Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Freeze

[Rick Lindsay (richardolindsay]

Stephen, there's nothing inherently wrong with turbos. The problem is a ridiculous rev-limiter. What was wrong with a V10 at 18000rpm? Political correctness pressure? If they want reduced fuel usage, leave one of the 18-wheelers at home!

And yes, Michael has a better podium victory leap than any other winner, before or since! In the pits, he was neither friendly nor rude. He was professional. Treated all us marshals as professionals, even though we are all volunteers.

-rick

-------- Original message --------

From: Stephen Sherman

Date:12/28/2014 8:56 AM (GMT-06:00)

To: Rick Lindsay

Cc: The FerrariList

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Freeze

I agree with you about engine development. Ferrari for got 'I build
engines'. Of course modern F1 requires both Aero and Engines.

However on the question of drivers, Michael was worth 1/2 second a lap, I
have to disagree.

I was at COTA this year and the cars sound worse in person than on TV. Some
blame it on turbos, but in the 80s they were using turbos and sounded GREAT.

Stephen

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi Friends,
>
> While I congratulate Mercedes for their V6 turbo hybrid F1 power system, I
> feel that its very much against the 'technical excellence' concept to
> freeze engine development within the season. Mercedes currently has an
> advantage and they argue engine cost containment just to keep it. How can
> one fault them? They don't want a fair fight. They want to continue to win.
> Winning sells cars and pleases sponsors.
>
> Of course, I'd love to see Honda come in and spank Mercedes at their own
> game - with no opportunity to make changes! Their engine freeze story might
> change then. Actually, I feel the better solution is to open up engine
> development within the limits of the formula. Run what you can build. What
> could be better for the science of engine development than continuous
> improvement?
>
> And what of Ferrari? A friend here asked, "If everyone who used to make
> Ferrari F1 cars is gone, is the new car actually a Ferrari?" Of course it
> is but the concept is thought provoking...
>
> So what are your opinions? I think mine is obvious. I don't give a rat's
> ass who's driving. I am interested only in the machines - and that interest
> has been stifled as of late. One might say my interest was frozen.
>
> Bring on 2015 and let the engineers build and evolve the best machines
> possible! That's just my two cents worth.
>
> -rick
>
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