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FIA Gearbox Cost Savings For Formula One Teams A Failure
FIA Gearbox Cost Savings For Formula One Teams A Failure
It is the culture in which it takes 2 months and 5 races to bring a
foreseeable situation to a resolution that has made F1 such a mess so
often.
http :// tinyurl,com /63g3gs
FIA Gearbox Cost Savings For Formula One Teams A Failure
A slight tweak to the new long-life gearbox rules is likely to be
introduced soon.
This year, under the risk of five-position grid penalties, drivers may
use only one complete gearbox for four grand prix weekends.
The rule, however, does not apply on Fridays, meaning that one-off
gearboxes are fitted to the cars throughout the initial three hours of
official practice.
However, the combination of the two scenarios - despite the FIA's
desire to reduce costs - means that teams are actually bringing more
gearboxes to races than ever before.
Not only are spare four-race gearboxes ready in the transporters in the
event of a failure on Saturday, teams are also bringing to races spare
Friday gearboxes -- as well as the sealed current four-race 'box per
car.
At a bosses' meeting at Istanbul, the teams apparently agreed to a
slight rule tweak, which could be introduced as early as Monaco,
pending the consent of the World Motor Sport Council.
The new rule will mean that, in the event of a failure on Saturday,
drivers - albeit still punished five grid places - will be allowed to
simply get through the remainder of the weekend with a 'Friday-spec'
one-off gearbox.
The next four-race phase will only then begin at the next event, thus
removing the need for spare four-race gearboxes to be on site at grands
prix.
http :// paddocktalk,com /news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sidƒ956&newlang=&topic=8&catid=0
--
Pitwall is an online F1 manager game where you receive a team and need
to develop the team to get on the top podium position! Pitwall is
entirely free! No sh*t!
http :// tinyurl,com /5y6ls3
It is the culture in which it takes 2 months and 5 races to bring a
foreseeable situation to a resolution that has made F1 such a mess so
often.
http :// tinyurl,com /63g3gs
FIA Gearbox Cost Savings For Formula One Teams A Failure
A slight tweak to the new long-life gearbox rules is likely to be
introduced soon.
This year, under the risk of five-position grid penalties, drivers may
use only one complete gearbox for four grand prix weekends.
The rule, however, does not apply on Fridays, meaning that one-off
gearboxes are fitted to the cars throughout the initial three hours of
official practice.
However, the combination of the two scenarios - despite the FIA's
desire to reduce costs - means that teams are actually bringing more
gearboxes to races than ever before.
Not only are spare four-race gearboxes ready in the transporters in the
event of a failure on Saturday, teams are also bringing to races spare
Friday gearboxes -- as well as the sealed current four-race 'box per
car.
At a bosses' meeting at Istanbul, the teams apparently agreed to a
slight rule tweak, which could be introduced as early as Monaco,
pending the consent of the World Motor Sport Council.
The new rule will mean that, in the event of a failure on Saturday,
drivers - albeit still punished five grid places - will be allowed to
simply get through the remainder of the weekend with a 'Friday-spec'
one-off gearbox.
The next four-race phase will only then begin at the next event, thus
removing the need for spare four-race gearboxes to be on site at grands
prix.
http :// paddocktalk,com /news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sidƒ956&newlang=&topic=8&catid=0
--
Pitwall is an online F1 manager game where you receive a team and need
to develop the team to get on the top podium position! Pitwall is
entirely free! No sh*t!
http :// tinyurl,com /5y6ls3
