Comments on: Banned! Active suspension

By: Etienne yonel

Etienne yonel — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:50:48 +0000

Hi, guys…i don’t have any reason yet. Why? I’m in the hunt of seating in front of you. Try to reply, thanks.

By: Formula 1 - Page 8 - PPRuNe Forums

Formula 1 - Page 8 - PPRuNe Forums — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:39:47 +0000

[...] still hark back to the Lotus active suspension. It seemed to me to be the way to go, offering something that had a future in passenger [...]

By: Burritolikethesun

Burritolikethesun — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:40:00 +0000

One of the few pieces of technology still relevant and transferable to road-going cars. Unlike TCS, STM and automatic gearboxes, it was generally not making the car easier to drive, just faster. The FW16 wouldn’t have killed Senna had it not been for the sudden ban. Turbocharging, another transferable technology, banned in exchange for engines with exotic internals to ultimately exceed flash readings of >19,000 rpm. Lots of use data on beryllium internals does for road cars. Of course there’s the idea of a potential criminal investigation involving a racing crash. More absurdity.

I love F1, but the sometimes-brash rule changes are progressively getting more out of hand, especially now that they’re not even in the interest of safety. They were going to ban tire warmers for 2010? What? Winner-takes-all system? What is this nonsense?

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:39:28 +0000

No problem Simon – off the top of my head I used:

Autocourse 1987-88
“Lotus: The Competition Cars” http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/07/15/f1-book-review-lotus-the-competition-cars-anthony-pritchard/
And probably Steve Matchett’s “The Chariot Makers” http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/12/24/the-chariot-makers-steve-matchett-2005/
Loads of Autosports from the ’90s

By: Simon Stiel

Simon Stiel — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:21:48 +0000

Pardon me for asking again, but what sources were used for the gathering of the information in this article?

I appreciate your response.

By: chunter

chunter — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:17:27 +0000

What strange luck Zanardi has had in his life…

Nowadays, I suppose true active suspension would be thought of as one of those driver’s aids like traction control.

By: Don Speekingleesh

Don Speekingleesh — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:16:08 +0000

Internal parts are movabe aerodynamic devices? Just goes to show even back then the FIA were butchering the English language to get their way.
And to think I once had respect for Charlie Whiting…