FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO HEINEKEN D'ITALIA 2017: QUALIFYING *** SPOILERS ***

Its all about liability ,lawyers and $$$$$$$ (they prefer to call it safety)

 

I've been saying this for years

 

Damn, these conditions would have made Senna, Piquet, Mansell and Schumacher lick their fingers!
F1 drivers of today have become overpaid clowns who have NO say at all in the ridiculous circus that F1 is nowadays.

 

Watch out for aquaplaning, boys!

 

That's their track dryer?

 

"Danny cam"

 

OMG its a tractor !.DANGER DANGER DANGER.

 

Massa isn't bad at futbol.

 

Thank the parents of Jules Bianchi for this: their lawsuit changed the sport, not the current drivers

 

Checking out the Benz until he got escorted out.

 

When they kicked out Ecclestone, they should have done the same with Whiting.
Start all over.

 

Exactly.

 

i guess this is why we will not have a driverless safety car in the near future .....unless it can report on surface conditions etc etc

 

Looks like it's happening

 

Finally! Restart at 4:40.

 

Its go in 10 minutes

 

Well I was going to watch the highlights later on CH4, seems at this rate the highlights will be the actual live Qualifying ..

 

I hope I can stay up. It is 4:30 am for me.

 

So, it's not late,it's early!

 

The bottom line is this: F1 cars are designed to race in dry conditions, never in all weather.

They have aero that lift the water off the ground and throw it up in the air to create massive spray leaving no visibility. You can blame open wheels as well, that are also far too wide to avoid aquaplaning.

The FIA and car designers never take these considerations into account when they decide new rules.

So, racing in the rain will always be a gamble. It's often too dangerous to start a race, but the public prefers to ignore that because it has paid to watch a race, whatever the risks.