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by **Tjar** » Wed, 24 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>>Best wet weather performance I remember seeing was Alesi (Canada,
>>1993??) when he stayed out on slicks long after every one else had
>>changed. Phenomenal car control.

>Has to be Senna at Donington '93.....sheer magic. Also Alesi's STUNNING
>drive at Suzuka in '95. Until the track dried out and the Benneton was
>able to establish superiority, Alesi was whopping 5-10 seconds a lap off
>Schumacher - amazing.

You can't compare these two incidents. Senna was driving faster than Prost
on slicks in the rain.
Alesi changed to slick tyres when the track began to dry out, it wasn't
raining anymore. Alesi's first lap on slick tyres was 6,7 seconds faster
than Schumacher's, who was still on rain tyres. The next lap saw Alesi 8
seconds faster. In the lap after that, Schumacher came in to get slicks,
too, and from there on everything was going quite normally again.
Driving on a drying track with slicks is not on the same level with what
Senna did in Donington, I think.

Greetings,
Tjark Kalow

by **The Joke** » Thu, 25 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>>> >The subject says everything !
>>> >How do I change the compound type (ABCD,W) ????

>>> You can't. Goodyear only brings one type of tyre to a Grand Prix these
>>> days and there's no point having a wet race tyre since there ain't no
>>> rain :(((

>>> Richard

>>Can you, or anyone, comment on the frequency of rain in racing of this
>>type?
>>I've only seen one race in the rain, Belle Isle with the INdycars this
>>year was a wet one. Other than that, I've never seen a race run in the
>>rain. It seems to me that they wait for the sun to come out and/or
>>reschedule. Any comments on this?

>>JEB

>Well so far this year in Formula 1 there have been 3 wet races - Brazil,
>Monaco, and Spain. Actually Schumacher put on an amazing show of car
>control in Spain, was really terrific to watch him in action.

>Although this is not common, usually there is at least one or two wet
>races per season. I sure hope they will come out with a patch to allow wet
>races.

>Still awaiting the arrival of GP2 here in the New World (USA)

>Cheers.

>--John

Schumacher didn't do so well at Monaco though did he?
--
The Joker

by **papa..** » Fri, 26 Jul 1996 04:00:00

Thats true but after all Alesi has done some wonderful races in the
rain. He along with a few others can be considered rainmeisters. Of
course SENNA was the rain god.<G>

Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand

by **Tim Wortm** » Sat, 27 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>>Best wet weather performance I remember seeing was Alesi (Canada,
>>1993??) when he stayed out on slicks long after every one else had
>>changed. Phenomenal car control.
>Has to be Senna at Donington '93.....sheer magic. Also Alesi's STUNNING
>drive at Suzuka in '95. Until the track dried out and the Benneton was
>able to establish superiority, Alesi was whopping 5-10 seconds a lap off
>Schumacher - amazing.

Not exactly simulator related, but....

Senna was the absolute master in the wet. Shortly after I started
seriously watching F1 in the late 80's, I remember watching Senna
peform in the wet at Monaco. ESPN was doing the race, back when they
actually did live F1 races without having the duece. Instead of
showing you a boring picture of the circuit to familiarize yourself,
they'de do a full lap from the***pit camera. On this day it was
Senna in the rain that took us for a spin. I remember watching, and
realizing just how scared I'd probably be to be careening between the
concrete walls on a wet surface. I gained a ton of respect for Senna's
abilities that day.

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