Ferrari Mailing List: Bernie's Daredevil Thrill Car Show and Demolition Derby

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

Coming Changes in F1 Regs:

1. the engine freeze per the 10/06/2006 specs of the Japanese GP is a  
go. (ugh) Revs to be limited to 19,000.
2. Bridgestone will provide Red and Black tires a la Champ Car, Both  
sets must be used during the race.  I have no idea what the  
difference is between the two sets. Someone?
3. the split rear wing (see picture at .url listed below) aimed at  
decreasing backwash and increasing passing is on hold until 2009  
while alternatives are examined. Hey guys, how about bigger tires and  
smaller wings? I suspect because we all know what MARLBORO stands for  
but MALB. is more confusing.


http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/

09.19.06     F1: Radical Aero Changes on Hold


While I'm still on the soapbox someone in CAR suggested that the true  
successors to the classic race-cars-driven-on-the-street like the TDF  
and the 250 SWB are not Ferraris or Maseratis. They are the WRC  
replicas by MItsubishi, Subaru etc. The factories no longer race  
Ferraris and Maseratis aside from F1, which you need a crew just to  
start the damn things.

Perhaps Corvette, which is very actively raced by GM. Perhaps Aston  
Martin. But not Ferrari or Porsche: those GT3s are all privateers are  
they not?

-ken-