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| Why did no one want Cosworth? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 7 2007, 02:05 PM (620 Views) | |
| Monty | Feb 7 2007, 05:14 PM Post #16 |
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Yes but that doesnt always mean its quick in a straight line, look at the 2000 ferrari..brilliant car but poor straight line speed. I dont think that the chassis would have made such a massive difference, who knows
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| Monty | Feb 7 2007, 05:15 PM Post #17 |
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<thumbs> Now your talking |
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| Rob | Feb 7 2007, 05:19 PM Post #18 |
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Well I know they didn't win a race, but Sauber did pretty well in 01-04, beating every Cosworth powered team in each year.... |
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| Monty | Feb 7 2007, 05:23 PM Post #19 |
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Accept 03 where their car was crap bar one flukey wet race, yea they did do well and were very quick through the speed traps but redbull wasnt an allay like sauber were and if redbull got the chance they wouldnt think twice about beating ferrari unlike sauber. |
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| Rob | Feb 7 2007, 05:24 PM Post #20 |
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But still won at Spa, Monza, Hockenheim (ok it was raining), Indy, and Sepang. All tracks where top speed is a good thing to have. |
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| Monty | Feb 7 2007, 05:34 PM Post #21 |
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Take a look at this for a lack of straight line speed then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UMerNGKG90 They didnt win at Spa Hakkinen did of course http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrDkGcDycTg |
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| Rob | Feb 7 2007, 05:38 PM Post #22 |
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Oh yeah, Well back to topic on hand, I don't think Ferrari would take the time to de-tune an engine that they were sending to inferior competition, but I don't think Red Bull got the latest development as soon as they came out either. On the whole, not having Cosworth in F1 does kinda suck, but that is simply life sometimes. All in all I'd rather have the Lotus name back that Cosie. . |
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| Penelope Pitstop | Feb 7 2007, 08:18 PM Post #23 |
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Oh God Yes! I didn't realise that was the choice but Lotus get my vote every time. So sorry dear old Cosworth, I do love you too, just not as much as I love Lotus. |
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| Monty | Feb 7 2007, 09:16 PM Post #24 |
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love in the air!
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| safc_fan89 | Feb 8 2007, 08:40 AM Post #25 |
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Would you rather see them trudge around at the back as they did in the final years? I'd hope that the likes of Williams would sell out before that happened on a regular occurrence. |
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| sportsman | Feb 8 2007, 10:12 AM Post #26 |
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Since 1967 all F1 Lotus cars used the DFV Cosworth engine. |
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| The STIG | Feb 8 2007, 11:33 AM Post #27 |
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Bring back the RS Cosworth Turbo rally cars!! |
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| Norbert | Feb 8 2007, 12:22 PM Post #28 |
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Or the Zakspeed Capri RS Turbo....
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| Penelope Pitstop | Feb 8 2007, 04:59 PM Post #29 |
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No, of course not! I had a slightly more romantic vision than that. A white knight to rescue Lotus and slay the evil old dragon that is Flavio Briatore! To more pragmatic subjects: Frank will never quit. Honestly, and I really don't mean to be horrible, what else would he do with his time? Just as soon as the major manufacturers get bored of lobbing money hand over fist into F1 for little return (and they will; just look at WRC) then Frank will be poised to play his master-stroke and again rise to dominance! It's just a matter of time. Really! And besides, the 2008 Concorde agreement will return more money back to the teams so if Formula 1 continues along it's cost-cutting path the extra money from the manfacturers will not be so important. Of course, Formula 1 will be ruined by then, but that is another story! |
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| Paul_Murtagh | Feb 8 2007, 05:26 PM Post #30 |
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Could Cosworth make a come back with Prodrive in 2008? |
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