From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-11-05 12:51, a425couple wrote:   
   > On 11/4/24 17:30, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2024-11-03 20:48, ~misfit~ wrote:   
   >>> On 4/11/2024 10:39 am, pP85PrR wrote:   
   >>>> What an F'd up weekend.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I realize that there has always been weather that has affected race   
   >>>> weekends, but this recent one is the worst I can recall. OK, maybe   
   >>>> the Spa non-race is up there. (And I've been a fan for a while.)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> As an aside, kudos to the race director for the unnecessary   
   >>>> confusion of abort/abandon.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm afraid to check the news for penalties. I suspect it will be   
   >>>> more of a shitshow.   
   >>>   
   >>> I was so pissed off when the red flag was thrown. It seems that most   
   >>> of the field don't have the sense to use the supplied full wet tyres   
   >>> when it's fully wet! So, the race director decides it's too dangerous   
   >>> and a guy who stayed out, partly causing this danger, on 30 lap old   
   >>> intermediate tyres in a downpour is gifted a win?   
   >>   
   >> The problem isn't that teams won't use the extreme wet.   
   >>   
   >> The problem is that we've gotten to the point where the technology of   
   >> the cars combined with the extreme wet tires lets them work in   
   >> conditions that throw up so much spray that the drivers really can't SEE.   
   >>   
   >> I've been out on a very wet track with far less technology and it can   
   >> be a challenge.   
   >>   
   >> Just look at some of the in-car/on-car video from Brazil when it was   
   >> just the intermediate tires and imagine it even worse with extreme wet   
   >> tires.   
   >>   
   >> I do think that the FIA needs to re-think the rules regarding tire   
   >> changes during red flag periods during a race, though.   
   >   
   > I certainly agree about heavy rain causing vision problems   
   > for the drivers - this is not a skill problem, it is an absolute   
   > safety problem.   
   > And not just for the drivers, but also for race control and for   
   > turn workers.   
   >   
   >   
      
   And that's coming from you...   
      
   ...who I watched drive around at nearly walking pace in your sports   
   racer after all your competitors had gone off track in heavy rain!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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