Dear Mr. Peteri,
No, I'm not peering through Ferrari-red coloured glasses and no, I'm not an
expert on aerodynamics. My original belief was that McLaren had
protested....until I discovered that was not the case (McLaren were reported
to be threatening to protest the tyres used by Ferrari at their last pit
stop).
I don't, however, agree with your point(s) regarding slow car/fast car.
This is, after all, a race, and races are combinations of tactics and
strategy. The only motor-racing these days that seems to rely on nothing
but speed on the track is drag racing.
Slowing down/speeding up is _NOT_ blocking: the following car and driver
combination simply needs to have (a) the horses to accelerate past the car
in front, (b) the brakes to dive under the car in front and (c) the
intestinal fortitude to take advantage of (a) and (b).
Cheerio.
BK
> > As for your mistaken assertion regarding one member of Ferrari being a
> > mobile chicane in order to allow the other an easier run, I seem to
recall
> > the situation being reveresd, where Irvine assisted Schumacher in at
least
> > one race. I also recalll Coulthard attempting to try it this year as
well.
> Salo assisted Irvine at Spa when he was asked by the team to hold back
> Ralf Schumacher (that really made Williams and Head lose their cool) but
> other than that, we haven't seen anyone employ these kind of tactics this
> season, that is, before Malaysia. Unsurprisingly, it was once again
> Ferrari.
> Schumacher admittedly drove a brilliant race, being able to control
> Hakkinen by fluctuating his speed, lifting in high speed corners and
> immediately accelerating away while MH couldn't afford to take a risk of
> being put out of race with Irvine in lead. MS was certainly *** in
> Malaysia, while the team's strategy was... um, less sporty. Not illegal
> though, like everyone knows. But Ferrari is hardly even a m***winner
> here.
> > My disappointment, Mr. Black, stems from the complete lack of
sportsmanship
> > that now epitomises F1. This latest example, where a protest is lodged
over
> > 10mm of carbon fibre...
> No protest. The officials discovered a rule infringement. Don't blame Mc
> for that. Unless you're one of *** theorists wearing red shades.
> I suppose we'll always have to suffer from some lack of sportsmanship
> when big buckz are in the picture. Just remember that you're talking
> about a quality which Ferrari itself is not very famous of.
> > Ten millimetres of carbon fibre did not beat McLaren.
> I can see your frustration but are you REALLY such an expert in F1
> aerodynamics that you can tell what kind of effect those modified barge
> boards actually had. For sure their shape was based on wind tunnel
> testing and not some fractal landscape generator.
> From formula1.com:
> Ferrari may have claimed that on this section of the car even a
> discrepancy of 10mm on a deflector would have no performance enhancing
> effect but according to Dr. Kevin Garry of the Cranfield Institute in the
> UK, where many teams come to develop their aerodynamic packages at it's
> College of Aeronautics, even the smallest of changes can have very
> pronounced effects:
> "There can be huge aero effects from something as small as a 1 or 2
> millimetre discrepancy. Small changes can severely effect the separation
> of air downstream of the part and it may well induce a spiralling of the
> airflow known as vortex which can have profound implications for the
> airflow over the bodywork behind the part in question".
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