Please ban driver-to-pit radio communication!

Disagree. If they are moaners I want to know about it and adjust my respect level accordingly.

Edited by HuddersfieldTerrier1986, 26 August 2012 - 14:40.

Embarrassing themselves...or embarrassing you on their behalf?

On the contrary I would love to hear more of it. I can't wait till we get to tune in to whatever driver we want and hear all their radio.

Please ban team radio communiation!

The problem I have is not even of a strategic or tactical nature, even though team radio certainly had an important influence on both of these elements of motor racing.

What I want to complain about is the fact that for a couple of years now we had the pleasure to listen to more and more team radio communications in all the major racing series. Yes, some of the time we gain crucial insights into important strategic decisions made. But most of the time we have to listen to drivers embarassing themselves.

All this whining and moaning about the rain or other drivers. I simply lose every respect for those whiners. It is like football players falling as if they were struck by a lightning after they got close to another player. You lose all respect. What super slowmotion is for soccer, pit radio is for racing.
Every driver who says "I'm faster than him" or "Stop the race" should have a drive-through penalty. Shut up and drive!
I cannot imagine Graham Hill or Jim Clark moaning and whining in a race. And even if they did, they had to keep it for themselves and their supporters could keep a dignified image of them.

They should ban driver-team communications. There should be a one-way emergency line from race control to all the drivers to announce safety cars or other dangerous conditions. That's it.

Edited by Suntrek, 26 August 2012 - 15:03.

Please ban team radio communiation!

The problem I have is not even of a strategic or tactical nature, even though team radio certainly had an important influence on both of these elements of motor racing.

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Disagree. If they are moaners I want to know about it and adjust my respect level accordingly.

I'd like to ban the radios because at the moment the race gets stage managed by the pits. I want the drivers to make their own decisions about things.

if anybody needs to shut up,it is then those who whine about every itty-bitty that goes on with F1 and always assume they understand racing better than drivers and teams......

We hear about 1 or 2 percent of communication. It's a brilliant little insight. If FOM weren't so frightened of offending viewers, no doubt we'd hear some cracking comments.

I hired fanvision for monza, and it says team radio is a feature. Anyone know exactly what they mean by this? Pick a driver and hear all their radio?

I'd like to ban the radios because at the moment the race gets stage managed by the pits. I want the drivers to make their own decisions about things.

Please ban team radio communiation!

The problem I have is not even of a strategic or tactical nature, even though team radio certainly had an important influence on both of these elements of motor racing.

What I want to complain about is the fact that for a couple of years now we had the pleasure to listen to more and more team radio communications in all the major racing series. Yes, some of the time we gain crucial insights into important strategic decisions made. But most of the time we have to listen to drivers embarassing themselves.

All this whining and moaning about the rain or other drivers. I simply lose every respect for those whiners. It is like football players falling as if they were struck by a lightning after they got close to another player. You lose all respect. What super slowmotion is for soccer, pit radio is for racing.
Every driver who says "I'm faster than him" or "Stop the race" should have a drive-through penalty. Shut up and drive!
I cannot imagine Graham Hill or Jim Clark moaning and whining in a race. And even if they did, they had to keep it for themselves and their supporters could keep a dignified image of them.

They should ban driver-team communications. There should be a one-way emergency line from race control to all the drivers to announce safety cars or other dangerous conditions. That's it.

Edited by Sakae, 27 August 2012 - 06:09.

My main problem with it on TV is that it is too delayed. In the last race, we heard the Kimi vs Grosjean radio about 1-2 laps after they fought for position when Kimi was coming out of the pits.

Having the pit/car communications during the races has provided so much insight into how the drivers computers are thinking during the races.

Edited by Sakae, 27 August 2012 - 16:02.

lolwat, OP.

You would have robbed us of Mark's scream of delight when he won his first grand prix, then? Was that embarrassing for you too? What about his clever "not bad for a number 2 driver"? Would you have robbed him of that opportunity to make a point, and just have him sit there listening to Horner being a condescending prick and telling him to smile?

That's where he lost my respect (after I read it somewhere later on).

I'm fine with radio, but I'd like to see a ban one most of the adjusters driver has on the steering wheel, so drivers would have to stick with one brake balance ratio, one engine map etc. for the race. I think that would help to differentiate cars performance over various places on the track and could help the overtaking, so maybe DRS/KERS wouldn't be needed. Especially the bloody KERS.

You lost respect for Mark because he stuck up for himself? You lost respect for Mark because he got treated like sh*t that weekend and didn't lie down and take it?