Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1 video, was (Prost vs Everyone Else)?

[LS (lashdeep]

Wasn't the classic '79 Dijon race using the RS10 and 312T4? I believe
these were ground effect cars...

Regardless, I agree, there need to be some major changes to bring F1 back
into the realm of entertainment. I think this will be as the result of
some real competition first.

I miss Prost-Senna-Mansell-Berger.

LS

--- Dennis Liu <BigHeadDennis [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

> That's AWESOME.
> 
> Dang.
> 
> I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
> 
> 1.  Get rid of ground effects.  Keep the giant wings, to give the
> sponsors
> some place to put the billboard, but crank the ride height up so much
> you
> have little if no downforce.  It'll slow the cars WAY down, but it will
> also
> make passing much easier - like in the video, you can stick right on
> someone's tail for laps.  Make tires big and sticky, to help make up in
> mechanical grip what you lose in aero grip.  
> 
> 2.  No semi-auto gearboxes.  Make drivers SHIFT the damn cars.  This
> way,
> you could get rid of traction control, and POLICE it.  No ABS, no TC, no
> semi-auto gearboxes.  Yeah, so it may not be at the pinacle of
> technology
> anymore, but so what?  The racing would be so much better, we'd still be
> glued to it.  Even more so!
> 
> Vty,
> 
> --Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Craig [mailto:dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net] 
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 5:10 PM
> To: Dennis Liu
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 video, was (Prost vs Everyone Else)?
> 
> One thing I really like is the candor in the interviews back then.  You
> got
> to hear the real driver's feelings and what was really going on with the
> team, not some canned response that is virtually the same week after
> week
> like we have today.
> 
> As for an F1 racing video, check this one out!
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cCRUvo_FYc
> Even a lockup doesn't yield the position.  Now that is some fantastic
> racing! 
> 
> I believe our beloved F1 mix is faulty.  Bernie, Max, and the FIA need
> to
> institute rules (or more likely remove rules) that will allow this type
> of
> racing to occur again.  We have not seen this type of wheel to wheel
> action
> in many years.  Cars able to pass at will and then be repassed again and
> again.  
> 
> This single lap has more passing for the lead than most modern F1 races.
> And that is a shame.     
> 
> Dave 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LS [mailto:lashdeep [at] yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:40 AM
> To: Dave Craig
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] Prost vs Everyone Else?
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-29zS0iSC4&mode=related&search=
> 
> Okay, so I'm watching this video and it appears that Senna was very
> upset
> with the preferential treatment that Prost has been receiving up to that
> point. I'm sure he is referring to some of the antics that resulted in
> Prost
> clinching the championship in 1989.
> 
> Can anyone else comment on some of the other issues that Senna could've
> been
> referring to in this press conference? 
> 
> Also, why Mansell would agree to these points? There is a lot of info on
> the
> web, just curious as to viewpoints from those that were following F1
> closely
> during the late 80's/early 90's.
> 
> Thanks,
> LS
> 
> www.exhaust.tv
> 
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