swallowing his tongue. It was a very close call, and only Sid Watkins saved the day.
You have a point there. The thing is, the way these freak accidents happen, it may be 1995 or 1996 before such an accident does occur, whether it be to Berger, Hakkinen, Schumacher, Andretti or anybody else. There'll be more serious injuries and Ratzenbergers in the meantime, and the FIA won't react properly.
I wonder how many times this sentence was true back in those days? The very top of his Wiki page lists 6 drivers, without delving into the article. RIP Prof, a giant amongst men.
Prost always was very good, but he was a tactics man, not a raw talent. He'd beat the pants off of a lot of drivers, but against Senna or Schumacher he'd get roasted.
Prost was a lot faster than he's credited for. If we want to compare pure speed, we should compare the Prost of 1984 with the Senna of 88 and the Schumacher of 95.
Prost is the only guy who beat Senna on equal cars. He did it on points in 88, loosing the Championship because of rules then in place, again in 89, doing it Schummi style "I never expected his car to be there" and failed to do so in 90 (with a probably inferior car) because that time Senna did him a Schummi. He also beat Mansell when they were at Ferrari.
He didn't have the instant killer instinct that Senna and Schummi had from year one, and any one of those two could probably have won the title with Renault in 82 and 83, when Prost sometimes hesitated and lost the title. But when Prost was beaten by Lauda for the title in 84 he matured and became all about winning titles. What he never had was the kind of dominant ambition that would have allowed him to own a team the way Senna took over McLaren and Lotus and Schummi Benetton and Ferrari. That cost him a lot at Ferrari, and in 83 with a more agressive team mate might have costed him some peace of mind at Williams.
That's a really interesting approach. (It makes me think of the '68 Lotus, somehow, still the best-looking F1 cars ever.) Thinking of restrictors, tho, what about mandating a "spec" FI injector? Or restricting the exhaust? (Too GP2?)
Prost: 105 points
Senna: 94 points
World champion is... Ayrton Senna.
The reason why
(banging head against a wall)
What if that CART and Grand Prix drivers form an organization together To further improve their position for improving safety across all of the sport.
I imagine you'd have thought of them eventually.spdoyle said:good ideas for "post-tragedy band-aids." (specifically the exhaust, that could be done between race weekends in a shoddy manner, and improved through a season, whereas the spec-FI would be something to throw in the rules between seasons for an organization trying to keep a set formula.) Thanks!
If you think that system is nutty, I invite you to examine historical examples. FIA's scoring has always been insane. Right up til the time they finally stabilized on the 9-6-4 system. (BTW, did you know, before Monaco 1923, grid spots were selected by lottery?)spdoyle said:Just think how Eddie Irvine felt when they changed the point system four years too late to help him.
I imagine you'd have thought of them eventually.
If you think that system is nutty, I invite you to examine historical examples. FIA's scoring has always been insane. Right up til the time they finally stabilized on the 9-6-4 system. (BTW, did you know, before Monaco 1923, grid spots were selected by lottery?)
BTW, congrats on the event narration. It has a really authentic feel to it.
Well So Far So Good, Ayrton Senna is Doing Well after Canada but Next On The Schedule we are going to France at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours so I Hope Ayrton Senna may get the Checkered Flag to Claim the First Place Podium, I'm Excited for this!
Well I prefer Laguna Seca for this.
Have you seen this? IDK how many would pass '90s F1 safety inspection, but food for thought.spdoyle said:Oh, if anyone has ideas for an alternate Indy-F1 circuit, feel free to suggest them.
I did like Indy as a course. If you're going anywhere, I'd vote Laguna (tho the history buff in me wants Watkins).spdoyle said:The USGP won't be at Indy much longer than OTL, expect it to move somewhere else by 2013. Current thoughts are Watkins Glen, Elkhart Lake, & Laguna Seca, (upgraded to world-class.)
On team orders, my inclination is a flat ban, with loss of all points for an event, or season, in case of violation; loss of shared revenue too, maybe? I don't picture FIA going for it, tho.
On sharing with smaller teams, I have no really good suggestions. I would suggest making the shares largest at the bottom of the points order, if the idea is level (or levelling) performance. I don't picture FIA going for this, either, much.
On keeping cost down, I really have no clue. AFAIK, nothing has worked well, short of an effectively spec racing formula. I do like mandated durability on engines & trannys, but IDK if that would occur to anyone in '94-5. I don't suppose bans on hospitality suites & such would be on. I wonder about a restriction on sponsorship money, or car company sponsorship, preferably both; I can't picture FIA having this on, ever.
I do wonder why allowing refuelling is a good thing. That seems to make pit crews more important than cars & drivers, & the fact of crews (& transporting them) only drives up cost. It also allows teams to push harder, ISTM.
So, what about no fuel or tire stops? Fewer tire changes, so less cost to purchase & transport; no pit crews; less-fancy fuel rigs; generally slower laps, to preserve fuel & tires, so less wear on cars.
Also, I'd love to see more than one tyre supplier.
Just thought you should know you've changed history in a so rejectful way with making Andrea Moda having made it to the French Grand Prix great job
http://www.f1rejects.com/teams/andreamoda/index.html
Info on this untold hero of F1
Just thought you should know you've changed history in a so rejectful way with making Andrea Moda having made it to the French Grand Prix great job
http://www.f1rejects.com/teams/andreamoda/index.html
Info on this untold hero of F1
I thought I mentioned them folding earlier in the season. I'll have to look over this when I haven't just got off a 12hr shift and having been up 21hrs.
BTW, the CART side of this TL has gone through a giantic revision, that's been slowing down the updates. Consider that, (which will come in the offseason,) either a major butterfly or a third POD. This will not become a parallel to "He Came from Indianapolis," as I've encountered some new reading and want to really shake things up.
Next update will be posted by tomorrow night. Work just got a little screwier, and my sleep is all messed up.
As far as I can see you didn't but you couldn't have the domination of Williams in the 92 season without the insanity of Andrea Moda to balance it out
Andrea Moda wasn't insanity, it was an out and out farce of a team that never had any business on an F1 grid. Enzo Coloni, as little success as his team had, was a professional and his team acted like it. Andrea Moda was a shitstorm from the off, and the fact that Perry McCarthy never punched out Andrea Sassetti shows amazing patience, particularly after they let him go out on a track with a flexing steering arm in his car. Best thing that team can do is sink into history, never to be remembered.
On team orders, my inclination is a flat ban, with loss of all points for an event, or season, in case of violation; loss of shared revenue too, maybe? I don't picture FIA going for it, tho.
On sharing with smaller teams, I have no really good suggestions. I would suggest making the shares largest at the bottom of the points order, if the idea is level (or levelling) performance. I don't picture FIA going for this, either, much.
On keeping cost down, I really have no clue. AFAIK, nothing has worked well, short of an effectively spec racing formula. I do like mandated durability on engines & trannys, but IDK if that would occur to anyone in '94-5. I don't suppose bans on hospitality suites & such would be on. I wonder about a restriction on sponsorship money, or car company sponsorship, preferably both; I can't picture FIA having this on, ever.
I do wonder why allowing refuelling is a good thing. That seems to make pit crews more important than cars & drivers, & the fact of crews (& transporting them) only drives up cost. It also allows teams to push harder, ISTM.
So, what about no fuel or tire stops? Fewer tire changes, so less cost to purchase & transport; no pit crews; less-fancy fuel rigs; generally slower laps, to preserve fuel & tires, so less wear on cars.
Also, I'd love to see more than one tyre supplier.