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This thread is non-euclidean, for it has no point
ev4n:
Ayrton Senna.
Every sport has rules.
LeeC:
osaka:
--- Quote from: ev4n on 10 Feb 2015, 07:11 ---Ayrton Senna.
Every sport has rules.
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--- Quote from: Akima on 10 Feb 2015, 04:22 ---Absurd? Maybe, but it's done all the time, even in Formula One. Sometimes for "safety", sometimes to make the racing more exciting for the spectators, sometimes to contain costs.
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F1 doesn't have a top speed limiter on race. Massa's 235mph mark on Monza would say that.
(Before we go any further with power to weight ratios and how an F1 should be faster down a straight - consider the aerodynamics of every open wheeler as those of a gold bar. An F1 car is pushed to the ground by air so hard you could drive it upside down at roughly 65m/s)
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 10 Feb 2015, 05:53 ---Having a maximum speed on the straight isn't limiting the use of skill to achieve the maximum possible speed round bends or through chicanes.
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It's an oval.
And also, MoM's point. I've seen it happen too, it's nigh impossible to overtake on circuit truck racing because the trucks are limited to 100mph so you can't use speed to overtake. And then you have dudes that are driving 10 ton machines pushing each other around. Which isn't exactly safe either.
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--- Quote from: osaka on 10 Feb 2015, 04:03 ---What kind of bullshit is that? A motorsport with restrictor plates?
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Dale Earnhardt, Rodney Orr, Neil Bonnett, Tiny Lund and Joe Weatherly would say hi, but they're kinda dead.
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That's why the sport has risks. F1 is ages faster and nobody's died since Ayrton Senna* mentioned earlier. Who would've died with that restrictor plate anyways because his suspension gave up and his front wheels weren't touching the ground. And once again, a restrictor plate at such a high speed doesn't really reduce the problem that much. You're crashing at about 80m/s. You're blowing up, and that's almost final.
I know it's not the best thing, but motorsports, just by their very nature, include a risk of death. Trying to "eliminate" said risk putting restrictor plates is futile. Unless the restrictor plate is set to 20mph.
*Jules Bianchi, while not dead, could be in the near future (let's hope he doesn't die). But one would argue that it was a massive failure from the entire safety apparatus on Suzuka, which is actually where Daijiro Kato died about 15 years ago.
K1dmor:
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