New FIA :twisted: rules (sarcasm!)

TK9780 · Post by **TK9780** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:47 pm

New FIA

rules have just been published; as effective methods to close the gap between the lower end teams and the top three. The large drinking cups with bendy plastic straw used by drivers on the grid are to be banned from ‘France 2007’

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:49 pm

Hi there

Max is a genius and he knows that the smaller teams can't afford the bigger cups and the bendy straws. The dissadvantage of the straight stiff straw is as much as two tenths of a second on the slower circuits like Monaco and Hungary

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:22 am

Snowy wrote: Hi there Max is a genius and he knows that the smaller teams can't afford the bigger cups and the bendy straws. The dissadvantage of the straight stiff straw is as much as two tenths of a second on the slower circuits like Monaco and Hungary

They are terrible in Turkey, too much lateral force.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:01 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:
Snowy wrote: Hi there Max is a genius and he knows that the smaller teams can't afford the bigger cups and the bendy straws. The dissadvantage of the straight stiff straw is as much as two tenths of a second on the slower circuits like Monaco and Hungary
They are terrible in Turkey, too much lateral force.

Turkeys can't use straight non bendy straws.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:29 pm

jacfan wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:
Snowy wrote: Hi there Max is a genius and he knows that the smaller teams can't afford the bigger cups and the bendy straws. The dissadvantage of the straight stiff straw is as much as two tenths of a second on the slower circuits like Monaco and Hungary
They are terrible in Turkey, too much lateral force.
Turkeys can't use straight non bendy straws.

Nup.....makes them wild

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:42 pm

The weight distribution and the straw balance come into question too

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:59 pm

gkaytaz wrote:The weight distribution and the straw balance come into question too

Who is the straw supplier? Are there soft and hard straws? Can you scrub them? So many questions unanswered.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:02 pm

jacfan wrote:
gkaytaz wrote:The weight distribution and the straw balance come into question too
Who is the straw supplier? Are there soft and hard straws? Can you scrub them? So many questions unanswered.

Besides I just learned that those have not been tested in the wind tunnel either.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:05 pm

gkaytaz wrote:
jacfan wrote:
gkaytaz wrote:The weight distribution and the straw balance come into question too
Who is the straw supplier? Are there soft and hard straws? Can you scrub them? So many questions unanswered.
Besides I just learned that those have not been tested in the wind tunnel either.

No wind tunnel testing......................................

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:08 pm

jacfan wrote:
gkaytaz wrote:
jacfan wrote:Who is the straw supplier? Are there soft and hard straws? Can you scrub them? So many questions unanswered.
Besides I just learned that those have not been tested in the wind tunnel either.
No wind tunnel testing......................................

Nope nary a one... Sad ain't it?

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:18 pm

They were in mid test when the Ferrari wind tunnel succumbed to 39,000 and 17 pieces of metal exploding into it from the moving road belt.
As you all know, the FIA only ever relies on Ferrari data

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:19 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:They were in mid test when the Ferrari wind tunnel succumbed to 39,000 and 17 pieces of metal exploding into it from the moving road belt.
As you all know, the FIA only ever relies on Ferrari data

That shrapnel incident affected a great many people it seems.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:25 pm

gkaytaz wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:They were in mid test when the Ferrari wind tunnel succumbed to 39,000 and 17 pieces of metal exploding into it from the moving road belt.
As you all know, the FIA only ever relies on Ferrari data
That shrapnel incident affected a great many people it seems.

Not least of all Mad Max, when they asked him to tip in for the cost of repairs

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:28 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:
gkaytaz wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:They were in mid test when the Ferrari wind tunnel succumbed to 39,000 and 17 pieces of metal exploding into it from the moving road belt.
As you all know, the FIA only ever relies on Ferrari data
That shrapnel incident affected a great many people it seems.
Not least of all Mad Max, when they asked him to tip in for the cost of repairs

Poor Max

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:58 pm

Welcome TK9780