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[Wez]

In my opinion there are a few problems with A1!

The first is more of an observation than a problem, in that all the cars are meant too be equal.
BullSh!t...
Thomas Shekter is one of the best drivers in the IRL and yet he ran midfield behind clowns like yoong (who is useless) & unknowns.

It’s more about the car and the car setup than the drivers (The South African car for example is set up like an 18 wheeler truck).

Secondly the Practice is too drawn out and very boring.

Thirdly the Gap between the good drivers and the bad drivers is extremely vast, which will cause major accidents.

[Jenson_Rules]

It's OK! I just dislike the sprint race and I dunno, its just not as good as i expected!

[monza gorilla]

Maybe Mr Scheckter is poor at setting a car up. And if he's one of the best drivers in IRL then the standard is either very low or he's improved out of all recognition over the last couple of years.

[Wez]

monza gorilla, on Oct 10 2005, 04:39 PM, said:

Maybe Mr Scheckter is poor at setting a car up. And if he's one of the best drivers in IRL then the standard is either very low or he's improved out of all recognition over the last couple of years.

I think SA have the muppets setting up their car,
He's an extreamly quick driver, Infact a couple of years ago he led nearly the entire Indy 500 before his car let go. I gaurantee you he's better than 90% of the A1 drivers(including Piquet Jnr).

Edited by Wez, 10 October 2005 - 02:49 PM.

[monza gorilla]

Wez, on Oct 10 2005, 03:49 PM, said:

I think SA have the muppets setting up their car,
He's an extreamly quick driver, Infact a couple of years ago he led nearly the entire Indy 500 before his car let go. I gaurantee you he's better than 90% of the A1 drivers including Piquet Jnr).

I don't dispute that!    I've not paid him much attention since his Jaguar days, to be honest.

[demonhorse]

Jenson_Rules!!!, on Oct 10 2005, 02:39 PM, said:

It's OK! I just dislike the sprint race and I dunno, its just not as good as i expected!

Here's the thing...

When something gets all the media hype that A1 Grand Prix has had, it's going to be hard to live up to, and even harder to consistently live up to IF it manages it at first. Almost a setup for a fall really.

That said, I blame the media and NOT the organisers (or at least the media more than the organisers) as every interview with the organisers that I have heard didn't play it up as much as say BSkyB (who's sports channels show it in the UK) who's ads basically did everything BUT make the statement "This WILL be better than F1". I also know every newspaper I read that day had 'fair comparisons' (which of course were unfair or untrue) between A1 and F1, despite the fact the organisers had said they did NOT want to compete with Bernie (why else put A1 on largely in F1s off-season?). The organisers also emphasised the differences in CONCEPT, things such as no  driver actually scores points, just the countries/teams which BSKYB did not do.

In a way they also had a case of bad timing, because the very day A1 debuted at Brands Hatch, Formula One got it's first new champion for 5 years.


Seems to me that the wider media attention on A1 faded almost the day after it's debut. Brands got a five minute slot on Radio1 Newsbeat, whereas yesterdays race barely scraped a mention, probably extended by the fact britain did well, and they said more about F1 Japanese GP.

[jjoseph]

Wez, on Oct 10 2005, 04:58 PM, said:

In my opinion there are a few problems with A1!

The first is more of an observation than a problem, in that all the cars are meant too be equal.
BullSh!t...
Thomas Shekter is one of the best drivers in the IRL and yet he ran midfield behind clowns like yoong (who is useless) & unknowns.

It’s more about the car and the car setup than the drivers (The South African car for example is set up like an 18 wheeler truck).

Secondly the Practice is too drawn out and very boring.

Thirdly the Gap between the good drivers and the bad drivers is extremely vast, which will cause major accidents.

You are right Wez. Its more the setup of the car. Whoever having a good engineering team can perform well irrespective of the driver.
I have seen a lot of problems during the pitstop. The pit crew is strugling to remove the wheel nuts most of the times. Its happening with almost all the teams. i read in pitpass that this will be sorthed out very soon.
The live telecast we are getting in Middle East through Al Jazeera Sports is pathetic. First of all there is no English commentary. The on board cameras are very dark and not clear at all. The informations we are getting on the television is very less and difficult to understand. I dont know whether this is a problem only with Middle East transmission or not.
Any way so far A1 is noteven 50% up to the expectation.

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