Comments on: F1 links: Schumacher on Silverstone ‘99

By: Chaz

Chaz — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:33:31 +0000

I wonder if Ferrari are spearheading these significant technological advances in simulators and virtual reality just before they have to concede to cost cuttings, in which case they will have all they need in place already and will not be overly affected thereby keeping the upper hand…

By: beneboy

beneboy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:26:17 +0000

Agreed.

My bikes lights are built into the fairing, the connections are built into the frame that holds it onto the bike – no wires or anything, you just bolt the fairing straight on.

If Suzuki could do this 6 years ago I’d be rather disappointed if F1 teams can’t figure out something similar.

Even if it’s hydraulics all you need is for the push rods to be interconnecting and that’s hardly rocket science.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:59:47 +0000

And make sure it’s Coulthard who interviews them…

By: DG

DG — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:57:14 +0000

I was thinking that too – surely they need similar connectors for the rear light etc already?
Why are Ferrari even mentioning the driver/engineer relationship if it doesn’t mean anything – BBC please note, the first chance you get interview Chris Dyer and Andrea Stella about Kimi’s behavior…..

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:29:09 +0000

Nose cone changes to take longer in ‘09
Easier to damage and harder to replace – a lose-lose situation.

So PDLR is saying that because there’s a connection needed to control the front wing elements that it’sll take longer to change the wing. I might be being overly simply here, but in F1, the height of technologically advancement, surely they can come up with some system where the connector is built into the brackets that hold the nose cone on….