Ban Yuji Ide!, says sir Stirling Moss

[Daz27]

Last thing F1 needs is a kamikaze.

[ZeTurbo]

Last thing F1 needs is a kamikaze.

that makes 2 of them... with sato and all
I find it rather sad that japanese drivers are making a name for themselves in such a wreckless way.

[pdr]

Yuji "N'ai Aucune" Ide

[Matra et Alpine]

Ide is now demoted to the test squad
http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4298/755.html

[kingofthering]

interestingly, he went from formula 3 to F1. Give him some time in the lower classes and he can probably be good in F1

[derekthetree]

Ide is now demoted to the test squad
http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4298/755.html

what's the betting that people in japan will stop buying honda's again and have to put him back in

[Daz27]

The guy is 3 seconds a lap on average slower than Sato, what good will he be as a test driver? Like I said hes a bum, get Ant Davison or Ryan Briscoe in there instead. I read that Bernie 'asked' on behalf of the FIA that Ide be demoted until he has more miles under his belt. I would have pulled his super licence.

[forza_autodelta]

what makes me smile is that people wouldn't have said "how , he's a kamikaze" or other things like that if Schumacher had crashed alonso or Raikkonen....

[kingofthering]

what makes me smile is that people wouldn't have said "how , he's a kamikaze" or other things like that if Schumacher had crashed alonso or Raikkonen....

Well... Schumacher has been driving F1 since the 90's and Yuji Ide has barely driven F1 for half as long as Michael did.

[teatako]

i cant believe he did that on purpose. did he really mean to do that?

[Daz27]

Well... Schumacher has been driving F1 since the 90's and Yuji Ide has barely driven F1 for half as long as Michael did.

I wouldnt call 4 races 'half as long' as Michael, didn't he start in 93 in the Jordan? how does 3 months become half of 13 years? I know its nitpicking, but its a big stretch.

Oh, and how good is Montagny going against Sato? He's 4 10ths slower in second friday practice, where as Ide would have been somewhere between 5 seconds and 3 days slower... Good move Aguri san.

[Guest]

bloody hell! i just saw a replay of that, i thought it would be accidental and over-hyped, but i am glad the Ide's been pulled back to testing incase he injured anybody

[forza_autodelta]

Oh, and how good is Montagny going against Sato? He's 4 10ths slower in second friday practice, where as Ide would have been somewhere between 5 seconds and 3 days slower... Good move Aguri san.

yes but montagny didn't have new tires and it discovered that when it touches the brakes at 150m. , the car begins to slow down 50 m. before the turn

[Daz27]

Thats true forza. I wish we got the qualifying live here in oz, I watched it all unfold on F1.com live timing. What happened with the timing glitch? I must say Im impressed by Montagny, he is doing very for his first outing.

[Guest]

timimng glitch, a red flag was sent out (by accident) the cars slowed down, some near the pits returned, the clocks were all turned off. Then the red flag went again, leaving many people wondering about how quick their laps were and feeling cheated