Should Jordan have stopped Fisi!!!

[M Coupe]

After Ralph had his suspension failure should Jordan have stopped Fisi as a precaution??

I notice that it hasn't been mentioned so far but surely that type of failure is a bit worrying. I haven't read anything to say that Ralph clipped someone or damaged the suspension. All I have seen is the fact it collapsed.

[Adam43]

As it turned out, No. But hindsight is...

[Bibendum]

A good point, M Coupe: I was impressed at Fisi's performance after that incident -- which he had the opportunity to observe from very, very close by... If Fisi had suffered a crash due to the same sort of failure, the decision to "stop out on the track" as Steve Matchett puts it (I imagine that to an American ear that sounds like a car immobile on the track!) would have looked pretty bloody stupid. It was brave of Fisi to go on as he did, and *fantastic* for him to have won/come second in the race.

[Lee Janotta]

Absolutely not.

[Asp]

Depends, we didn't see he clip anyone/anything - but that doesn't mean he didn't. It's so rare for suspension to fail like that, so he probably did hit something - and Jordan would know that from telemetry.

[jetsetter]

Without knowing of any extenuating circumstances i suppose Jordan were in the best position to make the call about Fisi & hindsight shows that it was the right decision.

[Ej10]

Gary anderson said that the suspension failure might have been caused by a previous incident firman had.

[BootsOntheSide]

They're racers at Jordan. Theyv'e got guts. That's all we can say. Unless there was evidence of a structural failure on Firman's car, they were right to keep him out there. Clearly they felt that Firman had made contact with someone else previously, and that caused the suspension to collapse, so they had no reason to bring him in. I suppsoe they checked it over at the pitstop though, as a precaution.

[bastinscully]

No way

[Aysedasi]

Absolutely not - unless the team had some inside information to suggestion that Fisi's car might have the same problem. Which presumably they didn't.......).

[gttouring]

JOrdan should have stopped FISI from talking at the press conference, I say he did win but don't be a preschooler and say what happpened, Kimi didn't agree with the result but he said 'we'll take it' knowing full well the rules worked in his favor, but knowing he was beat. sorry this is another thread. But Fisis should have kept racing, that looked like a freak break of a part..

[bosch!]

If jordan say that Firman had an incident they would know as they would have the telemetry.

[mirwin]

Coultard kept going in Spain last year after Kimi's rear wing broke, and didn't have any problems. IMO Fisi should have been told about Firman's accident, but since he is driving the car, he should make the decision to stop or not.

[high contrast]

Jordan like all these hi-tech people would have stopped Fisi if they really thought the suspension was faulty!

The most strain on suspension components is under braking...Retardation in the wet is a lot less stress than it's in the dry!...conclusion Firman had made contact with something prior to the suspension failing.