Michael Schumacher will be testing for Ferrari due to his experience of driving non traction control in F1. 

Shumacher and TC

However, as stated in the article, "F1 begins a new era without traction control and other driver aids", does anyone know what the other banned "driver aids" are? Fingers crossed it is flappy paddle gearboxes, but I am not holding my breath on that one.

Matt

eno wrote on Nov 6^th, 2007 at 11:23am:


No, it just makes it easier to drive. If the driver had to decide when he was going to change gear it would make overtaking (and that is why we watch) a thing of skill and judgment and not a computer controlled equation.


However, how long before the teams come up with something that beats TC. Rather than engaging when the wheels are about to spin or do spin what about limiting the RPM at a certain point in a gear because you know that the wheels will spin for example. 

Matt

I reckon it'd be fun to issue all of the teams with a single chassis...


...a race with 22 identical Lotus 49s would seperate the men from the boys!

Ashar wrote on Nov 8^th, 2007 at 2:46am:


Now that is what is missing, three peddles and a gear stick. That would separate the Michael Schumacher's from the Taki Inoue's.

Matt

Smiling as I return to see this. Although what does that say of the current driver line up? We need a retired guy to test this as the others dont have the experience. I knew this would happen the second he drove the car at Fiorano.
As for clutches and gear boxes,it is a proven safety fact now that the paddles are safer in the current climate of motor racing. If the cars were slower then theres no reason why the old H pattern box couldn't be brought back.

I see michael back and racing within a season or two, he made the fatal mistake of driving the car again

The loss of traction control is nothing major, both ferrari and Renault will have to adjust their cars a little balance wise on braking because of how they used their TC systems, Mclaren are perhaps going to have the biggest challenge on acceleration because their car is more front biased in terms of weight.

Craig. wrote on Nov 8^th, 2007 at 7:27pm:


That will be interesting, however twice a lap should be more than enough anyway, take Silverstone as an example, I'd guess the only times you'd need to change the front wing angle would be along the Hangar Straight (less downforce) and maybe exiting Luffield on to the pit straight, same again.
At Monaco, up the hill to Casino Square and in the tunnel would be the only realistic places too.

On the flip side, at Monza it would be more downforce, maybe at the Lesmos and Curva Parabolica.

I'm beginning to like the idea...

Looks like Schumi was never away after the lunch break.

Top 11 (laatste update: 13:38)


Coureur Team Chassis Laptime Verschil Laps
1 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren MP4-22 1:23.119 26
2 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F2007 1:23.164 + 0.045 22
3 Heikki Kovalainen Renault R27 1:23.691 + 0.572 35
4 Gary Paffett McLaren MP4-22 1:23.791 + 0.672 17
5 Luca Badoer Ferrari F2007 1:23.879 + 0.760 36
6 Franck Montagny Toyota TF107 1:24.047 + 0.928 11
7 Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso STR2 1:24.559 + 1.440 40
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1.07 1:24.621 + 1.502 29
9 Nico Rosberg Williams FW29 1:24.689 + 1.570 22
10 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing RB3 1:25.032 + 1.913 18
11 James Rossiter Super Aguri F1 SA07 1:25.182 + 2.063 24

The last two numbers are laps completed
Ferrari have a new steering wheel, gone are the big screen and two smaller screens below it, they've been replaced by two small data screens at the top and 3 new dials have appeared instead. It's apparently caused some problems this morning costing them track time.

They can knock MS all they like, but no mistake, he's still got it  
Nice to see Bourdais' lap time close to Vettel's, he'll be one to watch next year... and Paffettt did alright too.

Craig. wrote on Nov 13^th, 2007 at 4:40pm:


As Sam Michael all but mentioned the other week, in his "audition" in Interlagos, Nakajima, qualifying aside, was rather quick...

Craig. wrote on Nov 13^th, 2007 at 5:16pm:


Dare I say, "Kamikaze" tactics?

I reckon [eastendpundit] the boy'll do good [/eastendpundit]. Possibly a successful Japanese driver in F1?

http://tinyurl.com/2rqgzw
Short video of the ferrari today, quite a good demo of the car without TC, a nice slide out of the corner.

For show, for show

To be fair, this is my christmas pressie and bday pressie rolled into one considering only 6 months ago he said he would never drive the car again. Now it's being arranged for him to also drive it at the next test in Jerez. I hold out hope that he'll take part at the silverstone test in June. That'll be three days I have the flu if he does.

Craig. wrote on Nov 13^th, 2007 at 5:33pm:


The sooner Toyota realise they're pants and give up the better. Then they can supply engines and a "wee bit" of financial backing to Williams. Look what happened when Mercedes did that to McLaren...

Maybe Honda are changing their thinking on F1 by hiring Brawn. What's the betting that they suddenly become competitive and have Ferrari accusing them of stealing technical details? 

expat wrote on Nov 14^th, 2007 at 10:11am:

But to be fair thats always happend.
Look at the Redbull/ STR cars. They are traditional Newey cars, which just happen to look like the Mclarens. It would not surprise me if next years honda turns up on the grid with the big drooping nose cone and sculpted bodywork of the 06 Ferrari.
The key thing is that he doesn't bring cd's, floppy disks and drawings along with him that are owned by Ferrari.

No Idea what this has to do with the thread, but its rather funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyfSAXhl4yY

day 2 testing results

1.  M.Schumacher   Ferrari              (B)   1:21.486   90
2.  de la Rosa     McLaren-Mercedes     (B)   1:21.857   60
3.  Kovalainen     Renault              (B)   1:21.894   65
4.  Massa          Ferrari              (B)   1:22.044   56
5.  Paffett        McLaren-Mercedes     (B)   1:22.293   57
6.  Rosberg        Williams-Toyota      (B)   1:22.333   64
7.  Coulthard      Red Bull-Renault     (B)   1:22.555   74
8.  Heidfeld       BMW-Sauber           (B)   1:22.946  102
9.  Nakajima       Williams-Toyota      (B)   1:23.031   77
10.  Vettel         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)   1:23.187   74
11.  Chandhok       Red Bull-Renault     (B)   1:23.255   57
12.  Button         Honda                (B)   1:23.358   79
13.  Trulli         Toyota               (B)   1:23.465   54
14.  Kubica         BMW-Sauber           (B)   1:23.488   37
15.  Davidson       Super Aguri-Honda    (B)   1:23.547   80
16.  Filippi        Honda                (B)   1:23.596   74
17.  Bourdais       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)   1:23.753   72
18.  Montagny       Toyota               (B)   1:23.977   45
19.  Klien          Force India-Ferrari  (B)   1:24.446   56
20.  Sutil          Force India-Ferrari  (B)   1:24.537  105
21.  Liuzzi         Force India-Ferrari  (B)   1:24.555   55


A thought, Alonso has been very reluctant to take the Renault seat, he only wants a 1 year deal, Renault want a 2 year commitment. Michael today said when asked if he would be receiving offers after the results, that he didn't think so, and even if he did, that there were no free seats right now. How long till Flavio gives up on Fernando and goes and re-offers Michael the seat like he did last year. I think thats the only team other than Ferrari who Schumi would drive for, and its the only team aside from Ferrari who could afford him.
I have a feeling Fernando is either not racing in 08 or going to Toyota.
Dissapointed in Paffets time. I think Mclaren was expecting a lot more from him in the hopes that he would show enough to take the seat alongside Hamilton next season. Bourdais has to pick it up aswell. I know he's knew to the car aside from a few tests, but he cant afford to be beaten throughout the winter by Vettel.

And his main sponsor who got him into F1 was Mercedes, headed by one norbert haug. Naaah it'll never happen

I believe so. And if I remember correctly at the time, Frentzen was considered the one with the most to give at the time as he was the fastest of the group. Wendlinger was seen as the one who was most likely to win the title in the future, and Schumi was the money basically. Then they all stepped into an F1 car and it sort of changed. Theres a full 6 pages on how Merc saw there up and coming drivers in the schumi book I was reading.