Ferrari Mailing List: F1 Side Skirts and Other Sorrows

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

> > Lash notes "A friend runs an ex-GV 312T5. They make them run with the side 
> > skirts fixed in the "up" position for safety."

Side skirts - what an era.  I saw the side skirt cars run for real at Long 
Beach.  At the Queens Hair Pin all of them sounding as if they were dragging 
body work and coming apart.

Isn't this the same era they placed a titanium skid plate under the 
transmission?  I believe that era also made the cars carry a full fuel load. 
In the early laps, the heavy and squashy suspended cars bottomed out and 
created a shower of sparks at every bump.  The tunnel at Monaco - ho boy - 
Interesting.

The spinal compression must have been brutal.  Its a wonder those drivers 
could walk after a race.

DOUG
The rumor that the tailors measured just under the armpits to get a good 
trouser belt fit is a total farce.