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arknor said:
has anyone else ever crashed during a display run?
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Not specifically a display run, but I remember Pizzonia taking a couple of journalists around Barcelona in a S-Type Jaguar and, completely forgetting he wasn't driving his F1 car, entered the first corner at about 120 and rolled the car multiple times into the barriers.

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Skeeter said:
The fluid switch is not mechanical in any way. Anything mechanical would be against the regs.

Its a 'switch' in that the direction the air exits the pipework varies depending on the speed of the air. 100mph air is still 100mph air, regardless of weather the car is cornering or not.

Fluid switch is actually a pretty poor term for it. Its not a fluid as most people think (liquid), its air, which is treated as a fluid in aerodynamics, and the word 'switch' suggests something mechanical which moves, which isn't the case either. There should be a more fan friendly term for it.
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Not if you actually know what a fluid is :p, but I get your point :).
 
Spunkey said:
Not specifically a display run, but I remember Pizzonia taking a couple of journalists around Barcelona in a S-Type Jaguar and, completely forgetting he wasn't driving his F1 car, entered the first corner at about 120 and rolled the car multiple times into the barriers.
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...and to think this guy replaced Justin Wilson (who actually scored points in 2003 unlike Pizzonia's crash-fest performance). Not that Jaguar was capable of building two reliable cars at that point anyway. :rolleyes:
 
Spunkey said:
Not specifically a display run, but I remember Pizzonia taking a couple of journalists around Barcelona in a S-Type Jaguar and, completely forgetting he wasn't driving his F1 car, entered the first corner at about 120 and rolled the car multiple times into the barriers.
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What I love about that video is how the front seat passenger asks Pizzonia if he's OK whilst Pizzonia sits there all stunned wondering what the heck happened and how it happened. Yeah, should be the other way round no Antonio? :D
 
MarcLister said:
What I love about that video is how the front seat passenger asks Pizzonia if he's OK whilst Pizzonia sits there all stunned wondering what the heck happened and how it happened. Yeah, should be the other way round no Antonio? :D
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Well, no helmets, so he might have smacked his head off the window or wheel or something.

To this day I can't believe the speed he tried to carry into the corner - it's not as though he just misjudged the braking point a bit - he's going 30-40mph too fast!
 
this_is_gav said:
Well, no helmets, so he might have smacked his head off the window or wheel or something.

To this day I can't believe the speed he tried to carry into the corner - it's not as though he just misjudged the braking point a bit - he's going 30-40mph too fast!
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If it had been Irvine driving I think helmets wouldn't have been needed. Surprising really that Jaguar didn't insist on a roll cage fitted road car for Pizzonia to drive. :D

And as you say he's just so late on the brakes. He's practically into the corner when he brakes, as if he's in an F1 car.
 
Spunkey said:
Not specifically a display run, but I remember Pizzonia taking a couple of journalists around Barcelona in a S-Type Jaguar and, completely forgetting he wasn't driving his F1 car, entered the first corner at about 120 and rolled the car multiple times into the barriers.

Found it!

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Just me or can you hear him saying "No way!" at 0:19 :p
 
Theres a lot of rumours starting about merc dropping f1 altogether if bernie doesn't give them the same deal as RBR/MCL/FER

I guess cosworth can always supply FI and mclaren if they disapear :D

aparently its why schumachers decision on wether he stays or goes is being delayed as well because he wants to know wether merc or staying or pulling out.
 
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