f1 in the rain

[Dave Eaton]

unless you're david coulthard - worrying about being seen by cars when about
to be lapped in the heaviest of rain, in the ardennes.

if you're mr coulthard, you easily capable of finding following traffic
using the simple (how often this adjective perfectly describes the actions
of the aforesaid f1 driver) expedient of locating the following driver by
aiming for the pointy bit of the car about to lap you, and waiting for
contact....

this does require some skill - don't try it a home folks....

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q
-----Original Message-----
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:56:38 +0200
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
To: quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk
Subject: Re: AUDI 200 REAR FOG light

isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk wrote:

> >> Formula One cars don't have brake lights.
>
> > Then why would F1 cars have RAIN LIGHTS mounted on the base of the wing?
>
> Erm - because they don't have brake lights?  If they're not present,
> there's no possibility of them being masked by a rear light.  And it's
> not just a 'rain' light - it's also used in fog.  Agreed, not many F1
> races take place in fog these days, but it used to be common on the
> old Nuerburgring.

The F1 cars make their own fog! They have no fenders etc so they blow up a
lot
of "steam" and spray with their wide wheels, thus being almost impossible to
locate for the drivers behind.