Hamilton reigns supreme in Fuji thriller

[SennaMan]

The race should have been cancelled.  Absolutely no question about it.  The low grip in the wet and the completely unsuitable nature of modern F1 cars to run in the wet I don't have a big problem with.  The utter stupidity of forcing teams to decide the day before the race how they will set their cars up when they can't possibly know what the conditions will be ruins any sporting contest but is not necessarily dangerous.

In an F1 car on a track with that amount of water on it the drivers cannot see anything around them.  They are driving completely blind.  That is not a test of skill that is complete and utter stupidity and potentially a complete waste of a life.  Formula one should not race in extreme wet conditions.

Too many drivers in the past have been hurt or killed because they drove into a ball of spray and didn't know where the car that was causing it was. 

Watch the following clip and tell me that it is sane to race in these conditions.  Let alone safe.

Totally with ya SR!

[SennaMan]

A couple of points spring to mind.

F1 raced at Suzuka for years. Everybody liked it.

Fuji has a tradition of unpredictable weather. Look at the last time F1 raced there. Nobody prefers to race in a downpour when they can race in the dry.

So why did Bernie give Suzuka the boot in favour of Fuji?

The second point is one already mentioned by Steven. What sense is there in making a rule that makes drivers go out in torrential conditions on a dry set up and vice versa. Who invents these pathetic rules?

What difference is it going to make to anyone if they are allowed to make certain alterations to spring rates, damper rates, wing angles, roll bars, ride height etc in the interest of safety? Why such a stupid rule?

yeah JB, I think ya know why BE made the change!

Follow the money trail right back to TOYOTA. Big F1 team spenders and owners of FUKI -oops - FUJI whereas HONDA [owners of SUZUKA] are not exactly darlings of BE are they?

Perhaps HONDA said "NO!" to being "TILKEised"?

[CrazyHorse]

i thought it was a great race, not knowing whether the ferraris had enough fuel not to stop again and go from the back of the pack to the front..good stuff

driving in the rain sorts the men out from the boys, notwithstanding a boy won it

spa 1998 was about 1 million times worse

[raindancer]

But not with antics behind a safety car.

[CrazyHorse]

a blast from the past, cant find it in english tho....suprised noone died