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Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Geez, there are 20+ of these cars every year and there is not much you can do with it.
Who is going to store all of them and preserve them with 20 more coming each year?
I mean if it won the championship maybe, but this car finished 17th, so who cares?
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I dunno, perhaps a driver or two might cherish them but regardless a simple condition of sale is all it takes.
 
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Rooting for him. It really will be a make it or break it scenario.
 
interesting.
Japan 2012 was a wacky race where 6 cars did not finish. but there was no rain. 24 cars started. so for the Sauber to get a podium was a legit achievement.

2004 USA was a cluster duck. only 9 cars finished the race of the 20 that started.
only one Renault finished the race.
both ferrari's finished the race.
both Mclaren finished the race.
and neither Williams. finished. so for the BAR-Honda to finish 3rd, when at the time BAR honda was 3rd in the constructors ahead of Mclaren and Williams is an interesting one, but not that unexpected.

1990 Japan was again insane.
second last race of the year. Prost and Sena lap 1 collision while battling for the championship,
30 cars took part in qualifying.
25 cars started the race.
10 cards finished.
and its the last time there was no European on the podium (double Brazilian and a Japanese person)

and 2021 has had enopugh said about it. when we talk about the impact at the front often, we forget to look at what other things happend further back when lapped cars were not allowed to pass....


very interesting that these races all have a little bit of controversy to them and have the best results for Japanse drivers.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Sorry to whomever this may upset.

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Anyone who believes all these guys have some kind of beef with each other on an ongoing basis really isn't using their brain much.

These guys have spent years together, in close proximity to one another far more so than just normal colleagues as they do driving and practise and events and promotions and all the other kak that goes with it.

Sure some are more close genuine friends than others, but I think it's deeply unlikely any of them would actively avoid or intensely dislike anyone else.

Especially at the podium level where you simply have to have an automatic respect for you fellow drivers.
 
Baxteen said:
interesting.
Japan 2012 was a wacky race where 6 cars did not finish. but there was no rain. 24 cars started. so for the Sauber to get a podium was a legit achievement.

2004 USA was a cluster duck. only 9 cars finished the race of the 20 that started.
only one Renault finished the race.
both ferrari's finished the race.
both Mclaren finished the race.
and neither Williams. finished. so for the BAR-Honda to finish 3rd, when at the time BAR honda was 3rd in the constructors ahead of Mclaren and Williams is an interesting one, but not that unexpected.

1990 Japan was again insane.
second last race of the year. Prost and Sena lap 1 collision while battling for the championship,
30 cars took part in qualifying.
25 cars started the race.
10 cards finished.
and its the last time there was no European on the podium (double Brazilian and a Japanese person)

and 2021 has had enopugh said about it. when we talk about the impact at the front often, we forget to look at what other things happend further back when lapped cars were not allowed to pass....


very interesting that these races all have a little bit of controversy to them and have the best results for Japanse drivers.
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Suzuka has always been an unexpectedly treacherous track when I've raced it in games. Seems all innocent and simple but almost every corner has a very simple potential to go horribly wrong when other cars are involved.

So I'm not at all surprised by the above.

A really interesting stat would actually be the history of each track over time and which corners are the most incident ridden.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Geez, there are 20+ of these cars every year and there is not much you can do with it.
Who is going to store all of them and preserve them with 20 more coming each year?
I mean if it won the championship maybe, but this car finished 17th, so who cares?
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Teams aim to build only 2 chassis per season. The only time they would build more is if one is damaged to the point that it cannot be safely repaired or outright destroyed. The damaged/destroyed chassis will be studied and then scrapped.

What happens to the remaining chassis at the end of the season -
  • Broken up/retained for spares. Not many teams completely change their designs from one season to the next, so there is some parts retention between chassis..
  • Put on display in a museum. Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and Williams notably retain one sample of each chassis and place them in their museums or storage. Red Bull may do the same at Hangar 7.
  • Kept as display/show/promotional vehicles. Example: When Red Bull do those displays through city centres, that's one of the old chassis they have retained.
  • Kept as static display vehicles.
  • Sold to collectors. This will only be the case with much older cars. These tend to end up in private collections, or in the case of cars from pre-2010s, found competing in various heritage events and series.
  • Sold to sponsors as static display vehicles.
  • Destroyed/recycled if no other reason to keep the chassis can be found.
Check this site. You can buy official show cars from the last couple of years. 250,000 pounds gets you Stake's official 2024 show car.

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Somebody also recently purchased a 1998 race-spec Benetton.

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SauRoNZA said:
Anyone who believes all these guys have some kind of beef with each other on an ongoing basis really isn't using their brain much.

These guys have spent years together, in close proximity to one another far more so than just normal colleagues as they do driving and practise and events and promotions and all the other kak that goes with it.

Sure some are more close genuine friends than others, but I think it's deeply unlikely any of them would actively avoid or intensely dislike anyone else.

Especially at the podium level where you simply have to have an automatic respect for you fellow drivers.
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Oh I completely agree. Last part of your first sentence explains much though and is the reason for the post.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Suzuka has always been an unexpectedly treacherous track when I've raced it in games. Seems all innocent and simple but almost every corner has a very simple potential to go horribly wrong when other cars are involved.

So I'm not at all surprised by the above.

A really interesting stat would actually be the history of each track over time and which corners are the most incident ridden.
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I will bet eu Rouge at Spa has the most accidents followed by the tunnel exit at Moneco.

just my gut feel
 
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dotdan said:
Except Max and George though, I sense those two genuinely dislike each other.
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You think? I don't know hey. They had their little spat but I doubt there's any real dislike between them, beyond the usual "not my type of guy" that people generally have with certain colleagues.
 
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