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IMO MS will bring this to Ferrari in 2009
Topic Started: Jul 30 2009, 04:57 PM (676 Views)
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http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/07/31/...rari-simulator/
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Alien_SAP_Fiend,Jul 31 2009
10:37 AM
Isn't he still involved in car development?

I believe his role as a test driver is road vehicles and not in the F1 programme <think>
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http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news...731095431.shtml

Getting some miles clicked off.


Article here about helmet design - if you've got nothing better to read/do ;-)
http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2009/7/9708.html
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John,Jul 31 2009
10:13 AM
Alien_SAP_Fiend,Jul 31 2009
10:37 AM
Isn't he still involved in car development?

I believe his role as a test driver is road vehicles and not in the F1 programme <think>

oh, so that's what he's doing on the pit wall at races, developing road cars. I see.
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Alien_SAP_Fiend,Jul 31 2009
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John,Jul 31 2009
10:13 AM
Alien_SAP_Fiend,Jul 31 2009
10:37 AM
Isn't he still involved in car development?

I believe his role as a test driver is road vehicles and not in the F1 programme <think>

oh, so that's what he's doing on the pit wall at races, developing road cars. I see.

<think> Are you seriously suggesting that feedback from the pit wall is the same as that from driving the car?
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Alien_SAP_Fiend,Jul 31 2009
11:37 AM
oh, so that's what he's doing on the pit wall at races, developing road cars. I see.

Do you think that it is impossible to test road cars as a job AND still attend the odd GP race weekend.

OMG.. you are right... so that MUST mean that every single person in the pitlane on race weekend MUST work for a race team as test driver, it is so obvious.... <doh>
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Whatever.

So, will any points that MS wins go to Massa's tally or does MS take over Massa's points.
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Alien_SAP_Fiend,Jul 31 2009
04:47 PM
Whatever.

So, will any points that MS wins go to Massa's tally or does MS take over Massa's points.

Massa remains on whatever points he had before his accident. MS starts from 0. Any points he gets accrue to his total and to the teams.
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Interesting point (or not depending) is that since MS retired there have been 'collectors models' with his F1 records.

Just competing will add to his total starts, score points and that will change... I have a model of his first car (Jordan EJ191) and all 7 championship cars but had yet to get a model of his last race car... so now I can wait until they make a Schumacher F60.
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everythingoes,Jul 31 2009
11:21 AM
Massa remains on whatever points he had before his accident. MS starts from 0. Any points he gets accrue to his total and to the teams.

So, in a situation where MS is leading Kimi, MS will obvioulsy have to pull over to let Kimi get maximum points.

Interesting prospect.
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Well, not necessarily. Raikkonen is not competing for the WDC, so Schumacher would presumably only be told to move aside if Raikkonen was demonstrably and significantly faster.
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TRUE.... except unlikely as Kimi has no hope of winning the WDC so keeping him behind is not a big deal, (MS already showed in 1999 that he will let his team mate through when he has a shot at the title)

MS is down to race once maybe twice... his prime objective is to score as many points for FERRARI as possible he can do that by not letting anyone pass him it possible including Kimi.

Besides Kimi is himself a Ferrari world champion... he is also younger that MS and more experienced with the 2009 spec car so I doubt he will need to be let past
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Alien_SAP_Fiend,Jul 31 2009
09:37 AM
Steelstallions,Jul 30 2009
04:57 PM
Even if MS is off the pace, imagine the feed back he can give the engineers and the power he has to shape events in Ferrari. If he said we need to develop a certain area in the car this year not for next will Ferrari ignore him?

Errr, doesn't MS still work for Ferrari?

Isn't he still involved in car development?

Fat lot of good it's done so far. <rolleyes>

Three of the last four championships not good enough for you since he retired? Missing out on all four by just one point?

MS racing in that car will IMO give Ferrari a boost to the development the limited testing would never have done.
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Steelstallions,Jul 31 2009
01:39 PM
Three of the last four championships not good enough for you since he retired? Missing out on all four by just one point?

One of those championships being won by the lazy ice-cream eater who does nothing for the team.
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Alien_SAP_Fiend,Jul 31 2009
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Steelstallions,Jul 31 2009
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Three of the last four championships not good enough for you since he retired? Missing out on all four by just one point?

One of those championships being won by the lazy ice-cream eater who does nothing for the team.

Maybe, but he's still a WDC. <thumbsup>
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