But maybe if they made it reliable it would have been slower.Quote:
Originally Posted by heliocastroneves#3
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But maybe if they made it reliable it would have been slower.Quote:
Originally Posted by heliocastroneves#3
An important point. As it pertains to 2002, JPM put the FW24 on pole seven times, and finished with zero wins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan
Best ever in terms of...? Results, looks, livery, technology?
For me nothing beats the Lotus 79. Results wise it won a championship and just 7 races and was competitive for less than a year but for someone fairly new to the sport at the time it looked a 'proper' racing car, had the best livery ever, shaped F1 for years to come and was driven by Andretti and Peterson. 'Nuff said :D
The thing that stands out for me about Ferrari in 2002 is that they scored 221 points. The rest of the grid combined scored 221 points. The 1988 McLaren can't match that statistic. Besides, I'm completely biased. ;)
Speak of the devil; Mario taking it for the first lap at the grand opening of CotA last week :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5gLo...layer_embedded
1961 Ferrari 156 Sharknose. Saw one racing at the Goodwood Revival a year or 2 ago.
Beautiful .
No I don't think "conservatively engineered" is an injustice at all and frankly the article you quote proves it as much - refinement and 'simple' engineering solutions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
As with "best driver" debates I think headlining statistics are not necessarily an important indicator.
As much as I admire simple/conservative engineering I also admire technology and innovation: there is something special about a great race car with a silver bullet that precipitates (Lotus 79) or is at the apex (FW 14B)of an arms race.
These are all points well taken. I would just like to point out that the difference in the amount of latitude within "The Formula" in the '70's compared to the 21st century is enormous, and the refining of many parts from the F2001 for the F2002 should be taken into consideration in that context. JMOQuote:
Originally Posted by wedge
The success of Ferrari up until 2002 would not have been possible without Bridgestone.
Technologically the best F1 car ever:
The 1978 Brabham "fan" car.
The Lotus 25 was the first fully stressed monocoque chassis in F1 and still won both the Constructors' Championship and the Drivers' Championship in its fourth season.
NO car in F1 since has been so brilliant that it still won GPs four years later, not even the McLaren MP4/1.