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Do u guys remember Kimi said in Barcelona, that he could have done with some music in the race? Iwas wondering why cant drivers have audio systems integrated in a car. I know they need to concentrate and everythin, but it might just be nice for the driver to relax once in a while or have some high tempo metal playing when they are in a tough situation. US soldiers listen to heavy metal music in the battlefield, why cant the drivers?
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duh, I forgot that, they must have speakers inside the earplugs.
Anyway, its not practical really, the drivers are paid loads to drive cars fast, why should they get to listen to music while they do it? They can't get all the luck.
Do the merchanics get to listen to music? I don't think they do but it seems unfair.
Heres why not, they wouldn't be able to hear the radio if they were listening to music.
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fisi = a slow waltz
sato = crash test dummies
trulli = listens to music being played backwards
button = road to hell
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anyway. assuming you could pipe music through the headsets, I think it might be potentially distracting unless it was somehow timed to each corner or driver movements. But then someone would have to be hired who would change the tempo accordingly to the driver's current lap time.
I know during the 90's when cart and Champ cars didn't split that acouple of drivers would have music being played in there earplugs during the races.
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they could devise a system where music plays then when there is a need for communication, it cuts of fthe music, similar to department stores and how they play music and cut it off sometimes to make announcements
I think the earplugs are just designed to avoid eardrum injury, because without it all drivers would be deaf, but it doesn't prevent them to hear the engine. It just make the sound lower.
Although I'm not involved in racing, I'm almost sure that when it comes to gear change, hearing the engine is a most determinent factor than seeing the lights on the steering wheel.
Plus there are some times when a problem can be detected because of a strange sound. I don't remember precisely, but I believe in Australia Button said he heard something was wrong with the engine three turns before it actually failed.
vyselegend wrote:Hearing the engine sound is necessary I'd say.
I'd say at one time you would be correct. Now with LED's on the wheel, and semi-auto transmissions I dont see why a driver couldn't "kick out the jams" during a race. Heck, for some races it might be the only interesting thing a driver encounters.
I must admit, it would be pretty interesting to listen in on the drivers radio choices.
If you've got the iPod cranked up, you're no longer focused on the racing. If I was a team manger and learned my driver was listening to music while driving the race car, I'd fire him on the spot.
It's one thing to get psyched up for the race by listening to some tunes, but the act of driving a competition vehicle demands 100% of everything the driver has.
Definetly you'd need to hear the engine so you could tell when it sounded bad and tell the team, also gear changes are still done primeraly by sound, what good are LEDs when the driver is trying to negotiate the first corner? He can't be looking down all the time.
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