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7 Feb 2003, 16:11
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FIA to introduce a 'spy' into F1 cockpits
In order to police the new electronic regulations, the FIA are introducing a monitoring device to be fitted to cars from the British GP onwards.
www.pitpass.com/news2/news.cfm?newsid=4742
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7 Feb 2003, 16:46
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anything that makes it easier for The FIA to police the teams must be taken as a good idea in my view
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7 Feb 2003, 17:17
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Ditto.
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7 Feb 2003, 18:57
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Ditto that
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7 Feb 2003, 21:21
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Well, ditto, but how will it work? Can a technically minded person please say how they can 'read' the signals or however. Besides, if a team wanted to, I'm sure they'd mask the signals of something along those lines - something so it didn't work.
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7 Feb 2003, 21:43
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I think banning these aids is a stupid idea, but if they have to be banned, then....
Good on Ross to be working with them on this important piece of technology.
Last edited by Inigo Montoya; 7 Feb 2003 at 21:44.
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7 Feb 2003, 21:59
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Why do you think its a stupid idea Inigo? Surely the more difference the driver can make to the result the better?
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7 Feb 2003, 22:07
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if they can police it better than they could before (ie at all) then it's a good thing. like damon says, introducing the driver back into the equation can't be a bad thing...
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7 Feb 2003, 22:16
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I'm just a technology junkie, I guess. I see the electronic aids as part of the natural evolution in F1..
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7 Feb 2003, 23:06
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acording to Peter van Egmond(a Dutch F1 photographer) who wrote a collumn this month at www.verstappen.nl Renault's great starts have everything to do with electronics.
Renault apperantly use the transponder in the tarmac to their advantage(the transponder sees the car, BUT: the team can also see the transponder), the driver just has to press the launch button when the first red light goes on, and when the transponder shuts of, the car launches.
Trulli and Button just had to hold that button.............
Peter heard this from someone who works at Renault.
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7 Feb 2003, 23:09
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That was very true but the FIA figured out what was going on by the end of 2001 and banned that particular gizmo for fear it could be a danger, so they couldn't run it last year. Those Benettons were gaining 5 or 6 places at the start by literally being launched the 1000th of a second the lights went out.
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7 Feb 2003, 23:26
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Quote:
Originally posted by steve nielsen
acording to Peter van Egmond(a Dutch F1 photographer) who wrote a collumn this month at www.verstappen.nl Renault's great starts have everything to do with electronics.
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well...duh
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8 Feb 2003, 01:35
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I hope the "spy" (whatever it may be), will not be designed by Ross Brawn!
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8 Feb 2003, 01:43
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I have it on good authority that none other than our 10-tenths computer wizard know as RED will not only design but also run the spy system. It is well know that Red is totally impartial in his support of all teams in F1.
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8 Feb 2003, 08:49
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Quote:
Originally posted by NiceGuyEddie
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that's the most inteligent comment I ever saw from you Eddie!!
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