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Gatekeeper Star Player
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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His team dominated the sport during the 90's and was the gold standard back then. |
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Wilt LG Contributor
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My F1 era was the late 80s, early to mid 90s. That's when Williams, along with McLaren, was dominant. And then Schumacher started dominating, Williams declined, and I lost interest.
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Gatekeeper wrote: | Yep and with Adrian Newey as chief designer.
Sad that Senna died in the 94 car though. |
I saw a Modern Marvels on racing safety history that showed some nasty wrecks. They covered Fireball Roberts, the Dale Earnhardt of the 50s/60s. Guess how he died. He refused to wear optional fire resistant clothes of the day and wore cotton instead. Earnhardt not wearing the HANS device was an echo of the past. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL
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Gatekeeper Star Player
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No doubt all racing has gotten safer. Of the major series, Indycar is still considered the most dangerous, then F1, and Nascar. Stock cars are fully boxed in so there is less risk of fatality due to an accident - even if the rate of crashes is higher. The Halo in F1 has been a real revelation in terms of safety for drivers. Would hate to imagine a different outcome to Grosjean's fireball in 2020. Bahrain 2020 - Grosjean's crash _________________ Character
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Gatekeeper wrote: | Yep and with Adrian Newey as chief designer.
Sad that Senna died in the 94 car though. |
That was just a really bad weekend. They dodged a fatality for 12 years until San Marino 1994. 2 fatalities, another sent to the coma and a tire bouncing around in pitlane. It was a huge wakeup call to the sport and safety has come really far. |
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Wilt LG Contributor
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I know I said above that I've lost interest in F1, but I did watch some races this year. Holy (bleep), what a final race, what a final lap today. Verstappen overtakes Hamilton on the very last lap of the last race and wins the title. There is some controversy about some things that happened earlier, but that has to be most thrilling final lap in F1 history. _________________ ¡Hala Madrid! |
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defense Retired Number
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Nothing thrilling about being spoon fed the win. That whole ending was complete bs. |
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methdxman Star Player
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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defense wrote: | Nothing thrilling about being spoon fed the win. That whole ending was complete bs. |
Agreed the ending was BS but Verstappen is a worthy champ.
If Hamilton didn't take out Max in Silverstone it wouldn't even be this close. |
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Buck32 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:32 am Post subject: |
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methdxman wrote: | defense wrote: | Nothing thrilling about being spoon fed the win. That whole ending was complete bs. |
Agreed the ending was BS but Verstappen is a worthy champ.
If Hamilton didn't take out Max in Silverstone it wouldn't even be this close. |
And they had a chance to make a pit stop and change to softs like what RB did, but they decided not to. Even LH was questioning on the on-board radio if they made the right call. _________________ “Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
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