current F1driver vs. yesterday F1 drivers

Far Out · Sep 3, 2010

Great thread, guys. A serious, factual discussion without anyone shouting "[favourite driver] is the best!!!!" - where do you find that nowadays? Very interesting points you bring up.

Il Vecchio · Sep 3, 2010

patricko said: ↑

And if you were in a crash you hoped you would be thrown clear.

I guess that beats being burnt alive
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Today's safety advances are far to my liking. Wish we could keep the high BHP, skinny tires, drum brakes but with modern safety advances...

Gilles27 · Sep 3, 2010

tifosi12 said: ↑

Good point. However don't mix up dirty driving with a higher acceptance of risk: Some of the older F1 drivers commented on the stunt MS pulled on Rubens in Hungary and they said they would have never done that. Simply because they (in the position of MS) could have just as easily been killed.

So: While today's F1 cars are clearly safer they also seem to give the drivers a wider zone "to play with".
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I agree--by describing the personalities, I meant it more in a sense of them having the mental steel to compete in previous eras, not that they would drive dirty or that doing so would be condoned by their peers.

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