Re: McLaren has poached my top gear

You've just been playing F12000 too much!! You're right though - most of the cars in the '98 F1 Championship had 6, but some had 7!! Doug Stephen Ferguson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:39a625e6$[email hidden]... > After some decent results blitzing the field in my Minardi, I was offereda > top spot, mid season, at Ferrari. Before I could say "Mika Salo" I found > myself in the cockpit of the mythical red beast, preparing for my Friday > qualifying session at Spa. I motored out of the pits (waving toSchumacher > who curiously had his own Ferrari pit at the far end of pit lane) and then > unleashed those 800 pranching horses. With cold tires, I eased it through > Eau Rouge in 5th, then accelerated up the hill... 5th..... 6th..... > click..... click.... ??? Something must be amiss, I radioed to my pitcrew, > although curiously I received no answer. Fearful of scrambling theinsides > of the magnesium gearbox, which is rumoured to cost more than Ed Martin's > new BMW, I slowly circulated the course in 2nd gear. More than a fewtimes > I had to count my blessings as a competitor's car flew noiselessly past me > at over 300kph. I made a mental note to discuss the apparently minimal > engine friction and wind drag of the competitors' cars with my engineers. > Back in the pit lane, my suspicions were confirmed. McLaren, stillseething > from the barge-board fiasco of 1999, had stolen my 7th gear. In thegarage, > I checked the printed technical manual, written by Gieffo Crammondi, andit

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> confirmed that the Ferrari did indeed have a 7-speed box, and yet my > mechanics insisted that they could find but 6 gears to work with when they > opened the transmission. > > Curious... > > Stephen > > >

After some decent results blitzing the field in my Minardi, I was offered a top spot, mid season, at Ferrari. Before I could say "Mika Salo" I found myself in the cockpit of the mythical red beast, preparing for my Friday qualifying session at Spa. I motored out of the pits (waving to Schumacher who curiously had his own Ferrari pit at the far end of pit lane) and then unleashed those 800 pranching horses. With cold tires, I eased it through Eau Rouge in 5th, then accelerated up the hill... 5th..... 6th..... click..... click.... ??? Something must be amiss, I radioed to my pit crew, although curiously I received no answer. Fearful of scrambling the insides of the magnesium gearbox, which is rumoured to cost more than Ed Martin's new BMW, I slowly circulated the course in 2nd gear. More than a few times I had to count my blessings as a competitor's car flew noiselessly past me at over 300kph. I made a mental note to discuss the apparently minimal engine friction and wind drag of the competitors' cars with my engineers. Back in the pit lane, my suspicions were confirmed. McLaren, still seething from the barge-board fiasco of 1999, had stolen my 7th gear. In the garage, I checked the printed technical manual, written by Gieffo Crammondi, and it confirmed that the Ferrari did indeed have a 7-speed box, and yet my mechanics insisted that they could find but 6 gears to work with when they opened the transmission. Curious... Stephen

Stephen Ferguson wrote:

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> > After some decent results blitzing the field in my Minardi, I was offered a > top spot, mid season, at Ferrari. Before I could say "Mika Salo" I found > myself in the cockpit of the mythical red beast, preparing for my Friday > qualifying session at Spa. I motored out of the pits (waving to Schumacher > who curiously had his own Ferrari pit at the far end of pit lane) and then > unleashed those 800 pranching horses. With cold tires, I eased it through > Eau Rouge in 5th, then accelerated up the hill... 5th..... 6th..... > click..... click.... ??? Something must be amiss, I radioed to my pit crew, > although curiously I received no answer. Fearful of scrambling the insides > of the magnesium gearbox, which is rumoured to cost more than Ed Martin's > new BMW, I slowly circulated the course in 2nd gear. More than a few times > I had to count my blessings as a competitor's car flew noiselessly past me > at over 300kph. I made a mental note to discuss the apparently minimal > engine friction and wind drag of the competitors' cars with my engineers. > Back in the pit lane, my suspicions were confirmed. McLaren, still seething > from the barge-board fiasco of 1999, had stolen my 7th gear. In the garage, > I checked the printed technical manual, written by Gieffo Crammondi, and it > confirmed that the Ferrari did indeed have a 7-speed box, and yet my > mechanics insisted that they could find but 6 gears to work with when they > opened the transmission. > > Curious... > > Stephen

Hehe, very good and funny post, look forward to reading more :0)

Agree, it *was* funny reading it the first time, very good. Not quite as funny scrolling through the whole thing again to unearth your one line pearl of appreciation, however. People, people! It IS very easy to reply without quoting the ENTIRE referenced post in its entirety. This is VERY elementary stuff, and anybody with the smarts to keep a sim car between the walls and dirty side down should be embarrassed if they can't grasp this simple act of netiquette. If you're doing it out of sheer laziness, well...that says it all, doesn't it? BB Gerry Aitken wrote: > > Hehe, very good and funny post, look forward to reading more :0)