RE: was MB turbo question, now f1 and audi/bmw/mercedes

[Eaton Dave <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

yes, i saw the tyre thing as well, and i was gutted.  mickey the shoe lost 5
seconds over 4 laps, and most of that behind a stewart from memory.  still
mika is starting to drive quite well.

strange though that you have a gp in germany with the winner driving a
mercedes motor (ok illmor), and the crowd is silent.  when the 1st loser
crosses the line (a german, who just happens to be the best driver) driving
an italian car, and the crowd goes ballistic.

a lesson here for audi and bmw?

anyway, it all comes down to japan, and one of eddie's favourite tracks.
mmmm..... in the meantime, i have to endure the xenophobic british
specialist press gloating......


dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

On Tuesday, September 29, 1998 12:04 PM, quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk
[SMTP:quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk] wrote:
> In message <0D1316C4DFFED0118B990000F804E8BC3774F9@MOENT1.MINEDU.GOVT.NZ>
Eaton Dave writes:
> 
> > ps. that boy mika's getting better n'est pas?
> 
> I got it right, watching the race.  The Ferraris' tyres were going off
> after eight laps.  Mika was very fortunate (and his team were very
> good) when he got out just alongside Schumacher - and I was lying back
> on the couch saying that Schumacher had just three laps left to
> overtake him before the Ferrari's tyres went and he started
> understeering.
> 
> After the race, Michael said almost exactly the same thing.
> 
> A race definitely won (and lost) by tyre technology.
> 
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>  Phil Payne
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