Guest bulm5 Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 I love those V 10s whining to 18000 RPM. Go JPM!!!!!!!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTerry Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 It looks like JPM may be eating the exhaust from the prancing horses again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 An all Ferrari front row in Australia... God it's great to be Italian ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 I am sure being Italian is nice a la Ferrari, being German is nice a la BMW and Porche, but Detroit Iron is cool too. Can you call BMW and buy a crate engine for your 7 Series with 573cubes and 670 hp? I think NOT. You can for your GM tire burner. No you don't see any Chevys running with the F1 cars, but you don't see any Mondials competing in Pro Stock either... It's all good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey QuicksDraw! Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 Tiffosi RULE!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 We WERE talking about Formula 1 right... (sound of the Italian National Anthem playing blissfully in the back of my mind) Keep your crate motors, I'll take 18,900 rpm's SCREAMING down past the grandstands. Scuderia Marlboro Ferrari #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 A couple years ago there was a segment on 60 Minutes profiling Michael Schumacher. He makes over $80 million a year, which is more than Jordan was making (according to the story). F1 has over 300 million fans worldwide. What impresses me the most is that F1 drivers really are drivers. Going in circles at 160-220 mph is one thing (and a feat very few people are capable of), but controlling a 700+ hp rocket through the twists and turns of an F1 course is a thing of pure beauty to my eyes. I liken F1 to USPSA Open class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 What impresses me the most is that F1 drivers really are drivers. Going in circles at 160-220 mph is one thing (and a feat very few people are capable of), but controlling a 700+ hp rocket through the twists and turns of an F1 course is a thing of pure beauty to my eyes. This is even more true if you think they are driving those beasts through the narrow streets of Montecarlo, instead of a track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 A couple years ago there was a segment on 60 Minutes profiling Michael Schumacher. He makes over $80 million a year, which is more than Jordan was making (according to the story). F1 has over 300 million fans worldwide. What impresses me the most is that F1 drivers really are drivers. Going in circles at 160-220 mph is one thing (and a feat very few people are capable of), but controlling a 700+ hp rocket through the twists and turns of an F1 course is a thing of pure beauty to my eyes. I liken F1 to USPSA Open class. The BMWs are pullng in 900+ HP accdg to sources...teh ferraris are a little less but has the superb handling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 A couple years ago there was a segment on 60 Minutes profiling Michael Schumacher. He makes over $80 million a year, which is more than Jordan was making (according to the story). F1 has over 300 million fans worldwide. What impresses me the most is that F1 drivers really are drivers. Going in circles at 160-220 mph is one thing (and a feat very few people are capable of), but controlling a 700+ hp rocket through the twists and turns of an F1 course is a thing of pure beauty to my eyes. I liken F1 to USPSA Open class. I fall asleep when I watch those folks going in circles. Power slide through the corners baby!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 I thought what was kind of funny is that on that 60 Minutes show, Michael said his favorite daily driver car was a BMW M5 (not that there is a damn thing wrong with that either). Considering his sponsor, I thought that to be a bit odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twix Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 At the Brickyard, standing on the outside of the track with just a concrete barrier and a wire screen seperating you from the track. You are near the strip of bricks watching the Formula 1 cars come out of the last turn as they blast it down the straightaway. They are full on and they "end" their corner right in front of you as they edge right up to the wall in all their screaming glory. An unforgetable memory of mine from the practice before the first Indianapolis F1 race. I went to the race too. Cold and rainy, the three other people with me were hating it. I thought it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 as much as I am not a big fan of NASCAR, Dale Jr. and Tony Stewart made a hell of a good showing at the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona. I think they can drive pretty good. And Jeff Gordon pulled some good Lap times at the Indy road course with Montoyas BMW. I did love the one comment there though. (paraphased) F1 announcer: "so what do these cars redline at?" NASCAR announcer: "around 9000 rpm" F1 announcer: "Thats about what the BMW F1 car idles at" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 I posted this somewhere but I can't find the topic... AsiaTech F1 MP3 F1 would be worth watching if it weren't such a parade. If I'm going to watch four-wheeled vehicles "race" all by their lonesome with no passing or dicing, it's going to be rally cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 A Ferrari 1-2 in Australia. No better way to start the season if your a fan of the Prancing Horse. No more exciting moment in motorsports can be found ( in my opinion obviously) then the "standing start" and the run into the first corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Better that F1-racing, lets go to Le Mans with Audi&Porsche, durability is what counts. Hopefully Porsche re-enters F1 again, because F1 is getting a parade. It's always Ferrari No.1 and the rest follows, it's time for real competition. I'm not against Schumacher (who is really a great driver) and Ferrari (they build great cars) but where is the competition? DVC, Henny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 lemans used to be worth watching, before the ruined the circuit and went back to underpowered cars. kinda like watching IDPA as opposed to Open division...bring back group C and get rid of the chicanes on the mulsanne!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 There was a time when Alain Prost called the Ferrari he drove "a truck". It wasn't always "peachy keen" in Marinello. It's GREAT to be back on top again...in such DOMINANT fashion. As for the rest , fret not...they're working hard to play "catch-up". I'm enjoying it while I can...no one stays on top forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 No more exciting moment in motorsports can be found ( in my opinion obviously) then the "standing start" and the run into the first corner. It's particularly exciting when you are one of them. Absolutely one of the most stressful things ever. Especially when you're mid-grid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 I think I read that a F1 has a couple thousand pounds of Downforce so when you let off the gas you get a 1 or 2 G's of free braking, via the drag, throwing you forward. Man that's some reverse performance and driving skills. Hard to concieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 You're right Outerlimits, (No Limits), Let go back to the old days, Quote: Porsche 1970 Typ 917L: English racer Vic Elford called this Porsche 917 longtail a "monster" but loved it. He tamed the monster well enough to take it along Mulsanne flat out at 245 mph at night in the rain without lifting from the gas through the 'kink', a slight right bend (no chicanes). The 917 exemplified the coming of the end of an era in motorsports without LIMITS! Much better than modern days parades! Henny. PS. What downforce, just a simple rear-wing setup! and a hero at the steering-wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Thirty years later just 15 mph improvement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detlef Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 What's all this about Italian? It's the driver, not the car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I'll give credit where credit is due, Michael Schumacher is the PREMIER driver in Formula1. Some might argue (and correctly so in my opinion) he's the best ever. That in and of itself does not mask the fact that the cars coming out of Marinello are the best "product" available for him to drive. If they weren't ...he'd be driving somewhere else. There isn't a driver in the series that doesn't wish to drive for Ferrari (an Italian company). That's where MY Italian pride comes from...we have the best car out there...and have had for some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detlef Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I guess you can be really proud then of the lead in both Formula 1 and IPSC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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