Comments on: F1 dreams for Australian Chris Wootton

By: petepigottcom

petepigottcom — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:07:02 +0000

hell do it, go for it Chris !

By: Richo

Richo — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:19:25 +0000

Australian Bookshop – i wouldn’t call any of the current crop of F1 drivers sunday drivers though, even though there may have been better who missed out, you still have to have an extreem amount of talent to be able to drive an F1 car at the limit. Cameron McConville is a reasonably well accomplished race driver but when he got a chance to drive the Honda F1 car last year he said he couldn’t get it anywhere even close to its limits, the car was just too good for him.

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:25:19 +0000

hahaha Nah Alan.Hes got tall gearing takes ages for him to get there

By: Australian Online Bookshop

Australian Online Bookshop — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:12:16 +0000

I’m affraid Richo is right. Money talks. It doesn\’t matter how good the kid is if he hasn\’t got the financial backing behind him. There have been a plethera of talented and fast drivers over the years that couldn\’t get in the front door because they didn\’t have the backing. Its for this reason that formula 1 isn\’t all it could be for me at least. I would prefer not to see sunday drivers linning up on the grid just because they have the financial backing to buy a seat.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:45:36 +0000

BM I thought LES excited you??? Does he launch in under 4 secs?

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:58:08 +0000

Anything that launches from 0-100 under 4s would excite me,I doubt many people would have had that opportunity !

Good on the guy,I wish him well !

By: Richo

Richo — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:42:35 +0000

oh and pulling 6 g’s under brakes and 3 g’s through corners is pretty freekin impressive mate! again, learn a little about what your talking about because thats what F1 cars can do!

By: Richo

Richo — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:42:01 +0000

Umm Alex, you do realise a formula BMW car is not a Formula one car, the 0-100 in 4 seconds and top speed 230 is for formula BMW not formula one. Formula 1 car reach speeds of up to 360km/h when configured for high speed circuits (although we havent been to the old completely awesome hockenheim for a long time) and 0-100 is more like 2 seconds. That IS fast mate…

So maybe come back when you know a little more about what your talking about eh? As for having to be a nerd to follow F1, then i guess you have to be a thug to follow rugby league, rich to follow rugby union, a bogan to follow AFL and italian to follow soccer… how about you pull your head in mate! Just because none of YOUR mates are interested doesn’t mean there isn’t other people who are and we don’t need to put up with your shit about it.

By: Kovy

Kovy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:38:01 +0000

Good on him.

He won’t make it, though. Formula BMW is the next step up from karting, it’sbelow Formula 3, Formula 2, Renault World Series, A1GP, GP2, and probably a few other series.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:15:27 +0000

Yeah, because that’s exactly where the world’s money should be going right now.
I love cars. They’re my second favourite thing in the world. But even the most avid petrol head’s say that F1 is one of the most boring things in the world. Who cares?
I’m sure some love it to pieces but the only person I’ve ever met who did like it was a massive nerd. And that sums it up. You have to be a nerd. You have to appreciate how the car works because they are not beautiful, they are not particularly fast; (Quote, During his stint with BMW, Chris will be driving a Formula BMW FB02 which accelerates to 100km/h in under four seconds and hits a top speed of 230km/h. – those numbers don’t exactly blow me away) and they aren’t particularly exciting somehow.
Feel free to disagree but I have a good mind to think that you won’t. I, like many, have fallen asleep watching so I don’t even bother now. Do you? I’d like to know if anybody still does.