Re: Indy F1 course

["Sedon, Doug (OD/ORS)" <sedond@domain.elided>]

hi jay, i'm sure john is yoking about the fact that there's so little passing in
f1 today...
:>)

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>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!

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