For those engineering inclined, there is an interesting
article on Ferrari's use of data in the May issue of
Design News, a trade publication found in some libraries.
www.designnews.com
The level of data taking is amazing....150 sensors on the car, 1,000 samplings per second ! Some of this data is converted into adjustments while the race progresses. There are switches on the steering wheel
that allows the driver to alter several variables
including the engine mapping, suspension setup, etc.
These used to be available to the pit crew, but F1 changed
the rules and on track corrections can only be made by the driver. Since the driver can get a little busy, Ferrari
is testing voice activated controls.
Does anyone remember how silly we thought that concept was
when it was used on old TV shows like Knight Rider?
Technology marches on.
MikeD