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Re: The Lotus Elise

To: "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: The Lotus Elise
From: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 09:18:08 +1030
Paul Root wrote:
> 
> I watched the Elise and the F40:
> 
>http://charlym3.free.fr/vid%E9os/One_Eleven_Association_111S_versus_F40_Monthlery_2001.mpg
> 
> That's pretty cool. But, I don't think the Elise driver was doing very
> well. Ok, I'll admit, I'm not much of a driver, and I don't race. But I
> don't think he was taking very good lines. The Ferrari was flattening
> out the turns, the Elise didn't. He also botched the last turn before it
> ended.
> 
> No offense intended, but I gotta think the Elise could have been ahead
> of the Ferrari if it just took better lines, and could hold him off on
> some of the shorter straight aways.
> 

Hmmm, I hope you weren't suggesting that the Elise take the same lines
as the Ferrari?

I think the Elise did damn well - and quite a few of those corners
involved getting around traffic, too.

Hey, the driver even crosses their arms on those tight corners like I do
- which eventually got me a slap from my instructor :-)

Great little clip that one (I will show it to me 308GTS-owning boss who
is already freaked that I do our local track only five seconds slower
than he does - but he ain't no Fangio, trust me!).

See... I am definitely in 'the zone' now!



-- 
Eric
'68MGB MkII
Adelaide, South Australia

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