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Title: Let's hope for better start this weekend than 1987 Austrian F1 GP
Post by: John S on June 27, 2018, 12:03:30 PM

Start line chaos at 1987 Austrian GP.
26 cars started the race with only 14 classified finishers, oh and Brundle was disqualified.
We don't seem to have mass shunts like we used to, good thing too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwH_TWYKueU

Title: Re: Let's hope for better start this weekend than 1987 Austrian F1 GP
Post by: Jericoke on June 27, 2018, 03:00:43 PM

Drivers could rely on a red flag/restart if there was a big crash in turn one, so they'd go for it, if they caused a crash, no big deal, and if they got ahead without a crash, so much the better.

If there was a crash they'd just go back to the pits and hop into the spare car for the restart.  The restarts were always better behaved, much like today's starts.

Title: Re: Let's hope for better start this weekend than 1987 Austrian F1 GP
Post by: Irisado on August 14, 2018, 06:00:13 PM

14/26 finishers was actually a pretty high number for 1987, a year in which turbos and their engines blew spectacularly on a regular basis.  I'd also argue that modern Formula 1 needs more collisions to make things interesting, given how dull most of the races are these days.

Title: Re: Let's hope for better start this weekend than 1987 Austrian F1 GP
Post by: Alianora La Canta on August 19, 2018, 09:49:01 PM

I remember some great running races back to the pits to commandeer spare cars, back in the day...