Paul,
The view from Toyota.
jd
Of course he would not admit it :) He was pulling away from Lewis
30 seconds before.
Have them contact me on 21st Nov in Oxford :)
Paul Lamar
Vettel yes, puling away, but not the Toyotas. Dave DeSpain
interviewed Bob Varsha one of the F1 commentators. Varsha cor-rob-
orated what happened with the rain.
Clue me in about Oxford.
jd
I have it on Video. I can upload it to youtube. The video does not
lie and it always remembers :) You can see Timo slow down and pull
over
to let Lewis by. You can also see it was perfectly dry in that area.
Timo was on the harder tires and Lewis was on the option but there
was not enough rain for the option to dominate. However Vettel
passed Lewis, both on the options, so Lewis was not as quick as he
usually is. Massa and Ferrari thought they had won the drivers
championship.
OK I uploaded the last 5 lap video to my web site. Scroll down to
the bottom of the first page in the video download area.
http://www.racetechmag.com/
World Motorsport Symposium in Oxford UK Nov 21st.
They are trying to fit me in. If I get a speaking slot I'll talk on
suspension mounted wings and turbo compound. My 1968 AIAA tech paper
is scheduled to be re-printed in the next issue of Bernoulli mag due
here in the U.S. any day now.
Aerodynamics & The Group Seven Racing Car by Paul Lamar
Presented at the AIAA Symposium on The Aerodynamics
of Sports & Competition Automobiles
(Research I did while at Chaparral Cars.)
April 20 1968
In any event I will be there.
Paul Lamar
I've got the race on tape. Both Toyotas were on dry tires. Vettel
and Hamilton changed to intermediates. Vettel was faster than
Hamilton on the same tires at the end of the race. There was plenty
of rain during the last two laps. The Toyotas were losing 30-40 sec
to the cars on rain tires. They admitted this. What does Toyota gain
from letting Williams win instead of Ferrari? Why give up any
positions if you don't have to? Massa would have been a worthy
champion as well. Where's the conspiracy?
jd
On Audio tape? William's win? Willam's was never in a position to win.
Vettel was driving for Scuderia Toro Roso. Timo was was driving for Toyota.
Felipe won driving for Ferrari. Alfonso finished second for Renault
Kimi finished fourth for Ferrari. Williams was no where.
Formula 1 is a lot of politics. Kimi moved over to let Felipe win
a race or so ago. Alfonsa was pissed at Maclaren and said he would help Felipe
win over Lewis. I think Timo was angling for a ride with Maclaren so he helped
Lewis come in fifth where he needed to be to win the drivers championship. Lewis
would have lost it to Felipe if he had come in sixth. Toyota gains nothing.
Its all in the video. You can see how dry it was.
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Better get the video before the Brits send out 007 to terminate me :)
http://www.rotaryeng.net/Brazil-last-5-laps.mp4
The people actually there in the so-called rain booed Timo.
Does this picture look like it was "At the end the track was totally wet."?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2008/nov/03/formulaone-lewishamilton2
Paul Lamar
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