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Re: [SPOILER] Start…

That doesn’t sound like a bad plan, however Coulthard wouldn’t have take place
in such a plan i guess. Even though he’s not in the championship, i think he
would have wanted to race for himself, to win, and to prove that he is an
excellent driver.

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Richard S Beckett wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes

> After watching that start, it occurred to me that maybe David Coulthard had
> been "told" to jump it.

> It would have been a good plan, if Mika had managed to pass Michael, but
> unfortunately Micheal got past David too soon.

> What do you think?

> R.

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8 Responses to “Re: [SPOILER] Start…”

  1. admin says:

    "Richard S Beckett" wrote

    > After watching that start, it occurred to me that maybe David
    > Coulthard had been "told" to jump it.

    I don’t doubt that the team wanted to get DC ahead and that he was
    therefore anxious to make as good a start as possible. It seems
    likely, however, that his clutch was dragging. Martin Brundle picked
    up on this when he started creeping at one of the pitstops.


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  2. admin says:

    Richard S Beckett wrote:

    > After watching that start, it occurred to me that maybe David Coulthard had
    > been "told" to jump it.
    > What do you think?

    Coulthard’s car had a slipping clutch.  We saw that during his
    pit stop.  I don’t think there’s any evidence at all that it
    was anything more than that.

    It’s sad that the atmosphere in F1 is so poisonous that fans
    immediately start looking for conspiracies like this.

    –PSW

  3. admin says:

    In article <39CF98F0.F1D26…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com>, Paul Winalski

    <winal…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com> writes:
    >Coulthard’s car had a slipping clutch.  We saw that during his
    >pit stop.  I don’t think there’s any evidence at all that it
    >was anything more than that.

    >It’s sad that the atmosphere in F1 is so poisonous that fans
    >immediately start looking for conspiracies like this.

    >–PSW

    That’s a dragging clutch…not a slipping clutch. Quite the opposite.  
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  4. admin says:

    Just to add fuel to the conspiracy fire —

    What if Ron had the mechanics deliberately adjust the clutch to slip —
    forcing the false start, and helping Mika catch Shumi….?

    "Paul Winalski" <winal…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com> wrote in message

    news:39CF98F0.F1D26438@LSPACE.zko.dec.com…

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    > Richard S Beckett wrote:

    > > After watching that start, it occurred to me that maybe David Coulthard
    had
    > > been "told" to jump it.
    > > What do you think?

    > Coulthard’s car had a slipping clutch.  We saw that during his
    > pit stop.  I don’t think there’s any evidence at all that it
    > was anything more than that.

    > It’s sad that the atmosphere in F1 is so poisonous that fans
    > immediately start looking for conspiracies like this.

    > –PSW

  5. admin says:

    On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:31:36 CST, da…@aol.comnojunk (David Beard)
    wrote:

    >In article <39CF98F0.F1D26…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com>, Paul Winalski
    ><winal…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com> writes:

    >>Coulthard’s car had a slipping clutch.  We saw that during his
    >>pit stop.  I don’t think there’s any evidence at all that it
    >>was anything more than that.

    [...]

    >That’s a dragging clutch…not a slipping clutch. Quite the opposite.  

    A point Murray failed to grasp. <sigh>  ;o)


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  6. admin says:

    "Kim Andrews" <f…@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message

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    > On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:31:36 CST, da…@aol.comnojunk (David Beard)
    > wrote:

    > >In article <39CF98F0.F1D26…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com>, Paul Winalski
    > ><winal…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com> writes:

    > >>Coulthard’s car had a slipping clutch.  We saw that during his
    > >>pit stop.  I don’t think there’s any evidence at all that it
    > >>was anything more than that.

    > [...]

    > >That’s a dragging clutch…not a slipping clutch. Quite the opposite.

    > A point Murray failed to grasp. <sigh>  ;o)

    > —
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    Both wrong, DC simply made a mistake with the start.  He does not blame the
    car.

    Regards

    Yebo

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    On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:23:14 CST, Yebo <dnvkbynos…@email.com> wrote:
    >"Kim Andrews" <f…@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
    >news:39d0438d.144767073@news.dial.pipex.com…
    >> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:31:36 CST, da…@aol.comnojunk (David Beard)
    >> wrote:

    >> >In article <39CF98F0.F1D26…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com>, Paul Winalski
    >> ><winal…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com> writes:

    >> >>Coulthard’s car had a slipping clutch.  We saw that during his
    >> >>pit stop.  I don’t think there’s any evidence at all that it
    >> >>was anything more than that.

    >> [...]

    >> >That’s a dragging clutch…not a slipping clutch. Quite the opposite.

    >> A point Murray failed to grasp. <sigh>  ;o)

    >Both wrong, DC simply made a mistake with the start.  He does not blame the
    >car.

    David and I were discussing the difference between slipping and
    dragging clutches, nothing more.  We are "both right", thank you.


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  8. admin says:

    It is not McLaren my son. Trust me. They are clean.


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    > On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Paul Challinor wrote:

    > > Just to add fuel to the conspiracy fire —

    > > What if Ron had the mechanics deliberately adjust the clutch to slip —
    > > forcing the false start, and helping Mika catch Shumi….?

    > The constructors championship is too close for silly games like that.

    > Kriss

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