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
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>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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