Lets see them do it without the fuel pumps or rattle guns
socram,
Oct 23, 6:27am
Just reading the very detailed Tony Brooks autobiography "Poetry in Motion". It was often a case of fixing broken cars in the pits too, then rejoining the race several minutes down. Nowadays, cars are so technical, that just about all hiccups mean a retirement.
tamarillo,
Oct 23, 9:41am
F1 sounded so much better before this seasons v6.
quickbuck,
Oct 23, 8:04pm
They don't refuel these days. So they don't use fuel pumps.
bill-robinson,
Oct 24, 5:06am
right, but they cannot make a tyre that will last for more than 100KMs.
quickbuck,
Oct 24, 10:09am
They can, but they actually choose not to.
bill-robinson,
Oct 24, 12:25pm
for the spectacle, i forgot that again. one day, they will race cars again.
purple666,
Oct 24, 12:28pm
It's been going downhill ever since they started putting the engine in the back, same with Indy cars.
timmo1,
Oct 24, 1:02pm
Of course, its all in the relative times between teams pit stops, not the absolute time it take. Interesting video though!
socram,
Oct 24, 4:32pm
I'm almost tempted to agree, though pre 1969 rear engined F1 cars, 2.5 litre, 1.5 litre and early 3 litre still had loads of character.
When Cooper first went to the Indy 500, it did show up the old front engined cars.
gammelvind,
Oct 24, 5:08pm
Have to agree about the sound, but there have been some pretty exciting races this year, and some not so.
geedubu,
Oct 25, 4:03pm
It is all very structured now though, with limitations and parameters that exclude all-out racing. A short period of b@lls to the wall bring what you got racing was the original Tasman series.
bill-robinson,
Jan 1, 5:20am
I see the f1 circus has ground to a hold in texas.
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