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ummm… floppy disks?? when was this? 1994?[/quote]hahaha… 😉 “This information was contained on old style floppy discs and included copies of some McLaren engineering drawings and some technical spreadsheets.” … according to Renault statements lah
The Renault press release in full:
[url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/11/7078.html]check this out[/url] 🙂the FIA forensic investigators went through the contents of the floppy disk and concluded that the “McLaren engineering drawings and some technical spreadsheets” were sufficiently detailed to charge Renault with espionage.
These were the contents of that notorious floppy disk:
McLaren floppy disk contentsnow.. i am learning so much from the diagram. so that is where i sit.. i always thought i sit behind.. and my tyres were all in front of me~ omg.. there is an engine cover.. i love my engine to be revealing…
Brawn named as Honda team principal
12th Nov 2007
Honda have appointed former Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn as their new team principal, it was announced on Monday. Brawn, who left Ferrari in October 2006 to take a years’ sabbatical, will begin work for his new employers later this month. Predecessor Nick Fry will continue as the Japanese squad’s chief executive.Honda, who took a breakthrough race win at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, scored just six points during a bitterly disappointing 2007 season and the highly-rated Brawn will be tasked with improving the Japanese squad’s fortunes, with full responsibility for designing, manufacturing, engineering and racing their Formula One car.
[url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/11/7082.html]check this out…[/url] 😉
can’t wait for 2008 :up:
BERLIN (AFP) – Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher told the German press on Thursday he has no intentions of coming out of retirement, despite recording the fastest track times over two days of testing.
The 38-year-old was back behind the wheel on Tuesday and Wednesday this week testing for his old team Ferrari in Spain, but despite enjoying his brief sojourn back behind the wheel, Schumacher has ruled out a full-time return.
“Seriously, a return is not up for debate. It was simply a case of enjoying being back behind the wheel and helping the team,” Schumacher told German tabloid Bild on Thursday.
“I have missed racing a little: during the season, I didn’t want to be an embarrassment to the team.
“But the situation this time was different: the people in charge of the team thought I could help them and I was happy to.”
Schumacher was the fastest round the track in two days of testing at Barcelona’s Catalunya circuit and has lost none of his world-class talent since retiring in October 2006.
But he admitted he was nervous before climbing behind the wheel saying: “I asked myself a few questions, but they disappeared as soon as I got in the cockpit.”
Britain’s David Coulthard had said on Wednesday Schumacher would be the perfect solution to McClaren’s hunt for a new driver to partner Lewis Hamilton after Spain’s Fernando Alonso left the team earlier this month.
But Schumacher has constantly stressed how much he is enjoying life away from the track with his young family.
michael is still the best driver.. he created the fastest lap after a year not behind the wheel.. and he still has the magic in him~ :up:
McLaren Brazil appeal deemed inadmissible
[url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/11/7104.html]check here for FIA statement[/url]
Thank God Kimi’s still the Champ…. If not, I would’ve shut F1 off forever 😀
On MS, he did say that the car was alot more undrivable than previously witout TC…. I think it’s coz these cars have been engineered wit TC in-mind….
Whoever can re-engineer their cars to best deal witout TC is gonna come up tops….. Hehe, thankfully Ferrari have very good engineers 😀
Here’s what we can hope to expect next season with the ban on TC….. *drool*
[quote=RawFlesh]Here’s what we can hope to expect next season with the ban on TC….. *drool*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xDMvKHoAyU%5B/quote%5D
great find! this should be why f1 drivers are paid so much.
look at how depailler struggled to put the power down with so much wheel spin and opposite lock. and the track surface looked like a sheet of wet glass! brilliant. but my, what a slow outlap – 3mins!
Compare that with Massa at Fuji: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TI7GZLDhDI
Of course with TC, it’s just a simple matter of pedal to the metal and you can focus on racing, but I think this is one of the many reasons that we hardly see any overtaking, since computers/electronics are nearly perfect.
Also, see… that’s the reason i like a wet race 🙂 Hahahahaha….. 😛
i think that without the tc, the race is surely a nice thing to watch on tv.. as this will really show the true skills of the driver. i reckon anyone can drive the f1 car (if you are fit enough) with the tc. but can a f1 driver drive it without tc and still maintain their pace.. that will really test the drivers. and really experience is needed…
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