Movable Floors

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

We count on members to keep a thread on topic when they have already been requested to :cool:

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You've got some bizarre ways to do requests, and to the wrong people. Whatever.

Back to the topic.

I post on several other forums. This is the only one where I won't use my real name.
Think about that for a minute.

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

I post on several other forums. This is the only one where I won't use my real name.
Think about that for a minute.

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what´s that supposed to mean?

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

I post on several other forums. This is the only one where I won't use my real name.
Think about that for a minute.

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Then why to bother to post here at all...

I mean that I have never seen a forum with so many personal insults and nasty comments. Another forum has a young lad on it (mid teens) who is quite plainly dyslexic. He is quite bright and has great posts. Nobody ever says anything about his problems with spelling and fouled up words.
I am afraid here he would be put down constantly.
There is another poster on here that is on another forum I am on. Here he gets insulted and I have even seen him called names. His opinions on the other forum are the same as here but he is disagreed with and that is it.
The reponse I received is about what I expected. I have been in this sport for many years and have worked for F1 ,Indy car and Can Am teams as well as been a senior race official. I also drove professionally.
I will continue to read some of the posts here but you won't see me posting much.

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Originally Posted by Mihaici

No, man, I like the freedom of speech, but I don't understand the simple association of words ("rabid romanian"); to me it sounds like an insult; I don't think that if Ioan would've been italian or german the guy would've said "rabid italian".

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I could be completely wrong but I doubt that the "rabid Romanian Ferrari" comment has anything to do with a diseased Romanian and everything to do with a fanatical F1 and Ferrari fan. Maybe it's just me and I'm simply desensitized to this nonsense. Let’s move on.

It also looks like BMW Sauber is using a similar contraption to Ferrari's floor board mounting structure. It passes the current FIA testing regulation, just as the flexing Ferrari wing did last year. So either the FIA further clarify the regulation, or adjust the testing proceedures in this area or we'll see alot more teams with the moveable aero floor pannels, very much like the highly contested 2006 Ferrari 2 material wheel rim that is now seen on many 2007 F1 cars.

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Originally Posted by Heidfeldrulez

yea, its obviously beacause you dont have the slightest clue of how mass-dampers work :D

but go ahead and educate:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/55982

and once you're done with that, i can give you another article that offers a rather deep, yet easy to understand technical insight as to how mass-dampers work

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So what FB had to say is:

<<"Now we understand why they banned the mass damper all of a sudden mid-season," Briatore told fans at the Bologna motor show. "This is because it wouldn't work with Ferrari's Bridgestone tyres, as their fronts are too wide.">>

Which is pure bullsh!t from a technical POV.

Could you please give us a link to that "rather deep, yet easy to understand technical" article. I'm really curious to see what has the width of the Bridgestone tires to do with how the mass-dampers work.

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

I post on several other forums. This is the only one where I won't use my real name.
Think about that for a minute.

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I did now "Drift" on outta here !!

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Originally Posted by jjanicke

It also looks like BMW Sauber is using a similar contraption to Ferrari's floor board mounting structure. It passes the current FIA testing regulation, just as the flexing Ferrari wing did last year. So either the FIA further clarify the regulation, or adjust the testing proceedures in this area or we'll see alot more teams with the moveable aero floor pannels, very much like the highly contested 2006 Ferrari 2 material wheel rim that is now seen on many 2007 F1 cars.

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I think you've described the issue perfectly jjanicke. Dennis himself basically said the same thing. We can probably expect the FIA to quitely clarify the regulation in the coming weeks.

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Originally Posted by fousto

I did now "Drift" on outta here !!

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ouch. a bit OTT dont you think? i would question the mentalities of people on this site on occasion. this is supposed to be a friendly forum where opinions are given on issues in F1, whether you agree or disagree with what people are saying etc etc. there does appear to be a lot of tension when it comes to race though for some reason. people appear to get a little heated under the collar and seem to have to resort to personal insults for no obvious reason. there is a difference between being outspoken in your views and being plain rude. i have yet to experience any real hostility here but i have noticed that in particular, its the people who dont speak english as a first language (im assuming based on their country) get most of the stick. however, im going to move on and give my opinion on the topic at hand now, which is whether ferrari are using illegal moving aerodynamic devices. no, i dont think they are, based on the fact i have yet to see any report of this where concrete facts are used. until they do, i believe they are legal. same as every other car.