Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1 Rules

[francis newman (francis]

Lashdeep

it was never banned at the time. they gave up on it because Goodyear wouldn't 
develop the tyres further.

the 6 wheeler that was banned, before it even raced, was the Williams FW07D 
which had 4 driven wheels at the back. This was in 1982, 6 years after the 
Tyrrell. Initially only 4 wheel drive was banned before eventually cars were 
limited to 4 wheels.

Even Ferrari had a go at a 6 wheeler , but with 4 rear wheels on the one rear 
axle, the 312T6 in 1977.

Best

Francis

On 17 Dec 2010, at 15:37, LS wrote:

> More downforce...and the car didn't do too badly...it had promising results 
> before being banned.
> 
> LS
> 
> From: E M <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com>
> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 9:59:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 Rules
> 
> I remember that car too.  What was the deal with it, were they after a 
> reduced frontal area with smaller wheels, or just worked out that you got a 
> greater contact patch with 4 smaller tires, than 2 larger ones?
> 
> Ed
> 911SC
> 
> On 17 December 2010 01:00, David Felix <svinvest [at] mindspring.com> wrote:
> With '3' I was remembering the Tyrell (sp?) 6 wheel f1 car of yore.   
> 
> David
> 
> On Dec 16, 2010, at 11:38 AM, E M wrote:
> 
>> I like some of the ideas.  But, some of the rules are to help contain costs, 
>> or give that perception anyway.  hee hee.  1/ would see every team running 
>> their own "zip fuels", as they did a couple of decades ago, and prices to 
>> develop and make them, would soon go through the roof.  2/  I think the 
>> monocoques are pretty much there now, or could be.  The problem isn't a lack 
>> of protection, but rather the body not being able to survive certain angles 
>> of impact, or more to the point, the deceleration they produce.  I think 
>> it's been proven the body can take about 80 Gs of decel, if in really good 
>> shape, and for fractions of a second.  But as we all know, that figure goes 
>> up exponentially with speed.  Easy to make the tub stronger, but the old 
>> human bod can only take so much banging about.  3/  That could make for some 
>> very interesting pit stops....come tire change time.  I like it. 
>> 
>> Ed
>> 911SC
>> 
>> On 16 December 2010 01:48, David Felix <svinvest [at] mindspring.com> wrote:
>> How about only having three basic rules?
>> 
>>      1) you are allowed 'x' liters of whatever fuel you want to use per race
>>      2) the monocoque must protect a driver from a 250mph crash
>>      3) minimum of four wheels (no maximum)
>> 
>> Everything else is up to the team. i.e.  ground effects, turbos, number of 
>> cylinders....
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:18 PM, LS wrote:
>> 
>>> Or F5000....hell bring back Can Am for some real BHP and driving.
>>> 
>>> This traction control, ABS and paddle shifting is for wimps anyways.
>>> 
>>> LS
>>> 
>>> From: Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>
>>> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
>>> Sent: Sat, December 11, 2010 3:28:12 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 Rules
>>> 
>>> Ah HAH - just like the old Formula Mondial.  Heck - those guys were only 2 
>>> or 3 seconds a lap off of F1 at Long Beach.
>>> DOUG
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: dale sailors
>>> To: DOUG
>>> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
>>> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 10:48 PM
>>> Subject: [Ferrari] F1 Rules
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>>           How about requiring all F1 engines and transmissions to be 
>>> sourced from street cars which are no more than 3 years old and were 
>>> produced in quantities above 500 per year? Internal parts could be changed 
>>> except for block, heads and crankshaft. Otherwise open formula.
>>>           That would make F1 relate to street driving very much.
>>>           Just my thoughts
>>>           Dale
>>> 
>>> 
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