Indianapolis 500 v F1 Monaco

by **Bandung_Dero** » May 30, 2011, 8:28 pm

This weekend I had the opportunity of seeing 2 of the most recognised annual motor sporting events on the calendar.

Both showed reasonable driver skills and team strategies BUT IMHO one was good entertainment whilst the other was as boring as watching paint dry.

How do you compare one against the other?

by **MALC** » May 30, 2011, 9:30 pm

indy 500 winner a brit dan weldon.av speed 220 miles per hr.

by **douglas** » June 1, 2011, 10:18 am

Hi,
Only ever seen the two of them on T.V.. In my opinion the indi 500 was like watching paint dry. Switched it off after 10mins, don't know why i left it on. Giving it a chance to improve, maybe. Far more skill require to drive a F1 car round the Mon. cct. at the speeds they were going. This way the drivers skill, as well as the car, is tested. Some of the F1 drivers, when they get a bit older tend to go in for this type of event. Same with speedway, i much prefer the cross country events. Just my opinion.
Cheers Doug.

by **douglas** » June 1, 2011, 1:08 pm

Hi,
Forgot to add, getting old is my excuse. Car racing was started by Mr. Rolls and Mr Royce at the start of the 1900's. No racing tracks then. They wanted to have a road race to test all cars, it was supposed to start in England. The English Gov., at the time, refused them permission to close the roads for this event. They approached the Gov. of the Isle of Man and they said they would close the roads for a race. This was called the T.T. and was started in 1904. In 1907 they had motor bikes racing round the T.T. course. This has now carried on for over a hundred years now, and is still going. A few years back they even had a race for battery powered bikes over one lap of the T.T. course, 37.75miles. and rising to 1000ft at one point. These bikes did well, but did not match the speed of the eng. bikes which have a lap record of over 130mph. Not bad when you consider the course has three sharp hairpins where on them the speed is down to less than 10mph.
Also was watching a program of car racing in the 1960's. on Sat.. One driver, in the Mon. race, cant remember his name, led all the way, until his car packed up on the 93 lap. Did not say how many laps the race was. The commentators on Sun where saying this is the longest race in the F1. and a hard race on drivers and cars. There were only 78laps on Sunday, and they only had to press a button, on the steering wheel, to change gear. and had all the wings etc. to help them.
Cheers Doug.
Cheers Doug.

Indianapolis 500 v F1 Monaco