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Formula 1 - 2009 season (pg. 16)
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| Philby |
W E B B E R!!!!!
YEAH!!!! whoo! :D :D :D i was so excited at the end, i had a couple of tears haha. what a race! to come back from a drive through, put in so many fast laps, awesome drive!! |
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| stren |
| agreed, Webbo did good ! |
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| DJ Damerchi |
| not F1, but RIP Henry Surtees. That was some really bad luck. |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Damerchi
not F1, but RIP Henry Surtees. That was some really bad luck. |
The guy who got hit with a tire on the head while driving? i saw that ... scary :/ |
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| pmoisse |
^ yeah, I tuned into that masters race on Sunday for a bit then switched to MotoGP before this happened.
:(
That's two promising young guns dead this year (Joe Tandy being the other).
Sad.
RIP |
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| noikeee |
| Joe had dropped his racing career a couple years ago, he was now helping out his brother Nick by setting up a team for him in F3. |
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| pmoisse |
^ true, forgot about that. I just remember seeing a highlight reel of this kid who pretty much started his own team and started winning.
Sad loss for racing regardless. |
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| stren |
| i still can't get over that death, so unlucky |
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| stren |
and now Massa gets seriously injured in another freak accident :(
Closed cockpits will be on the discussion table |
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| pmoisse |
While there's no doubt that these latest deaths and Massa's injury are seriously unfortunate and tragic, I think that if motor racing becomes too sanitized, it will lose the excitement that is what made it the spectacle that it is today.
I was watching a brilliant feature on Sir Stirling Moss today who still races a historic Masserati OSCA at the age of 80, and he was saying that motor racing needs to be dangerous. Not reckless, or careless, but dangerous.
It's a tough call for sure, between legacy vs. evolution, safety vs. acceptable risk.
I think in this case with Massa, and with the case with Henry Surtees, these were freak accidents and nothing more. The loss of a life, especially a young and promising one is certainly nothing to take lightly, however, if safety was to be paramount above everything, we shouldn't be going motor racing in the first place. |
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| ivofivo |
OMFG.
Its all over the news. Did you guys here that Schumacher might replace Massa for the remainder of the season? |
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| stren |
| BMW might pull out of F1 :eek: |
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