Monaco GP

by **Phillip McNelle** » Wed, 30 May 2001 21:47:51

Its easy really and I don't understand how they stuff it up so many times.

You tap the accelerator 4 times
Press the blue button once
Tap the brake 2 times
Wiggle the steering wheel to and froe 3 times
Press the orange button twice
Turn the green dial with the white numbers to the 6 position
Turn the white dial withe the green numbers to the 9 position
Press the white button
Flick the yellow switch
Press the red button

And you're away. What's the *&^%$ problem ? A Swiss systems engineer
explained it to the Finnish driver in English - so what could go wrong ? My
grandmother could do this !

Phillip

by **Peter Ive** » Thu, 31 May 2001 02:33:38

Not sure about that. I've seen many a real life F1 race where a fast
guy, starting from the back, hasn't lasted more than half a dozen laps
before trying some kamikaze overtaking manouevre. I think DC learnt
from his last rear-of-the-field start this year when he lost his nose-
cone pretty early on, which cost him quite significantly. He wasn't
going to make the same mistake twice.

>I also enjoyed Monaco
>> yesterday, I was laughing 46 laps long with poor David stuck behind
>> Bernoldi :)))

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by **Peter Ive** » Thu, 31 May 2001 03:47:44

Hey, she sounds cool. Maybe we could meet?
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by **Thom j** » Thu, 31 May 2001 06:56:02

Ur sooo bad Andre!!! hahaha

| Allthough I do know what it's like being stuck behind a slower driver
| for a long time.. Eh Olav? :)
| Andre
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by **Dave Henri** » Thu, 31 May 2001 22:16:19

Launch Control snafu I thought...
try dailyF1.com they might have it...
dave henrie

by **Kevin Gavit** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 02:00:32

> Launch Control snafu I thought...
> try dailyF1.com they might have it...
> dave henrie

> > I know I'm behind the times again, but what was the official line on why
> > DC's engine stopped on the grid?

> > Thanks.

> > R.

For which Ron Dennis now takes team responsiblility despite having
previously called DC a "stupid idiot" for his previous stall.

KFG

by **Rob Adam** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 02:50:33

Can somebody please explain in simple terms to a non-F1 fan (unless it's
1967 cars) what launch control is and how it works?

I would be an F1 fan if they'd just race at a reasonable time - it's usually
just too damn early in the morning in the Pacific Time Zone. Everything
should be scheduled for my convenience <g>

> > Launch Control snafu I thought...
> > try dailyF1.com they might have it...
> > dave henrie

> > > I know I'm behind the times again, but what was the official line on
why
> > > DC's engine stopped on the grid?

> > > Thanks.

> > > R.

> For which Ron Dennis now takes team responsiblility despite having
> previously called DC a "stupid idiot" for his previous stall.

> KFG

by **Kevin Gavit** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:27:31

I simple terms the driver is not in control of the throttle at "launch,"
such being delegated to an onboard computer.

The idea being that the computer can get the maximum acceleration with
minimum wheel spin better than a human driver can.

Certain parameters cannot be supplied to the computer by sensors, such as
the exact grip the tires are GOING to have once they start turning, and a
guess must be made by a human being and programed into the computer.
Sometimes the guess is wrong resulting in the car stalling at the start.

Sometimes, as appears to be the case with DC, the computer just plain dosn't
work.

KFG

by **Jonny Hodgso** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 08:00:52

They didn't get Micro$oft to code it, did they? ;-)

Jonny

by **Kevin Gavit** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:03:11

> > Sometimes, as appears to be the case with DC, the computer just
> plain dosn't
> > work.

> They didn't get Micro$oft to code it, did they? ;-)

> Jonny

Well it definately ain't open source, I can tell you that much.

KFG

by J » Sat, 02 Jun 2001 17:27:39

No,
they used shareware and the granted testing period expired at 13.55 hours.

JensSchumi

>> Sometimes, as appears to be the case with DC, the computer just
>plain dosn't
>> work.

>They didn't get Micro$oft to code it, did they? ;-)

>Jonny

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by **Kevin Gavit** » Sun, 03 Jun 2001 00:46:35

Maybe they were using the beta of XP and forgot to " phone home."

KFG