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RobBeddington · 04-06-06, 05:50 PM

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IMHO an obscene amount of money spent by the F1 teams.

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True, unless you believe that F1 and other racing technology help to further road car development/safety, ie increased use of carbon fibre, titanium, electronics/microprocessors, fly-by-wire, paddle shift, etc, etc, etc.

An expensive way to test this sort of stuff? Probably, but IMHO F1 is a (marginally) more entertaining way of doing this than pure factory development.

Remember, without Ford's massive investment to win Le Mans, there would be no GT40, and we would all be hill-climbing Cortinas and Minis... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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04-06-06, 05:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
RobBeddington 7 Tenths Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Magazine Editor (finance magazine) and Freelance Writer (classic car articles) GT40: Robin Hood Country, England Posts: 761 Rep Power: 13	Re: a tight fit..... [ QUOTE ] IMHO an obscene amount of money spent by the F1 teams. [/ QUOTE ] True, unless you believe that F1 and other racing technology help to further road car development/safety, ie increased use of carbon fibre, titanium, electronics/microprocessors, fly-by-wire, paddle shift, etc, etc, etc. An expensive way to test this sort of stuff? Probably, but IMHO F1 is a (marginally) more entertaining way of doing this than pure factory development. Remember, without Ford's massive investment to win Le Mans, there would be no GT40, and we would all be hill-climbing Cortinas and Minis... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif[/img]