[Fot] F1 Championship - Not over yet?!

[Bill Babcock]

It wasn't the fuel in the car, it was the fuel being delivered by the  
fueling rig, They are allowed to have cooling, in fact all teams do,  
but they have to stay within a specific range of ambient. The  
brouhaha is that they BMW and Williams teams were a few degrees  
cooler than they were supposed to be. The mitigating circumstance is  
that the officially measured ambient temperature and the unofficially  
measured ambient were further apart than at any event this year.  The  
stewards initially decided not to apply a penalty, but their  
reasoning had to do with technical issues that they are not qualified  
to determine. So the potential for a change in the championship still  
exists--McLaren has filed a protest and it will need to be considered.


On Oct 21, 2007, at 5:20 PM, David W. Riddle wrote:

> formula1.com (the official site) is not yet reporting this result and
> neither is f1i.com (kinda an "outlaw" site).  SpeedTV's website is
> saying that they were not penalized.
>
> Would be interesting to know how the fuel in the tank was 14 degrees
> cooler than the ambient air?
>
> Kas any suggestions?  I'm sure other racers would like to know how to
> cool their fuel on hot days.
>
> At 05:14 PM 10/21/2007, you wrote:
>> According to the F1 web site, "The BMW Sauber and Williams teams
>> have escaped penalty after being investigated by Brazilian Grand
>> Prix stewards over fuel irregularities on their cars at the end of
>> Sunday's Interlagos race."
>>
>> So if this is indeed right, your hope has been confirmed!
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fot-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net
>> [mailto:fot-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of  
>> Bill Babcock
>> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 5:05 PM
>> To: David W. Riddle
>> Cc: fot at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] F1 Championship - Not over yet?!
>>
>> I certainly hope that isn't true. The stewards have been far to
>> active this year. The rules read like the tax code and the stewards
>> seem to enjoy influencing the outcome of a races.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2007, at 4:52 PM, David W. Riddle wrote:
>>
>>> Report that Stewards are investing and Kimi's Championship may be in
>>> doubt.  Williams and BMW may be DQ which would move Hamilton
>>> up.  However, another report is that maybe Constructor's points  
>>> would
>>> be taken and not Drivers points which would leave the drivers
>>> standings where they are.
>>>
>>> At 04:38 PM 10/21/2007, you wrote:
>>>> It was a pleasure to see Kimi win a championship, even though I was
>>>> rooting for Hamilton. What a year it was, great racing for a  
>>>> change,
>>>> and today's race was no exception--a nailbiter to the last lap.
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