Thread: Bathurst 2019

Originally Posted by V8Ian

This is not a sport, it's a business.

I believe that Mr Moffat was the first driver to bring professionalism ( that is, proper sponsorship ) to motor racing here. It took time for it to stick, but it did.

I also no longer watch F1, when I used to get up in the middle of the night for each race. I kept on with F1 longer though, because guys like Senna and Schumacher transcended the boring corporate stuff. Nowadays the rules governing the cars and teams won't even allow that.

But Ian, everything is now a business. You northerners should hang on to your rugby, but it won't be too long before it 1, copies the AFL, or 2, is swallowed by it.

Originally Posted by Warby

Agreed, not sure on the actual attendance, but the crowd looked pretty thin at the top of the mountain.

We used to camp up there....

Originally Posted by scarry

I bet the rules are changed so it doesn't happen again.

That brake set up DJRP ran was interesting to say the least.
No one else ran it,but i bet they use it overseas somewhere.

I wonder if it will go the same way as running the race on one set of brake pads and rotors,as LP did one year.

I was thinking that this technique was a pretty well known and used technique. I dont think it was anything new was it?

Originally Posted by Slunnie

If that came down from the team, everybody would have heard that over the radio, its all monitored. I think it was a smart tactic from FC and great team play considering where he was positioned, and its something that RD would have done also - a stickler for knowing the rule book and making any claim he can. The Stewards would have checked the rules more closely than Neil and Mark.

There is much worse than has happened that that at the track though, most certainly not the worst that has happened.

So there it is! Perhaps the team radio has a secret squirrel channel.

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

I was thinking that this technique was a pretty well known and used technique. I dont think it was anything new was it?

Dunno,never seen it used in Aus before.

I believe all teams have there own private comms.

NRL is already a business that has killed club football. Neither the clubs nor players have loyalty to each other.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

NRL is already a business that has killed club football. Neither the clubs nor players have loyalty to each other.

Welcome to the future.

Originally Posted by johntins

Welcome to the future.

Sometimes I'm glad I have more history than future.