tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post8894589755747304470..comments2024-03-29T06:06:39.405+00:00Comments on Talking about F1: The F1 blog: It's time to stop the blockGraham Keillohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514708469215327323noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post-30498374424086169102011-09-18T16:39:09.332+01:002011-09-18T16:39:09.332+01:00Completely agree - it was plain from Michael's...Completely agree - it was plain from Michael's actions early in the year that he just didn't get it, and was liable to kill somebody before the hint sank in. What he did to Petrov (in Turkey, I believe) was ridiculous, and in a world with DRS's closing rates, massively dangerous.<br /><br />Aero has created the inability to pass, and so now aero is being used to facilitate it. It's certainly not the most "pure" solution, and its effects have been too dramatic at times this year, but in a world with DRS, the rules should make it very clear that blocking of any kind on the approach to a corner is forbidden. As you note, if the move to block the inside is made early enough, I can see an exception being allowed, but Michael's tactic of simply diving toward the inside line on the approach to a corner to discourage overtaking is clearly outside the current spirit of the rules, and should be made to be outside the letter going forward.Rick Baumhauerhttp://baumhauerphoto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post-68493595882156900282011-09-18T15:08:42.360+01:002011-09-18T15:08:42.360+01:00What about the practice when holding the inside li...What about the practice when holding the inside line of pushing a driver to the outside and beyond after the apex of a corner ?<br /><br />I must admit when I first saw the rules above quoted at the beginning of the season I thought the intention was that if you'd managed to hang on around the outside you could not then, as so often in f1, be simply pushed off the track on the exit. The onus being on the guy on the inside to leave a cars width on the exit if required. It appears currently that if you're on the inside at the apex you are perceived to have the racing line and can pretty do much what you want on the exit regardless of the consequences to the "other guy".Dean Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716556028870016676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post-67303358303444365132011-09-18T00:03:52.640+01:002011-09-18T00:03:52.640+01:00Well argued. Defensive lines are one thing, squeez...Well argued. Defensive lines are one thing, squeezing a car until there is no choice but to back off or returning to the racing line after having abandoned it is unsporting Playstation-esque behaviour. And I certainly agree about complacency pre-94, we should learn as much from the mis-guided attitudes of the time as we take from the technical failings of the era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com