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The Start
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Jack Baruth
(IC: employee)
Published: February 27th, 2013
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There is a majesty in Formula One that is rarely found elsewhere. This six-minute film documents that majesty in completely convincing, and satisfying, fashion.
The 2013 season promises to be enjoyable; Red Bull looks vulnerable and the move of Lewis Hamilton to Mercedes should be very amusing both for fans of close-run racing and those of us who look forward to seeing what Mr. Hamilton can accomplish without McLaren’s competence to back him. I’ll be cheering for Fernando Alonso to match Senna’s three WDCs myself!
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Published February 27th, 2013 10:19 AM
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Joe Saward does a great job of covering the F1 season. He goes to every race. http://joesaward.wordpress.com/
My dad took me to several F1 GP races in the late 50s and early 60s and the cars were so beautiful with out all the advertising and graphics on them. The drivers sat up with the huge steering wheels and you could see them working so hard heaving the wheel back and forth and with the old fashioned helmets you could see their faces as well. I understand the need and I am in favor of all the advances in driver safety that we have today and I guess all that advertising covering the car and drivers suits etc helps pay for that... but I do wish we could do without it. The thing that bothers me about F1 today is the way that the rules are such a drag on progress. The rules about testing and how much cash that they can spend per team are the worst ones for me but if I ruled the world of F1 I would have just a rule on displacement and one that said the car had to fit into a box of a given size be open wheeled not weigh less than X and of course the driver safety rules... tires etc would be what you could afford to buy of convince any maker to build and give you. perhaps even have a formula that would let any sort of engine be used if it fit in the car and the car in the box and make weight.. Almost every form of racing has suffered since they capped lap times/speed for safety reasons... if the track/car/speed combo is too dangerous then do what you need to do to the car or the track to bring the risk to where the drivers are comfortable with it but do not limit speed as that is where the excitement is and seeing the speed get faster every year is something I miss the most... if it could have been don this way think how fast the card at the 24 hour races would be going today.... in the 50s and 60s the speeds went up every year in almost every sort of race... all sorts of different things were tried even jet turbine engines. . (Nascar ceased to be of interest when they stopped using real cars in the 60s but that is another area)
The days of 'run what you brung' are gone, but I would prefer to have refueling reintroduced to allow for more varied strategies. As far as the 2013 season is concerned: GO SEB & GO Red Bull!
I don't know what to do about Alonso anymore. He was the guy to take it to Michael/Ferrari which made him a favorite for me for years. Then he went to Ferrari. which is like having Ichiro go to the Yankees (or everyone go to the Yankees). Still, he's the most talented driver of his generation, and has been in the championship hunt into the last race nearly every season since the mid 00's. Let's see Vettel do that. Oh well, I'm a Sauber guy anyhow. Tschuss...