Re: Indy F1 course

["Jay Mackro" <jmackro@domain.elided>]

John Katos had informed us:
>
>Indy is building a new road course that uses turns 2, 1 and 4, that's
right,
>they will go "backwards" down the main straight. You can read all about it
>at: www.indyF1.com. It has also been described as the "safe" type of track
>with no passing allowed on course, passing only on pit stops.


Passing only on pit stops?  Is this going to be a race, or a time trial?
Now,
I don't follow Formula 1 much, but have other races been run with this
"no passing" rule?  Certainly I would like to see as safe an environment
as possible created for the drivers, but....   Am I reading this right -
they
can't pass each-other?  Might it be safer still if they just sat in their
cars and made "vroom vroom" noises?  Sounds like the lawyers have
gotten involved.

Say it ain't so!

Jay Mackro

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