Movable Floors

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Originally Posted by tamburello

True.

Now, some of us Ferrari fans can remember the Scuderia lobbying the FIA to ban Active Suspension back in 1993.

The Scuderia argued that such systems were in danger of creating a spending war which would harm the overall competitiveness of Formula One.

Of course, the fact that the F93A was an absolute pig of a chassis that handled like a shopping trolley had nothing to do with it*


*I'm a Ferrari fan.....I'm duty bound to say that. OK, I don't believe it, but it's in the small-print of a Tifosi contract that I have to say it.

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Ah but tamburello my friend, was not the Scuderia ultimately proven to be correct? Active suspension was later banned as a blight on the spirit of the sport.

I believe you are referring to page 3, clause 1.2, paragraph 4 of the Tifosi: Articles of Admission 1947 document which states "Thou shalt not refer to anything from the Marque of Maranello as a tractor, truck, shopping tolley or any other vehicular mode of transport that is either slow, cumbersome or both."

It was of this clause that Alain Prost fell foul in 1991.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Well a tweaked ECU might give some serious advantage.

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As it turns out this was not the case.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Link please!

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http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns02597.html

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Originally Posted by jjanicke

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns02597.html

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Thanks! :up:

I liked this part mostly:

<<...and because of exceptional circumstances of this case only deduct the points awarded to the car in the constructors' championship.>>

For what it's worth that the FIA only favors Ferrari! ;)

So who things that the movable floors will be banned? I wouldn´t bet on it. It could be possible though... when Ferrari has a confortable lead.

So who thinks that the movable floors will be banned? I wouldn´t bet on it. It could be possible though... when Ferrari has a confortable lead.

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Originally Posted by ioan

<<...and because of exceptional circumstances of this case only deduct the points awarded to the car in the constructors' championship.>>

For what it's worth that the FIA only favors Ferrari!

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Exceptional circumstances in this case being that only one out of two seals was broken...

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Originally Posted by DonJippo

Exceptional circumstances in this case being that only one out of two seals was broken...

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Thus only half of the winning package kept it's points?
Don't make me laugh. FIA and F1 is no kindergarten.
They just wanted MH to keep in touch in the championship.

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Originally Posted by ioan

They just wanted MH to keep in touch in the championship.

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Actually, Ioan, I got the feeling that the FIA were looking at a bigger picture than just the 2000 World Championship.

They had been 'understanding' with Ferrari in Sepang the previous year, so anything other than being 'understanding' with Mclaren in Austria would have been tantamount to favouritism.

By acting the way the FIA did, they could show that they favoured no-one.

Of course, there are those who refuse to see it that way, but that's how it looked to me.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Actually, Ioan, I got the feeling that the FIA were looking at a bigger picture than just the 2000 World Championship.

They had been 'understanding' with Ferrari in Sepang the previous year, so anything other than being 'understanding' with Mclaren in Austria would have been tantamount to favouritism.

By acting the way the FIA did, they showed that they favoured no-one.

Of course, there are those who refuse to see it that way, but that's how it looked to me.

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If only they had had the same scale in Malaysia... then Mclaren would have won the WCC too... maybe.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Actually, Ioan, I got the feeling that the FIA were looking at a bigger picture than just the 2000 World Championship.

They had been 'understanding' with Ferrari in Sepang the previous year, so anything other than being 'understanding' with Mclaren in Austria would have been tantamount to favouritism.

By acting the way the FIA did, they could show that they favoured no-one.

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Good point. :up:

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Of course, there are those who refuse to see it that way...

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You're right:

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Originally Posted by eu

If only they had had the same scale in Malaysia... then Mclaren would have won the WCC too... maybe.

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:D