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They won't be, Michael will be far more driven to win at Nurburgring because of this, and with the F2004 still looking faster and more reliable than any other car this season, only another incident will stop him.
None of us know for certain just what happened with Sato and we'll probably never know. No plausible theory seems to answer it completely. Why the 3rd lap? The problem was there from the start, they would have observed that. Why not bring him in on the first lap? What first lap chaos? There was just a restart because of Panis' clutch. Perhaps they left him out to gather telemetry about the engine before it failed? But then they say, according to Button apparently, there was no indication of a problem from that telemetry. If he was coming in that lap, why keep pushing? Why not drop some revs off and make sure you get to the pits? No place is better qualified to deal with whatever problem arises. The engine wouldn't have exploded dramatically, had it caught fire the team would be prepared, it seems logical to me - the pits are sanctuary for drivers and cars. Why not let people past? The straight he was on before the engine let go is about the best part of the lap to let people pass?
Too many questions, too few answers.
None of us know for certain just what happened with Sato and we'll probably never know. No plausible theory seems to answer it completely. Why the 3rd lap? The problem was there from the start, they would have observed that. Why not bring him in on the first lap? What first lap chaos? There was just a restart because of Panis' clutch. Perhaps they left him out to gather telemetry about the engine before it failed? But then they say, according to Button apparently, there was no indication of a problem from that telemetry. If he was coming in that lap, why keep pushing? Why not drop some revs off and make sure you get to the pits? No place is better qualified to deal with whatever problem arises. The engine wouldn't have exploded dramatically, had it caught fire the team would be prepared, it seems logical to me - the pits are sanctuary for drivers and cars. Why not let people past? The straight he was on before the engine let go is about the best part of the lap to let people pass?
Too many questions, too few answers.
