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Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« on: April 16, 2010, 10:42:59 pm »

I have just seen the news, what amazing pictures of the Red Bull loosing both front wheels at 180 mph. According to the news the driver said accidents happen and he is out practicing again.
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2010, 01:44:47 am »

Change underwear ASAP.
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2010, 03:20:20 am »

Join a Bob sleigh team


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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2010, 07:14:37 am »

Use the rear ones?

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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2010, 07:30:14 am »

What could you do?? Nothing, just wait for the ride to stop and hope it does not hurt too much!!
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2010, 08:07:06 am »

...and after all that red Bull are 1-2 on the grid again.  I don't think I'd be getting into a car again for a long time!!
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2010, 08:08:42 am »

You know why they don't mind though BB- don't you know RedBull gives you wings!!!
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2010, 09:34:54 am »

What could you do?? Nothing, just wait for the ride to stop and hope it does not hurt too much!!


Yes but not the red bulls the wheels fell off the other team.  the team with the trick suspension that may end up illegal and they get booted out are one two

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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2010, 10:47:40 am »

I think I'd write a strong letter of complaint to the manufacturers  >>:-( >>:-(
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2010, 11:15:42 am »

I was under the impression that all wheels on formula 1 Cars had to be tethered, if this had happened on race day and both wheels complete with
suspension struts had careered  into the spectators the result would have been catastrophic. 

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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2010, 11:44:57 am »

... if this had happened on race day and both wheels complete with
suspension struts had careered  into the spectators the result would have been catastrophic. 

suspension struts attached would probably make the wheels tumble and reduce their range - a spinning gyro-balanced wheel alone would make a much more dangerous projectile, long range and bouncing high enough to clear track fences....
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2010, 11:55:31 am »

suspension struts attached would probably make the wheels tumble and reduce their range - a spinning gyro-balanced wheel alone would make a much more dangerous projectile, long range and bouncing high enough to clear track fences....
Thats OK then, we just have to make sure the whole suspension come off with the wheel and there's no danger.  %)
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2010, 12:26:24 pm »

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I was under the impression that all wheels on formula 1 Cars had to be tethered

  They were, the tethers broke. At that sort of rotation, with the inertia NOTHING is going to keep ANY wheel from breaking loose.

   Regards  Ian.
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2010, 01:39:32 pm »

Thats OK then, we just have to make sure the whole suspension come off with the wheel and there's no danger.  %)

Well, of course, that's exactly what the tethers try to do. If we could ensure that the whole front end stayed attached to the wheels the danger to spectators would be very much reduced.....
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2010, 05:06:52 pm »

If you watch the accident why was the driver steering after the wheels had come off.
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2010, 05:07:15 pm »

Wonder if the Red Bull cars are made by Toyota...  %)
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« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2010, 05:21:28 pm »

Not sure if you gents have seen the video, but link is below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8624276.stm

It was the torro rosso team trying out new uprights.
Quite amazing, luckily he was running parallel to the crash barriers at the time. Hate to think what would have happened if he was at a different angle.
Didn't the Lancia Beta's used to do that in the 80's ?

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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2010, 05:37:44 pm »


 :o :o  Wouldn't fancy paying the bill for those repairs.... or cleaning the seat!
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Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2010, 05:52:26 pm »

  That was probably why he looked as though he was steering, he was actually squirming because he had something unexpected in his pants.  :embarrassed:
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Re: Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2010, 06:03:18 pm »

Wonder if the Red Bull cars are made by Toyota...  %)

I used to work at a BMW garage and every range had a recall, the big one I remember is the 7 series for the possiblity of an engine fire due to the earth strap being to short and yes there was at least 3 car went up in the UK.

So every marque has it problems only now the media have jumped on the bandwagon and are condeming toyota.
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Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2010, 09:17:55 pm »

I watched F1 but have come to one conclusion, IS IT ME OR IS IT BORING?!? Sorry to be controversial, just going watch my paint dry.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :P
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Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2010, 04:03:58 am »

I watched F1 but have come to one conclusion, IS IT ME OR IS IT BORING?!? Sorry to be controversial, just going watch my paint dry.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :P


well no6 save all your energy for watching the prisoner re make, oh by the way he gets out in the end.

Ill  be seeing you

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Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2010, 09:09:08 am »

I watched F1 but have come to one conclusion, IS IT ME OR IS IT BORING?!? Sorry to be controversial, just going watch my paint dry.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :P
It may be BORING although this mornings race has plenty of overtaking going on. But the question you avoided and the subject of this thread was "What would you do if the front wheels fell off?" Now that's not BORING it's frightening.
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Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2010, 07:01:46 pm »

I didn't mean to cause any offence. Just think F1 had got a bit tedious over last few seasons, is getting much better now though. I thought the wheels were supposed to be tethered to stop that happening at running speeds the cars are capable of?? Imagine if one of those headed towards spectators, doesn't bear thinking about. The drivers pretty much a passenger, not much to do but pray and hope! Wasn't it the failure in the steering and suspension with wheel coming up and striking the helmet that cost the life of one of the greatest drivers Ayrton Senna's life? That was one of the reasons for the tethers being brought in wasn't it? Number6 {:-{
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Re: F1 - What would you do if your front wheels fell off?!!
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2010, 04:36:27 pm »

No offence taken Number6, just trying to find out reactions to my original question.
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