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In response, teams fitted rubber skirts to the cars, but they didn’t work nearly as well because they flexed in a poorly controlled way and wore out – which is something that rubber does when it slides along the ground.
I honestly can't tell if Newey is being funny here or simply reporting a fact as if someone might not know.
“In response, teams fitted rubber skirts to the cars, but they didn’t work nearly as well because they flexed in a poorly controlled way and wore out – which is something that rubber does when it slides along the ground.”
― How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer
― How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer
“Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.”
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“Flask, alas! was a butterless man!”
― Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
“People ask me if I feel guilty about Ayrton. I do. I was one of the senior officers in a team that designed a car in which a great man was killed. Regardless of whether that steering column caused the accident or not, there is no escaping the fact that it was a bad piece of design that should never have been allowed to get on the car. The system that Patrick and I had in place was inadequate; that cannot be disputed. Our lack of a safety-checking system within the design office was exposed.”
― How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer
― How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer
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