Trulli: Some drivers don't care about safety.

hamilton should have crashed instead of heikki,,... so he gets an idea of the need for safety.

kimi...might be busy guzzling beer ...otherwise no other reason he didnt join
and hamilton is a spoiled babble mouth,,so no suprise

I think they all care, they're just happy to let someone else do the work for them.

I agree with Trulli. People like Kimi and Lewis shouldn't be this lazy and should do at least the minimum for their community, which is F1. I had to laugh when Lewis said he doesn't do it because he is too busy. What does he think, other drivers aren't? And it wouldn't take too much time anyway. But the same for Kimi. The guy only wants to take from F1 but not give anything back.

hamiltron, yes and it is interesting that the two highest paid drivers are the two who do not want to contribute their drinking money to help others such as kovi and kubica, survive.

EVERYTHING NOW A DAYS IS SAFETY THIS SAFETY THAT THERE IS NO FUN ANYMORE I BACK KIMI AND LEWIS FOR NOT BEING PART OF IT!!!!

Safety is not the opposite of fun.

yamaha, you are a ghoul. do you want to see people getting killed? do you get a kick out of seeing fatal or near fatal crashes?

RICH ARD I HATE SEEING CRASHES I JUST BELIVE THAT SAFETY CAN GO TO FAR AND TAKE THE EXCITEMENT FROM RACING MODERN DAY F1 DRIVERS ARE WOMEN COMPARED TO THE EIGHTIES REMEMBER MANSELL AND SENNA IN SPAIN IN 91 IF THAT HAPPENED TODAY ONE DRIVER WOULD BE SCREAMING THAT THE OTHER ON WAS A IDIOT AND TRIED TO KILL HIM.

MANSELL ROUND THE OUTSIDE OF BERGER IN MEXICO AND VILLENEUVE AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF SCHUMACHER IN PORTUGAL 96 IF THESE HAPPENED TODAY THERE WOULD BE HELL TO PLAY BECAUSE THE BIG S WORD IS TAKING OVER!!!!

yamaha r1 its because of these safety precautions and parameters in f1...u and ur family have the privilege of walking out unhurt [or mayb a bit :-)] off a high speed crash!

ppl dont tend to understands that technology and innovation in f1 goes straight into ur car!!

Rich ard and other doomsayers. Normally, you are eager to shut up Hamilton. Now you tell me you want his youthful and arrogant opinion. Make up your mind. Besides the real imput comes from safety engineers. The GPDA is in need of high profile drivers and Lewis and Kimi command more attention than most. F1 by design is a very selfish sport so why would anyone believe that time would be donated by the top flight drivers. The back markers would be more aware of dangers of the cars as they are in crap cars.

I understand what Yamaha R1 is saying but surely if Kimi and Lewis were part of the GPDA they would know their rivals better and therefore have more respect to race closely with them.

I hope if they did decide to join though it would have to be for the right reasons. Don't want another Schumacher who's only at the GPDA's head to get chummy with Mosely.

I remember Fisichella overtaking twice on the outside in the USGP last year. There's plenty of racing, you're just being bitter.

robert, i NEVER said i wanted lulu's opinion. i was responding to trulli's. lulu says "too busy to bother with gpda"
yamaha, why the capitals? villeneuve/mansell were able to pass. if they had been killed due to lack of run-off or car breakage, there would have been screams about safety. do you want concrete barriers all around circuits. kovi, kubica,lulu are all alive and healthy as a result of gpdas safety measures. when you fly, do you not realise that hundreds died so as to make flying safe for you. lulu and kimi lose respect because of their blinkered approach.

rich ard.. your delusional. If you say they should be on the GPDA(acronym for Grand Prix Drivers Asso.) which should be all caps then you would have to hear their opinion. As far as the drinking comment, you are off base on that and you know it. Like I said why would you want them on the board if you do not care for their opinion?? You fail to add that it has ALWAYS (making a point)been difficult to get the top drivers on the board. Those who choose to join are probally the best candidates for the position. You would not ask Mosley to be on the ethics board would you? And yes I think you are an expert on the blinked approach. Maybe even a pro...

It does seem a bit unfair that the drivers who score more points are forced to pay more. While I am sure that they earn more is it really fair? This may be more of an issue than being too busy. If they are too busy they should be able to send a representative to the meetings in their place.

In any case it is still a personal decision. They are already required to go to pre-race drivers meetings. Safety is really the responsiblity of the circuit and the officials. Drivers will have valid opinions but they are not engineers so they may not necessarily make the correct recommendations.

Anybody noticed that Yamaha R1 knows that nobody is going to read his post, so he puts it in capitals to make sure it gets noticed?

Adrian as a matter of fact i refuse to read posts written in all caps, they are rude they denote someone shouting.

Ash you clearly don't remember practise in Germany last year when Hamilton crashed. It was an almost identical fault which put him into the tyre barrier. I'm sure he is very well aware of what can happen. Maybe thinking about safety puts him off - he put to the back of his mind so he focus on driving fast.

Sharla, i would agree in a way with what you said. Whilst thinking about the possibility of an accident can cause you to question commitment into a corner, surely Lewis should also be looking out for every driver and himself.

The GPDA sounds like something that should really be mandatory for all drivers, but I always get the feeling there is more to it behind the scenes. I don't think there is much rapport between some of the drivers and having to knock out a deal over safety etc etc is probably more stressful than it seems.

I can see Trulli's point, but I don't think the GPDA are the only people who have made big advances in safety recently and I too am sceptical about the idea of putting run-offs everywhere, because at the end of the day, you can't make every type of crash accountable, as every crash is different. And I admit the racing in F1 has become rather lame in recent years as a result.