checkered wrote:I actually thought
that the melting/graining/whatever it was doing asphalt looked very dangerous towards the end of the race ... bits an pieces could've been thrown into the audience, while driving an F1 car on pebbles between two armco walls isn't such a good idea either, generally speaking. I fully expected the race stewards to cut the race short and was surprised that they didn't.
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Yes it was impressive I remember parts of destroyed asphalt were lying hiden in the marbles of gum. Some were stones large enough to damage a WRC car's suspention, I can't dare to imagine the result with a formula one car... Fortunately it didn't happen.
By the way, have the track been resurfaced? Or is there more of these "bandages"(forgot the name) through the lap? I haven't seen practice on TV.
Speaking about TV, what do you canadians means by "blacked out", the program was replaced by something else or did the screen really turn black?
Anyway, don't cry, it could be worse, you could be french
Here the channel bearing the diffusion rights simply canceled the two american GPs because of some election down there... Sunday I have to invite myself (by force if needed) to some "eurosport granted" place.
I think I have already said it in some other threads but it needs to be expressed again. TF1 SU*KS!
. On the Toyota subject, I fear that if they determine the failure is the consequence of some design flaw, they won't be able to race. One thing I have a doubt on: Did they test this suspention at the Paul Ricard session? Because I remember a Renault member (C.Silk I think) told the Ricard's layout used to simulate Montreal presented only a few similitude to Gille Villeneuve's layout, but was fitted with similar kerbs in the high speed chicanes, thus providing a good base to understand the suspention contraints.
I feel sorry for them. Toyota grew up slowly, but surely. In 2005 they were the third force of the grid (although they are classed 4th because of the us GP farce's points for Ferrari.), but the Bridgestone switch last year cut their progression down, and they seem to have started from scratch again, as if four years experience was canceled.
