Testing police

**call_me_andrew** · 1st March 2009, 05:03

How exactly does the FIA prevent teams from testing on their own? Do they hoard all PCM's not in use? What happens if someone tests at a track that the FIA hasn't given a Grade 1T rating?

**ioan** · 1st March 2009, 09:43

You'll need an underground track or one in Siberia or North Korea so that the press doesn't know about it.
Seriously, it's impossible to run an F1 car without it being noticed by someone.

**Allyc85** · 1st March 2009, 12:17

I was told the other day that mclaren did some straight line testing at an airfield and with in an hour or so there was loads of people up there trying to watch.

**markabilly** · 1st March 2009, 14:05

Just put some really big, good mufflers on it and cheat all day......funny, it would be maccheat doing straight line testing when they thought no one was around....... somehow the terms do seem to contradict...

**Knock-on** · 2nd March 2009, 09:33

Originally Posted by Allyc85

I was told the other day that mclaren did some straight line testing at an airfield and with in an hour or so there was loads of people up there trying to watch.

I was told that the LHC at CERN is being modified to run a Ferrari at near Light speed to test the new Aero regs

You heard it here first folks

**SGWilko** · 2nd March 2009, 09:47

Originally Posted by markabilly

maccheat..

Think I had one of their burgers the other day, was twice as hungry after eating it......

**Rusty Spanner** · 2nd March 2009, 10:08

Originally Posted by markabilly

Just put some really big, good mufflers on it and cheat all day......funny, it would be maccheat doing straight line testing when they thought no one was around....... somehow the terms do seem to contradict...

I think you'll find that straight line aero testing is excluded from the limitations of the testing ban.