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No more pit wall celebrations
As part of its package for 2006, the World Motor Sport council has revealed that pit wall celebrations will effectively be banned next season.
In a footnote to today's statement the WMSC announced that as an additional safety measure for 2006, "team personnel and spectators will be banned from climbing on the pit wall fencing during or after races." Pitpass WHAT?! are you serious? It's Halloween, not April Fools... |
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Yes it's serious.
But while the intent is to improve safety, somebody obviously forgot that they can make the fencing "stronger" and safer, rather than take people off it. Or at least, have a small area just ahead of the pit entry for pit members to cheer the winning guy. Another move that kills an aspect of the sporting atmosphere in F1. Too many rules for it's own good. |
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Sensible move.
It's really the FIA covering its back, lest someone should be killed |
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A serious side to this is that the people who are making these ridiculous rules, and I don't stop at Motorsport here, were, in the main, themselves brought up in a time when the rules didn't exist (And, as they say, it never did them any harm!). When the younger generations, who know nothing else, start making the rules, where will we be? Maybe racing itself will be banned? |
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Being killed crashing an F1 car is an "acceptable" risk.
Being killed falling off a pitwall is pathetic. |
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![]() Sometimes the FIA sicken me,they ban pit wall celebrations,but they continue with refueling and reintroduce tyre changes all within close proximity of Human Beings.We've seen the potential for disaster every year since refueling was introduced,but it appears to be an "acceptable" risk. Perhaps they'll be no more overhead camera shots in future lest the helicopter falls out of the sky.No more races in the rain for fear of injury to marshalls and drivers.No more "brolly dollies" for fear that they might distract a mechanic from doing up a wheel nut correctly. Already the "character" has been drained from F1 because of meddling (no doughnuts or stopping for flags at the end of races anymore),where will it all end. |
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Oh, purrlllleeeease...
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I really can't see much of a risk here - teams have been doing thsi for years, it's happened at virtually every racetrack currently used, and has never caused any problems. In any case, how much woudlr einforcing the fences cost? F1 desperately needs to convey personality, and that often comes from spontaneous celebration. How do you think people would react to Helio Castroneves' fence-climbing victory routine, ro some of Rossi's victory celebrations?
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pc pc pc lets take any sense of any kind of risk out of every aspect of life and live our happy little lives as metronomic little clones...for gods sakes what is wrong with the world that ranks with the trees being cut down by local councils so that kids cant climb them and fall out of them
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I hear Max is taking control of the England and Wales Cricket Board when he finally retires from the FIA and is going to introduce sponge balls just in case anybody gets hurt
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Ludicrous. How many years has this been going on in all classes of motorsport at all the tracks in the world? Why decide something like this now?
The world is going absolutely bonkers. What next? Having to clearly label which end the front of the car is to deny any liability should someone inadvertantly be run over in the pitlane? |
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Agreed, this just goes to show that the people who make the rules just want to squeeze the life and personality out of the sport.
Track invasion anyone? Oh wait, thats banned too. |
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classic...one step forward, two steps back
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one up for safety, three back for formula 1
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Don't tell the FIA, but there are people who jump off of the banks and run onto the track during the race....or am I missing something.
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Yeah, i neber thought of that. Remember the merc employee or the dodgy priest.
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What a complete and utter nonsense.
I'd like to see the WSC/FIA enforce that. |
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Soon people will be tazered for smiling. People become briefcases.
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