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Title: Indy car vs F1
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 10 March 2010, 22:22:02

Whats the difference between these?

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Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: ChevetteNick on 11 March 2010, 01:47:41

Chalk and Cheese mate.
Indy Car: Effectively reduced to a single make series due to the financial costs.
F1: Build a car so as to bend the rules just enough to be legal basically....bloody expensive.

Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: feeutfo on 11 March 2010, 07:11:46

think indy run on methanol, last i looked anyway? burns invisibly, gives the marshels something to think about,or so they where saying.

Not seen it since the Mansell days.

Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: Hannah Judes Dad on 11 March 2010, 23:24:04

Indy cars were allowed to run turbo's with a 'boost' button for overtaking  :) they have differnt weight limits to F1 cars as well iirc

Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: webby23 on 12 March 2010, 08:34:48

http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/vstech.htm

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Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 12 March 2010, 09:35:48

Thats great - thanks

Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: duggs on 12 March 2010, 21:16:22

Difference ?   One's very boring the other is mildly boring !   Just driving fast with no contact advisable.

Unlike Touring/DTM/V8...which is soddin' good racin'.

Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: webby23 on 12 March 2010, 21:19:50

Emphasise being on the FAST Dugg.....

Different horses for different courses and all that...

This year F1 will be a good un though

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Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: ChevetteNick on 12 March 2010, 21:47:28

There's more action in one lap of motorbike racing than those others combined through the whole race ;)

Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: duggs on 13 March 2010, 01:05:41

I drove Silverstone once on a Vauxhall sponsored day...drove a Vectra Sri around the track and during the pre-talk one of the chaps who spoke to us, who's driven and raced all events in motor sports asked for any questions at the end.

I asked "out of all the forms of motor racing, what is the most difficult and demanding"...

Without hesitation he said...."touring car"
"It kills you" he said. "You literally finish the race battered, bloodied and broused".

"Surely Formula 1 is as hard" asked I.  "No" he said, "F1 needs higher concentration levels due to the speeds involved "but Touring Car is recognised as the most difficult and demanding form of competitive racing you can do."

I DO hope that old schummy brings a bit more excitment back in to F1 though...

Title: Re: Indy car vs F1
Post by: Hannah Judes Dad on 14 March 2010, 00:07:01

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There's more action in one lap of motorbike racing than those others combined through the whole race ;)

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