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20 Jun 2005, 00:16 (Ref:1333846) | #1 | ||
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What's the deal with gloves?
I know this is relatively monor compared to todays events, however:
Why are all the drivers rolling up their gloves? I saw Webber do it at Monaco (never seen it before) and noy almost all of them are doing it! or are they just keeping their wrists cool? |
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20 Jun 2005, 00:41 (Ref:1333871) | #2 | |
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Ive seen lots of the GP2 guys doing it too
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20 Jun 2005, 07:05 (Ref:1334137) | #3 | |
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heaps of drivers do it,,, gets airflow right through ur suit works pretty well
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Yeah I've noticed that recently - nothing like second degree burns to the wrists is there. Complete idiots in my opinion, FIA should be handing out big fines. Or bans.
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20 Jun 2005, 08:36 (Ref:1334203) | #5 | ||
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20 Jun 2005, 20:55 (Ref:1335091) | #6 | |
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Bans?....isnt it a drivers problem if they get burnt if they want to roll up their gloves? Anyway how can they police it with the cars that dont always run on board cameras?
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20 Jun 2005, 21:21 (Ref:1335113) | #7 | ||
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Are they actually burning themselves by doing so? Ow
Sounds like someone should come up with a short hose that peeks out of the cockpit and funnels into the suit somehow-I know that would be appreciated by many open-wheel drivers. Off to the patent office |
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20 Jun 2005, 21:36 (Ref:1335130) | #8 | ||
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Quite often see drivers in the WRC with their sleeves rolled up too...
Are gloves acutally mandatory in F1 etc? Not sure they are under MSAUK regs. |
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20 Jun 2005, 21:43 (Ref:1335141) | #9 | |
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Didnt rally drivers race in just a fireproof t-shirt on some of the hot rallys?? I'm sure i've seen Colin Mcrae among with other drivers do this.
In F1, i dont see the problem with it, the driver knows they are putting themselves at risk of injury, so i say let them do what they like (to a certain degree) |
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*Just* a fireproof t-shirt? Sounds a bit risque
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For those of you wondering why its perhaps not necessary to wear gloves or the correct level of fireproofing heres a picture of Jim Hurtubise's hands after his firey 1964 accident at Milwaukee. He had 40% of his body burned and the Doctors reset his hands afterwards so that he could grip a steering wheel. (Warning, not that bad a pic but a little gnarly!) http://home.att.net/~raceshooter/ima...o/herkhand.jpg
I personally wear fireproof socks, boots, gloves and a balaclava where my body isnt protected by my three layers kart overalls when in my Rotax-max. Overkill you might think, and I'm a bit of a pussy - but these things still have enough fuel on board to start a fire if the worse came to the worse and I want to be able to extricate myself or others without too much danger if necessary. |
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21 Jun 2005, 18:18 (Ref:1336243) | #13 | ||
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I noticed that Michaels gloves were "rolled" on the on board shots.
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That's so frickin uncool man! |
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Hahahaha
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