Probbly cos cornering speeds are much higher now. Smaller tyres, less wing, all sorts of things. They woon’t stop the race without good reason.
Wet races 10-20 years ago were much slower than they are now. So, just too dangerous now to go full on in conditions like this.
Hmmmm. You have a point, but I definitely don’t agree with it!
These guys are the best of the best, they should be able to keep it on the track, they should be able to deal with the conditions.
F1 cars of years gone by were slower, but they were harder to drive too! Manual gear changes in most cars til about 93, and much more grunty engines if not quite the peak top speeds. They also used to have “monsoon” condition tyres available to them too, for conditions such as today!
Health and safety is very important indeed, but I’m not convinced it should intervene so much in wet weather. After all, overall speeds are much lower, so though the probability of an accident is higher, the consequences will be lower as a result of lower speeds.
Put it this way, if I was Vettel, I’d stop my whining over the radio, take a hint off Rihanna and “shut up and drive”!!!
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