Ferrari Mailing List: Re: SPOILER: Bahrain G.P.

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

On Apr 16, 2007, at 8:36 AM, Grahame Reinthal wrote:

> Geez! What a quiet list!!!  Did anybody, perchance, happen to see  
> the F1
> race in Bahrain? I thought it interesting, but even though there  
> was quite a
> lot of overtaking, I am really getting bored with the fact that  
> cars can
> zoom along and then they get into the turbulent 1/2 second gap area  
> and from
> then on it is 90% yawn/ ho hum/let's wait for the next pit stop and  
> hope for
> the best....
>
> Grahame

Grahame:

I concur. I still watch, but ask myself why.

Fact is if you watch the last 5 minutes of qualifying and the first  
two laps of the race you have seen 95% of the action, barring an  
engine failure or an accident of epic proportions. So much regulation  
has been done to slow the cars down and make the races safe, yet  
still interesting. But F1 remains a boring high velocity parade.

My suggestion is to completely abandon any regulation of the cars  
aside from roll cages, fire extinguishers and the like. Instead,  
design courses where half the track is at high aerodynamic speeds,  
and half is tight up and downhill low speed twisties requiring  
mechanical grip to succeed. Keep courses wide enough to allow passing.

Throw in a drive-thru teller section with high curbs and appropriate  
padding and have a RR crossing that closes at random intervals twice  
during the race for five minutes.

Also regulate available fuel - 150 liters max? Insist  the cars are  
unmodified showroom stock aside from the above safety considerations.  
Bonus points if the showroom stock models have roll cages, 5-point  
belts, etc.

Finally all pit stops for fuel and tire changes must be carried out  
after the car is parallel parked between two car-size objects 20 feet  
apart.

And insist that all drivers who park their hot supermodel girlfriends  
in the pits must alsol bring their mother-in-laws, who are then given  
microphones to nag said driver during the race.

THAT would be a race worth watching! Make it even better by having a  
dozen 3 ton fish trucks circulating around the course as mobile  
chicanes. Mistakes will be rewarded a lap full of 3 day old flounder.

ken



> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Reynolds [mailto:kjtar [at] cox.net]
> > Sent: Monday, 16 April 2007 4:28 AM
> > To: Grahame
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: [Ferrari] SPOILER: Bahrain G.P.
> >
> > Not really giving anything away, but some might infer from the  
> > post below
> > what might have happened, so...
> > Scroll down.
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> > Can't believe that I haven't seen any postings yet with regard to  
> > the race
> > today.  Must be that nice weather (comparatively speaking).
> > So, what do we all think of the Ferrari driver lineup now?  And,  
> > the same
> > could be asked of McLaren's as well, I suppose.  The proof of the  
> > pudding
> > will be in the eating, of course, but any speculation on which  
> > drivers
> > will end up as #1 on (what seems to be) the two major competitive  
> > teams,
> > Ferrari and McLaren?  I'll bet Barichello is eating his heart out,  
> > moving
> > to Honda.  "Geez, I coulda had a (Ferrari) V8!"  Or was Raikkonen  
> > already
> > signed when Rubens decided to bail?  Oh well.
> > Rgds,
> > Tom
> >
> > Tom Reynolds
> > Tulsa, OK
> >
> > P.S.  Try going to Google, Maps, Directions, New York to London,  
> > and read
> > the steps carefully when you get to the low 20s...
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