Spanish GP

[Madarmour]

Starting positions for the Spanish GP this evening

 

1) MS (Ferrari)

2) Barichello (Ferrari)

3) Alonso (Renault)

4) trulli (Renault)

5) Button (BAR)

6) Panis (Toyota)

 

Should be an interesting race. Looks like the lesser teams are having a good time now!

[Hitman]

Yes I agree with you Seanny

 

That is one hell of a car .... in fact , it is faster than any cars on the grid today.

 

But I also loved the BLACK LOTUS driven by Senna in a yellow helmet.

[Madarmour]

Well, F1 cars all look the same to me and doesn't strike to me as "beautiful"!

[Seansene]

Yes I agree with you Seanny

 

That is one hell of a car .... in fact , it is faster than any cars on the grid today.

 

But I also loved the BLACK LOTUS driven by Senna in a yellow helmet.

 

Oooo yes, the JPS Lotus

[Madarmour]

I remembered Tyrell 6 wheeler! Funny looking car.......

[Seansene]

I remembered Tyrell 6 wheeler! Funny looking car.......

 

Ah yes, the fabled P34 Amazing how they could get away with it in the first place...

[Madarmour]

They say 2 wheels on each side corners better...........but I think it never had any good results, right?

[Seansene]

Here's a writeup I found about the P34 by Denis Jenkinson. Apparently a large part of the failure to properly harness the car's potential came from a result of the tire war between Michelin and Goodyear. The information received by Goodyear from the other teams taking part that year, enabled them to develop the 20 inch tyres much quicker than the 16 inch ones used exclusively on the front end of the Tyrrell. The early advantage enjoyed by Tyrrell was gradually eroded away as the other teams took advantage of the ever more effective tyres on offer to them from Goodyear.:

 

>>This famous car was the handiwork of Tyrrell's chief designer Derek Gardner. It's most striking feature of course was the use of four 10 in. wheels instead of the regular two. The front-end layout was intended to "... minimize induced drag by reducing lift at the front and to turn that gain into the ability to enter and leave corners faster". The use of four small disc brakes required a special triple master-cylinder system, each feeding the brakes on one of the three axles. This was necessary as adjustments were required to control locking at the four front wheels. If the two front wheels locked first, then the effective wheelbase of the car was shortened and if the second set of front wheels locked first this resulted in the effective wheelbase being lengthened. The size of the front tires put special stress on the cross-ply tires Goodyear supplied. Had radial-ply Michelin tires been available to the team the story might have been different. Unfortunatly Goodyear's tire development program did not have the capacity to properly support the special 10 in. tires used by the P34.

 

The high point for what was known as Project 34 came at the Swedish Grand Prix in 1976 where Jody Scheckter came in first followed by his teammate Depailler in second. After two seasons and the departure of Derek Gardner the experiment was abandoned.

[Madarmour]

That is an informative insight!