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New FIA :twisted: rules (sarcasm!)
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:47 pm
by TK9780
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:49 pm
by Snowy
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:22 am
by Julian Mayo
They are terrible in Turkey, too much lateral force.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:01 pm
by jacfan
Julian Mayo wrote:
They are terrible in Turkey, too much lateral force.
Turkeys can't use straight non bendy straws.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:29 pm
by Julian Mayo
jacfan wrote:Julian Mayo wrote:
They are terrible in Turkey, too much lateral force.
Turkeys can't use straight non bendy straws.
Nup.....makes them wild
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:42 pm
by gkaytaz
The weight distribution and the straw balance come into question too
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:59 pm
by jacfan
gkaytaz wrote:The weight distribution and the straw balance come into question too
Who is the straw supplier? Are there soft and hard straws? Can you scrub them? So many questions unanswered.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:02 pm
by gkaytaz
jacfan wrote:gkaytaz wrote:The weight distribution and the straw balance come into question too
Who is the straw supplier? Are there soft and hard straws? Can you scrub them? So many questions unanswered.
Besides I just learned that those have not been tested in the wind tunnel either.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:05 pm
by jacfan
gkaytaz wrote:jacfan wrote:gkaytaz wrote:The weight distribution and the straw balance come into question too
Who is the straw supplier? Are there soft and hard straws? Can you scrub them? So many questions unanswered.
Besides I just learned that those have not been tested in the wind tunnel either.
No wind tunnel testing......................................
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:08 pm
by gkaytaz
Nope nary a one... Sad ain't it?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:18 pm
by Julian Mayo
They were in mid test when the Ferrari wind tunnel succumbed to 39,000 and 17 pieces of metal exploding into it from the moving road belt.
As you all know, the FIA only ever relies on Ferrari data
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:19 pm
by gkaytaz
Julian Mayo wrote:They were in mid test when the Ferrari wind tunnel succumbed to 39,000 and 17 pieces of metal exploding into it from the moving road belt.
As you all know, the FIA only ever relies on Ferrari data
That shrapnel incident affected a great many people it seems.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:25 pm
by Julian Mayo
gkaytaz wrote:Julian Mayo wrote:They were in mid test when the Ferrari wind tunnel succumbed to 39,000 and 17 pieces of metal exploding into it from the moving road belt.
As you all know, the FIA only ever relies on Ferrari data
That shrapnel incident affected a great many people it seems.
Not least of all Mad Max, when they asked him to tip in for the cost of repairs
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:28 pm
by gkaytaz
Julian Mayo wrote:gkaytaz wrote:Julian Mayo wrote:They were in mid test when the Ferrari wind tunnel succumbed to 39,000 and 17 pieces of metal exploding into it from the moving road belt.
As you all know, the FIA only ever relies on Ferrari data
That shrapnel incident affected a great many people it seems.
Not least of all Mad Max, when they asked him to tip in for the cost of repairs
Poor Max
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:58 pm
by Ed
Welcome TK9780
rules have just been published; as effective methods to close the gap between the lower end teams and the top three. The large drinking cups with bendy plastic straw used by drivers on the grid are to be banned from ‘France 2007’
Hi there 
Max is a genius and he knows that the smaller teams can't afford the bigger cups and the bendy straws. The dissadvantage of the straight stiff straw is as much as two tenths of a second on the slower circuits like Monaco and Hungary