Rossi any good?

In a F1 Car?

From http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/4741725.stm

"He completed 80 laps with a best time of 59.21 - three seconds slower than
Michael Schumacher's track record."

So, question is, is that any good or could my old mum have turned in a
similar pace?

 

by my maths that 4.05 laps slower over 80 laps

 

1 one thousand 2 one thousand 3 one thousand

Nah, he's quick ok.

Alan

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only if MS could turn in a lap record time for all 80 laps which he can't.

I reckon thats a very good time for someone with the little experience
that Rossi has in a F1 car.

 

flash wrote

Which would be faster than the any of the back of the grid drivers could
muster and they are already in F1

Prolly not a lot of good and I could show your old mum how to go a bit
faster.

 

x-posted to rasf1 for the hell of it.
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Depends on the track conditions, car setup and the nature of the test.
He was in last years' car which was the spec. of car in which the
track record was set. Also, I think the track has been resurfaced
since Schumacher set this time but ICBW.

IMHO, all things considered, 3 seconds off the pace of a 7 times world
champ, in his second(?) go in an F1 car is not too shabby at all.

 

flash came up with the following;:

It's very good.

It's better than I can do anyway, marginally ...

 

I'm no expert on F1, but it seems to me that the pace available from
an F1 car is very dependent on factors such as tyres, fuel load and
other setup type things. So, I would guess that only Ferrari, with
access to this data, will really know if it was any good.

 

Only until Rossi cut under him on the last bend

 

Impressive.

Didn't Biaggi do quite well in an F1 test a few years ago too?

 

I prefer to think that I'm probably potentially the fastest and most
naturally skilled F1 driver who has ever lived, if only one of those
buggers would let *me* have a go in one.

I used to be a bit tasty on the scalextric back in my day, if it's proof
of my ability they're after.

 

And if Rossi turns in his lap record for all 80 laps, which he equally
can't.

 

Apparently not : http://www.formula1.com/archive/grandprix/2005/744/22.html

 

I don't think so - F1 grids are usually quite tight, I believe.

 

Nah, Steve's spot on. Under the current qualifying rules, there are
usually big gaps between the front and the back of the grid. Partially
due to the fact that they qualify with whatever level of race fuel
they've decided to run, but mostly due to the fact that some of the cars
are just several seconds a lap quicker than their competition this
season.

You're probably thinking of the older qualifying sessions of a couple of
seasons ago, where the 107% rule was in place and teams ran "qualifying
fuel" (i.e. next to bugger-all fuel), soft "qualifying tyres", and in
some cases, even "qualifying engines". This year, the cars are in parc
ferme between qualifying and the start of the race.

 

Yes, I was. Under those rules, qualifying was a better representation
of the outright pace of the cars, imo. Nowadays, qualifying is really
just round one of the racing, it seems to me.

 

You also need to take into account that Schumacher has probably driven
thousands of laps at the track. My guess is Schumacher could run a
good time in his sleep or with his eyes closed at Fiorano.

I wonder if the car had a fresh engine, etc.

 

There's usually at least three seconds between front and back.

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I would like to see MS do a race distance round Donington in the rain
on a MotoGP bike.

 

Yep, it's a bizarre situation I think. In one way or another, F1 has
been a joke for years now. They plan to further tit-around with the
qualifying rules for next season (this is on top of the pre- and mid-
season titting-around that has already gone on this year) but I don't
think anybody's holding their breath in anticipation of any radical
improvements. Run by muppets, it is.

I reckon Jeremy Clarkson's idea of paying all the drivers a basic 20K
annual salary with a million-quid bonus per overtake had some merit!