McLaren's using a form of traction control
No wonder society is so collectively stupid.
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From: Ann Arbor
Originally Posted by GPMike,Jul 25 2008, 07:21 AM
Because its so hard to flip buttons while driving....please. Soccer moms are quite proficient at this as well while they dial their cell phones while driving their SUV, and I wouldn't call them skilled.
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Originally Posted by Penforhire,Jul 25 2008, 11:11 AM
It wouldn'ty surprise me if they do need to select LSD settings corner-by-corner, just like brake bias. F1 drivers have a lot to do in the cockpit. Not to make excuses for LH but there are many pit-out incidents, usually running over the outside lane marker or running a red light, because the driver is so active in the cockpit.
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Originally Posted by Birel186,Jul 25 2008, 10:20 AM
barichello said that at melbourne when he ran the red light leaving pits, it was because w/ the new mclaren ecu, he has more settings to change, reset, w/e than what honda ran... so he was distracted and ran the red light
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Jul 23 2008, 01:27 PM
As far as I can tell from what I read here, having the driver remap the engine on the fly is perfectly legal. McLaren just came up with a way to make doing so convenient and easy for the driver.
Now if it turns out this is some hidden backdoor into the ECU -- then THAT would be cheating.
Now if it turns out this is some hidden backdoor into the ECU -- then THAT would be cheating.
What is funny is that McLaren called Ferrari cheaters and that they were going against the "spirit" of the sporting rules, blah, blah, blah.
If this rumour turns out to be true McLaren make asses of themselves yet again...
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Jul 24 2008, 01:32 PM
The mass-damper was legal. They never got penalized for it, did they? The FIA just changed the rules later, that's all. Might happen again, I suppose.
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Originally Posted by Birel186,Jul 24 2008, 10:08 PM
whast funny about the renault mass damper is because it was classified as a movable aero device. good job FIArrari.
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Originally Posted by matrix,Jul 25 2008, 02:41 PM
Actually what is funny is that McLaren were the ones to complain...not Ferrari. So much for your FIArrari comment....
f#$%k it if mclaren has the edge from their paddles let it go technology is amazing