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I was on an F1 forum and many of the fans said they saw Indycar race at The Glen also (largely due to my promotion of the race I expect). Anyways they said the mistakes made by Danica in the pits and Dixon on yellow made Indycar look amateurish. Amateurish to F1 driver I would expect then I reminded them that dumb moves can be found everywhere in motorsports even in F1. Kaz hitting his pit crew, Lewis in the sand trap in PITLANE, and finally Massa not keeping up in speed at Silverstone over the weekend. NASCAR has its dumb moments like all those cautions on the final laps at the past Daytona race.
My point...every motorsport from dirt track to MotoGp has their dumb moments for instance Pedro hitting Hayden a couple of years back.
I do wish Indycar would stop it with the stupid incidents though. Richmond not the wrecking at the Glen doesn't make the ICS look very professional.
Do Incidents Like In Richmond and The Glen Make Indycar Look Amateurish.
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I've seen alot of F1 crach fests in my day when only a handful of cars were left running at the end. This is nothing particular to the ICS.
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What did they think of Massa and Kimi at Silverstone? Sorry but, as long as humans are driving cars, mistakes will be made. Sometimes they just come in groups.
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Yeah, things happen. The F1 race last year in the down-pour at the start (can't remember where it was) made F1 drivers look like they can't run in the rain....... everyone knows that isn't the case. The wrecks under yellow do look bad.
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I was more shocked that mutli-million dollar F1 teams couldn't figure out to switch to full rain tires while Barrichello driving the normally slow Honda and eating away the field at a blistering pace.
But yeah, crashes under the caution are unacceptable. They need to get the starts and restarts under control.
But yeah, crashes under the caution are unacceptable. They need to get the starts and restarts under control.
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So Lewis Hamilton running into the back of Kimi at Montreal didn't look bad, but Danica's accident did? I'm not a fan of Danica but mistakes happen. Look at Mario Andretti in Michigan in 93 leaving the pits.
All it is are people wanting to feel superior for their "brand" of racing, which is fine. Cheer on who you like, that's how it should be but to say Dixon's and Danica's mistakes only happen in indy car, then the same people should youtube alot of F1 and Nascar accidents...
All it is are people wanting to feel superior for their "brand" of racing, which is fine. Cheer on who you like, that's how it should be but to say Dixon's and Danica's mistakes only happen in indy car, then the same people should youtube alot of F1 and Nascar accidents...
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I will have to say yes...Richmond and WG make IRL look like amateur hour. Especially Danica doing her burnout into the pit wall, Dixon's spin was pitiful for a leader of a race, Milka/AJ4 goes without saying, and the way the IRL handles cautions.
F1 had the rain to contend with, and there was still some good driving by those guys. Can't compare the IRL debacle of a dry race to the F1 wet race.
F1 had the rain to contend with, and there was still some good driving by those guys. Can't compare the IRL debacle of a dry race to the F1 wet race.
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Yeah, things happen. The F1 race last year in the down-pour at the start (can't remember where it was) made F1 drivers look like they can't run in the rain....... everyone knows that isn't the case. The wrecks under yellow do look bad.
That was the Nurburgring, where Marcus Winkelhock led in his debut GP.
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F1 had the rain to contend with, and there was still some good driving by those guys. Can't compare the IRL debacle of a dry race to the F1 wet race.
As Autoracer5 said, Marcus Winkelhock was leading the race.
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