Ferrari Mailing List: Re: THE RETURN OF THE KING

[francis newman (francis]

He is driving a 2007 car at Mugello today
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8178345.stm

Francis


On 31 Jul 2009, at 11:55, Grahame Reinthal wrote:

> Hi Rui, Hi Francis,
>
> I think his 2004 car technically belongs to him anyway, so he could
> certainly fang around in that and build the neck muscles - that  
> thing with
> him in it was seriously quick!
>
> Cheers for now,
>
> Grahame
>
> "Patience is just procrastination without the anxiety..."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: francis newman [mailto:francis [at] fntn.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, 31 July 2009 4:30 AM
> To: Grahame
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] THE RETURN OF THE KING
>
> Rui
>
> I don't think he'll have any problem quickly adapting to KERS, or
> slicks (which after all he had more experience of that than any of the
> current F1 drivers till the start of this year). But he does need to
> build the strength in his neck, and a few hundred laps of Fiorano in
> any recent F1 car would help with that.
> Using a 2009 car would DEFINITELY be against the rules - but an older
> car -interesting point.
>
> F
>
> On 30 Jul 2009, at 19:22, Rui Gigante wrote:
>
> > Hi Francis,
> >
> > I meant the 2009 race car! He needs to adapt to slick tyres and
> > Kers, at
> > least. He doesn't even have a superlicense, and it could be his car,
> > not one
> > of the teams car. Would that be considered "testing"?
> >
> > Best,
> > Rui
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:33 PM, francis newman <francis [at] fntn.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I wondered that myself Rui, is there anything to stop MS practicing
> > > in a 10
> > > year old Ferrari F1 car just to build up his neck muscles?
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