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Titolo: Interessante articolo sulla sicurezza

E' molto lungo, è in inglese
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Sta sulla destra, titolo "Cooper straight"
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 Sta sulla destra, titolo "Cooper straight"
E' interessante, riguardo l'incidente di Melbourne [l'autore propende per un
normale incidente di corsa] questo estratto_
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What you didn't see at home was the in-car footage from the BAR captured by
the digital cameras. The closing and impact speed was so great that it
appeared as if either Ralf's transmission had seized or Villeneuve's brakes
had failed completely, but neither driver reported any such problem.
Monza happened on the first lap, but in the case of last weekend's accident
the teams can at least look at the telemetry and see if their guys did
anything different on the lap in question.
"We're doing 300kph into that corner," noted David Coulthard after the race,
"and a guy turning in is probably doing 60-70kph. There's a predetermined
braking distance, and if you get out of step on that by one or two metres,
the speed difference is incredible. It's always going to be difficult."
In the early stages of the race, when fuel loads are high, drivers are to a
certain degree still feeling their way in terms of when they hit the brakes.
It's worth noting that Ralf had already sailed across the grass at the first
corner at the start of the second lap and was obviously not in a very good
mood. The incident cost him three places, and left him in front of Jacques.
It also probably did his tyres no good, but in any case the Michelins
induced understeer in the early stages. It could be that he was having to
adjust his driving to cope.
It's interesting to note that between laps two and four, the gap between the
pair at the startline was 0.413s, 0.439s, and then 0.313s. The crash
happened two corners later, and in other words at that point Jacques was
almost certainly marginally closer to Ralf than he had been previously. He
was also effectively being held up. Up ahead Jarno Trulli was getting away
slightly, and Jacques was also coming under pressure from behind, as his
team mate Olivier Panis gained 0.9s on lap four alone, to put himself 1.1s
behind. Jacques would have been very keen to get moving and get past the
Williams.
Whatever the cause of the collision, it's what happened next that led to the
tragedy. The BAR took off, veered over to the left, and struck the debris
fence with its nose. It then whipped round and hit with the rear.
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almost certainly marginally closer to Ralf than he had been previously.
Questo invece contraddirebbe le dichiarazioni di uomini BAR riportate
da AS riguardo al fatto che JVi nei giri precedenti non fosse stato
cosi' vicino per rendersi conto appieno del comportamento di RSc.

 the speed difference is incredible. It's always going to be difficult."
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E se lo dice DC che è un esperto in rallentamenti repentini...
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Cmq, questa parte dell'articolo è un'analisi ottima di ciò che è 
successo, il resto non l'ho ancora letto.
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