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

[LS (lashdeep]

Ken, you just described my trip  from Delhi to Agra this past
February...by 750cc, 6 passenger Suzuki mini van.

How did you get a hold of my journal?

LS

--- ken rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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