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I read about a week or so ago that someone had read/heard/gotten info about the fact that development was underway on GPL2 which was about the year 1976. I think that will be quite a sim, as by then the ground effects were coming on their way, and more power and engineering were making GREAT strides, as opposed to 1967 where the cars were prety much "home-built" one-offs. I would like to know if that is actually true. Also --------------- while we are talking about it -------- why not go a few more years in the calendars and go to the years where the TURBO cars were the norm in FORMULA ONE and there was a mention that most were nearly one thousand horsepower on tap! THAT -------------------- would be interesting as well!! Doug

Well, the Nurburgring was still on the calendar in 1976... That's when Lauda had his crash. As for ground effects, they didn't come along until 1978, when they were used with the Lotus 79. Cheers! -- Graeme Nash You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"... http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/ ICQ# 11257824 "1m28.29 at Monza and counting!"

Imho it should have been '74 (or at least '75), because the Nrnburgring was still included! I'd like to take that ground effect to the ring :-) Bart

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> I read about a week or so ago that someone had read/heard/gotten > info about the fact that development was underway on GPL2 which was > about the year 1976. > I think that will be quite a sim, as by then the ground effects were > coming on their way, and more power and engineering were making GREAT > strides, as opposed to 1967 where the cars were prety much > "home-built" one-offs. > I would like to know if that is actually true. > Also --------------- while we are talking about it -------- why not > go a few more years in the calendars and go to the years where the > TURBO cars were the norm in FORMULA ONE and there was a mention that > most were nearly one thousand horsepower on tap! > THAT -------------------- would be interesting as well!! > Doug

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On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:48:12 +0000, Graeme Nash >Well, the Nurburgring was still on the calendar in 1976... That's when >Lauda had his crash. Right, at Bergwerk if I remember right But there was some downforce from the spoilers, so I think it would be very different from the situation in GPL. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home-page : http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7917 "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." "E tutti quei momenti andranno perduti nel tempo, come lacrime nella pioggia" Roy Batty, Blade Runner ---------------------------------------------------------------------