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Originally Posted by milt
Those guys are driving in the most irresponsible way I can think of. I don't really care if they hurt each other, but in the name of racing for the good of the teams, Id' fire both of them today. We don't need idiots out there that think so little of the fact that these are multi-million dollar cars and one doesn't interlock wheels with them many times w/o drastic results both to equipment and driver.
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I hope you were being sarcastic.
This sort of driving could be called irresponsible anywhere other than a track, but the fact is it was on a track. There are huge run off areas giving plently of time for the car to slow down before it hits anything, there are no concrete wall on the edge of the racing surface. On top of that, these cars are incredibly strong. Just think back to Kubica's crash earlier in the year. The reality of the situation is that there is very little risk of serious injury to the driver. As for the car - they're rebuildable.
At the end of the day those guys were doing what they get paid to do, and that's to drive the car faster than the other guy. To me that was a superb display of racing and pushing the car and driver to the ragged edge in a controlled environment.
If you want to watch IRL then I respect your decision, but I'm happy watching F1 and will continue to do so.