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[marksfletcher]

is it just me or does the presence of a safety car cause several problems! the main one being that they are fast road cars but not fast enough for fomula 1. i'm sure that a formula1 car from the previous year could be adapted to perform this feat or a ex le mans car !?

[darwin dali]

Is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron fast enuf for ya?

[welshie]

Lol, good call DD

To be fair tho the safety cars they use are fairly rapid machines, but at the end of the day they are there to slow traffic, not race the other cars. Although i did find it rather funny when the F1 cars were struggling to keep up because the track was soaked through!!

[bud]

lapping at nearly full pace defeats the purpose of having a car called the safety car doesnt it?

for sure tyre pressures drop but what about the marshals trying to help a stricken driver on the side of the track?

Safety car = safety speeds all in all SAFE

[darwin dali]

I was thinking along the same vein, bud. However, why not use a Skoda or somtin'? It has to be fast enough to get its tail out of the way at a reasonable speed upon restart. Apart from the fact it should also look good on the track. How about the manufacturers alternate as to who brings a safety car to a particular race? That way they could showcase their models.

[McLaren786]

I was thinking along the same vein, bud. However, why not use a Skoda or somtin'? It has to be fast enough to get its tail out of the way at a reasonable speed upon restart. Apart from the fact it should also look good on the track. How about the manufacturers alternate as to who brings a safety car to a particular race? That way they could showcase their models.

Well since mercedes do it, why not use an SLR, that should be easily up to the task.

[marksfletcher]

i know the purpose is to slow the pack down but it seems a shame that tyres,engines and brakes all suffer.Maybe with a purpose built car there could be a few faster laps once the track is cleared!

[darwin dali]

Once the track is cleared? Hell, then get off the track in a jiffy, alright? No more laps behind the safety car, fast or slow!

[sidepodcast]

Once the track is cleared? Hell, then get off the track in a jiffy, alright? No more laps behind the safety car, fast or slow!

agreed, this whole 'let backmarkers past' is already going to slow down proceedings enough as it is.