Comments on: Video: 2001 Malaysian GP flashback

By: David S

David S — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:28:53 +0000

Hardly surprising Schumacher won when he put on intermediates then petitioned race control not to restart the race because it was too wet!

By the time the race restarted, everyone’s wet tyres were shot and not suitable for track conditions.

I somehow think he’ll have less luck with these days, especially people can defend a corner against him (Alguersuari) and don’t get an instant penalty like Montoya used to get.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:51:07 +0000

It was a safety issue. Under the old system when the safety car came out often many drivers would get a pit stop in because it would mean they could do so without losing too much time to the leaders. This meant drivers were racing flat-out to the pits under circumstances where there was a dangerous incident on the track.

To stop that happening, they introduced a rule saying the pits would be closed at the start of a safety car period. It also gives the race director the option of directing the safety car and the pack through the pits in the event of there being a lot of damage on the start/finish straight.

By: sChUmAcHeRtHeGrEaTeStEvEr

sChUmAcHeRtHeGrEaTeStEvEr — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:31:28 +0000

i dont understand why they made those new safety car rules what does it really bring to make the races more exciting or safer?

By: milos

milos — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:16:43 +0000

the Brawn masterstroke is unfortunatelly impossible to repeat under the new safety car rules …

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:22:08 +0000

Jos Verstappen is not in F1 now because he and his backers asked for too much money when negotiating with Jordan in 2004. His position had been weakened by struggling to keep pace with Justin Wilson’s better races in 2003.

By: Varun Murthy

Varun Murthy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:03:59 +0000

I wonder why Verstappen is not in F1 any more..he was much more difficult to pass in an arrows compared to hakkinen and coulthard in mclarens..

By: del

del — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:42:26 +0000

I was at this race and what a race it was. The downpour was interesting as from my vantage point at turn 1, it was dry! You could see a line across the track where the rain had fallen, it never rained at turns 1,2,3 13/14 but the rest of the circuit was wet. You can just about see the wet/dry line crossing the track in the video above just at the pitlane exit. Looking back at it now, it’s a painful contrast to the GP last week, two ferraris off circuit, down to last positions but finished with a 1-2.