OK - I stand corrected - maybe I over reacted to JYS's comments because
I was in the middle of losing Friday's track sessions while I fixed my
Japanese starter [which replaced a perfectly functional and reliable
Lucas one].
By the way he was a very eloquent, knowledgeable and interesting
speaker.
Derek
Patrick Young wrote:
>
> Must say I agree wholeheartedly with David. Technology will find a way...
>
> Not that JYS is being incorrect in what he says for now...but I mean all
> we're talking about is manpower. I mean starting pre war Auto Unions takes
> as I recall a three hour routine (this was why one could not be started at
> the Louis Vuitton Hurlingham Club concours a few years back because by the
> time somebody read the regulations at lunchtime, it was already too late for
> a 3 pm fire-up!
>
> Oh, and David, I'll happily be one of your seven push starters, assistants
> or whatever, if you can find the F1 car donor!
>
> Regards,
>
> Patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >Derek,
> >
> >I'm nothing like as miserable about the future. A couple of years ago
> >people were saying that all the computerised gizmos on road cars wouldn't
> be
> >repairable and all of todays 'future classics' would become inanimate
> >hulks. Engine management systems are available off the shelf for
> motorsport
> >applications and can easily be mapped to replace standard equipment.
> >
> >In 10-20 years time the jobs of those seven people will be on the chip. If
> >the role is something like shovelling dry ice into the rad intakes then
> >someone will have come up with a free standing chiller with a valve into
> the
> >cooling system like today we plug booster batteries in. F1 is a world of
> >tiny lead times. Historic Motorsport is a world of almost infinite
> >reflection. We'll think of a way.
> >
> >Then again - if I could get a ride in an F1 car I'd have no problem finding
> >seven friends to give me a bump start!!
> >
> >David
> >
> >Derek Harling wrote:
> >
> >> Quote from Jackie Stewart at this weekend's vintage races at The Glen -
> >>
> >> - you guys better enjoy your current vintage racing because there is no
> >> way you can expect to race today's F1 cars in, say, 10-20 years. For
> >> instance - it takes a team of seven just to start the engine.
> >
> >
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