Olazz
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After Jules Bianchi's accident last week, Formula 1 has become too dangerous and the drivers are up in arms about safety.
What codswallop from these overpaid and pampered Primadonnas!!
They live superstar lifestyles, racing around glamorous cities, get paid a fortune for enjoying their hobby and now want it to be a risk-free environment, where no one gets hurt. Oh, if someone drives off the track and does get hurt, lets have a public enquiry and apportion blame! Because someone is surely at fault for not protecting them and looking after them so they don't get hurt.
Nikki Lauda was asked his views on the very young Verstappen coming into F1 and being able to drive these cars. He scoffed and responded that they are not really F1 cars any more but, glorified F3 cars which is why these 16yr olds can drive them.
Bring back big tyres, 1200hp and no driver aids... said he, those were proper F1 cars.
Nobody wants to see a driver hurt or killed, but if you decide on your own volition to climb into a 200+mph race car, knowing you will have to drive in all conditions, whilst getting paid a handsome sum to so do, then don't whine about how terrible your life is and how it isn't safe enough for you to enjoy.
Whilst enjoying your seat in the cockpit, you are being given instruction on how to improve your lap times, the team relaying telemetry, to tell you when to adjust your brake balance, ease up on tyre wear, use less fuel, use more battery, brake later into corner, accelerate faster, how fast your competitors are driving etc etc etc, whilst you whinge and whimper that your team mate won't let you past, or a competitor blocked you a little, or your pit crew was 2/10th too slow!
Enclosed cockpits for F1 cars ... what next, FFS?
Harden the fcuk up say I, or get out of the sport.
What codswallop from these overpaid and pampered Primadonnas!!
They live superstar lifestyles, racing around glamorous cities, get paid a fortune for enjoying their hobby and now want it to be a risk-free environment, where no one gets hurt. Oh, if someone drives off the track and does get hurt, lets have a public enquiry and apportion blame! Because someone is surely at fault for not protecting them and looking after them so they don't get hurt.
Nikki Lauda was asked his views on the very young Verstappen coming into F1 and being able to drive these cars. He scoffed and responded that they are not really F1 cars any more but, glorified F3 cars which is why these 16yr olds can drive them.
Bring back big tyres, 1200hp and no driver aids... said he, those were proper F1 cars.
Nobody wants to see a driver hurt or killed, but if you decide on your own volition to climb into a 200+mph race car, knowing you will have to drive in all conditions, whilst getting paid a handsome sum to so do, then don't whine about how terrible your life is and how it isn't safe enough for you to enjoy.
Whilst enjoying your seat in the cockpit, you are being given instruction on how to improve your lap times, the team relaying telemetry, to tell you when to adjust your brake balance, ease up on tyre wear, use less fuel, use more battery, brake later into corner, accelerate faster, how fast your competitors are driving etc etc etc, whilst you whinge and whimper that your team mate won't let you past, or a competitor blocked you a little, or your pit crew was 2/10th too slow!
Enclosed cockpits for F1 cars ... what next, FFS?
Harden the fcuk up say I, or get out of the sport.