- 18 Jan 12, 09:31#288390
Especially political influence.
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bud wrote:Blame Spanker Mosley. His indiscriminate bed hopping with whichever team was winning was nothing new. Though it is hardly Ferrari's fault if they had all the influence with Bridgestone, especially when the other 2 teams were Jordan and Minardi. As for money, other teams had huge budgets.andrew wrote:In those dark years we could all appreciate what money, your own tyre, power and political influence could achieve.LewEngBridewell wrote:No doubt you'd feel different if it was a McLaren domination.andrew wrote:2002 was a good vintage for F1.A lot of "fans" were turned away by the Ferrari domination. I agreed with them that it was a bit tedious, but I stuck it through in the knowledge it wouldn't last forever!True F1 fans (regardless of who they support) were able to appreciate that they were seeing something special happening that doesn't happen too often or at least that's what I've gathered from other forums.

andrew wrote:I worked, again.Tis more than what I'm doing at the moment mate! Just think... last summer it was the other way around!

LewEngBridewell wrote:Yep, changed times for sure. Your next project will hopefully come along shortly.andrew wrote:I worked, again.Tis more than what I'm doing at the moment mate! Just think... last summer it was the other way around!
andrew wrote:Yep, changed times for sure. Your next project will hopefully come along shortly.Cheers mate, yeah something will hopefully turn up soonish.
andrew wrote:But don't worry, there was no danger of me breaking a sweat. Spent the day flying about the yard, unloading a couple of trailers using The Force and continuing to chat up a lassie. A good days work indeed.Very good times indeed!

andrew wrote:Bridgestone had more than just those teams at one point, why do you think McLaren left them for Michelin... A fair go!bud wrote:Blame Spanker Mosley. His indiscriminate bed hopping with whichever team was winning was nothing new. Though it is hardly Ferrari's fault if they had all the influence with Bridgestone, especially when the other 2 teams were Jordan and Minardi. As for money, other teams had huge budgets.andrew wrote:In those dark years we could all appreciate what money, your own tyre, power and political influence could achieve.LewEngBridewell wrote:No doubt you'd feel different if it was a McLaren domination.andrew wrote:2002 was a good vintage for F1.A lot of "fans" were turned away by the Ferrari domination. I agreed with them that it was a bit tedious, but I stuck it through in the knowledge it wouldn't last forever!True F1 fans (regardless of who they support) were able to appreciate that they were seeing something special happening that doesn't happen too often or at least that's what I've gathered from other forums.
scotty wrote:Started a new module at uni on Electronics which seems pretty interesting, gonna get to look at KERS and all that stuff in detail at same point, which is neat cause i've been wanting to learn about that in true detail for a while nowYou know the way things work in life... by the time you get into the business KERS would be taken out of the regulations.
What's Burning? wrote:I am hoping not to take THAT long about itscotty wrote:Started a new module at uni on Electronics which seems pretty interesting, gonna get to look at KERS and all that stuff in detail at same point, which is neat cause i've been wanting to learn about that in true detail for a while nowYou know the way things work in life... by the time you get into the business KERS would be taken out of the regulations.
scotty wrote:KERS has been around for years in one form or another but have only recently started appearing in road cars (top end Audis I think). It'll be around for a good while yet.What's Burning? wrote:I am hoping not to take THAT long about itscotty wrote:Started a new module at uni on Electronics which seems pretty interesting, gonna get to look at KERS and all that stuff in detail at same point, which is neat cause i've been wanting to learn about that in true detail for a while nowYou know the way things work in life... by the time you get into the business KERS would be taken out of the regulations.The way things are going it seems it's just going to get bigger with better KERS systems coming in, with HERS, SERS and any other ERS you can think of probably following soon after... i'm considering specialising in it all, seems a pretty smart move at this point.
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