Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Breaking news... FISI to Ferrari

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

> for instance, with traction control many corners are taken with foot to
the 
floor while the software applies brakes to the wheels that start to break 
loose(I'm sure it's more complicated than that) - same with launch control -

foot to the floor until the light turns green then release a button.    I 
don't call that ultimate driving skill.

That is a misconception of Traction Control.  There was NEVER any brake
control!!  The FIA has always made the brakes off limits.  Hell, McLaren/DC
even got spanked when they tinkered with a Fiddle brake...  Traction Control
modified spark and epicyclic hydraulics of the differential.   Having worked
with TC on our racecars it is not the "cruise control" most people perceive
it to be.

Rick