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| The Dream team; were they really that good? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 29 2008, 02:31 PM (1,062 Views) | |
| Rob | Apr 30 2008, 05:56 PM Post #31 |
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Fair enough, but I think the FIA would have picked on any servos hidden in the steering column. |
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| Alien_SAP_Fiend | May 1 2008, 11:17 AM Post #32 |
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Kind of like how Renault had the speed that Ferrari lacked and the reliability that Mclaren lacked in 2005 and the speed that Mclaren lacked and the reliability that Ferrari lacked in 2006? It was not so much Renault doing well as the other 'better' teams doing badly, relative to Renault. Kind of takes the shine off Alonso's trophies, doesn't it? |
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| FlutterBy | May 1 2008, 11:25 AM Post #33 |
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Electromagnetic devices can act as both sensors and actuators. A rotary sensor reporting steering wheel column position to the 'black box' could be fed current and used to turn the column. This could be done under software control - with the software concerned being held in volatile memory. See Richard Williams' book 'The Death of Ayrton Senna' about the latter. |
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| FlutterBy | May 1 2008, 12:46 PM Post #34 |
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I would be fascinated to watch the GPS tracking of the cars. Differential GPS is a lot more accurate than standard, and could in theory give the position of the cars to a few centimetres. I'd like to be able to compare the readouts for successive laps, when the car concerned has a clear track ahead of it.![]() |
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| Red Andy | May 1 2008, 01:31 PM Post #35 |
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Except that it's garbage, because who are you racing against other than your competitors? To win championships you have to be the best team at the time. It's not your fault that the other teams aren't able to beat you. |
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| John | May 1 2008, 01:32 PM Post #36 |
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Totally agree with that...
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| Alien_SAP_Fiend | May 2 2008, 01:46 PM Post #37 |
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Does that apply to Ferrari's championship last year? |
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| safc_fan89 | May 2 2008, 04:30 PM Post #38 |
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The difference between Ferrari and all other teams (from the last decade at least) is that they have been consistently at the top. You can't put Ferrari's improvements in the late 90s down to specific people, it was a team effort. They were better than everyone else in just about every department. |
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| Monty | May 6 2008, 10:39 AM Post #39 |
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Nah in the last race they only just bet BMW and Mclaren. In 2002 and 2004 they had a far,far bigger advantage taking ever pole and every race win by half a minute. Who knows but it was probably partly down to Schumacher and partly the likes of Brawn. The current drivers have had everything put in place for them unlike Schumacher. |
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| Alien_SAP_Fiend | May 6 2008, 11:39 AM Post #40 |
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And still are... without Schumacher, Brawn, Todt, et al. Admittedly Chris Dyer is still there, but the people who wailed and gnashed their teeth when Michael left and villified his replacement are now silent. |
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| AndyW76 | May 6 2008, 11:45 AM Post #41 |
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Ferrari's efforts of the late 90s produced a lasting legacy. They relearned how to win as a team and ensured success for the future by investing future talent. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | May 6 2008, 12:06 PM Post #42 |
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It will fade. |
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| Rob | May 6 2008, 02:10 PM Post #43 |
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The talent or knowing how to win? |
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| AndyW76 | May 6 2008, 02:13 PM Post #44 |
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Nothing lasts for ever, that's a given and Ferrari will have the odd ropey year, but their current set up is the template for a winning GP team. |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | May 6 2008, 06:05 PM Post #45 |
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Isn't there a theory that success in football is largely cyclical and based around just a few top teams? I have an idea that the same is true of F1 and that McLaren and possibly Williams will again have their turn at the top of the pile. |
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