F1 Quiz Chain

[antiuser]

Schumacher at Spa 1992, I believe.

[matt21]

That's it

[antiuser]

It's kind of ironic, in a way, that the car that heralded the nose design which would later become universal (hat tip to Postlethwaite but his was not quite there) was also the last winning team to let go of the manual gearbox.

[antiuser]

In the same vein of the last question, what was the first win for an active suspension car? Race, car and driver.

[xpensive]

1987 Detroit GP, Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 99T;



Doubt if the Saab in the background was his though.

[matt21]

Wasn´t it Monaco the same year?

[xpensive]

He won Monaco, but the bumpy Detroit-track was the first "active" in my book, though I'm open to be corrected on that one?

Edit; Which I just was, Monaco was obviously the first as Lotus ran the system the entire season.

[antiuser]

Yep, it was Monaco.

[Sebp]

Just out of curiosity. Does anyone have a link to the story of why Lotus didn't stick to the system in the following years?

[matt21]

Maybe this helps: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/05/17/b ... uspension/

What has this to do with F1?

[antiuser]

I don't know if this is the answer you're looking for, but I have read that shinkansen (Japanese bullet trains) use side skirts much like F1 cars of the ground effect era did.

[matt21]

I don't know if this is the answer you're looking for, but I have read that shinkansen (Japanese bullet trains) use side skirts much like F1 cars of the ground effect era did.

Not quite right. Havn´t heard of this?

[Sebp]

Maybe this helps: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/05/17/b ... uspension/

Thanks Matt!

Still wondering why they couldn't evolve and make it lighter though, in the following seasons. Will do some digging after work...

[antiuser]

I don't know if this is the answer you're looking for, but I have read that shinkansen (Japanese bullet trains) use side skirts much like F1 cars of the ground effect era did.

Not quite right. Havn´t heard of this?

http://books.google.com/books?id=tlGElv ... rt&f=false

[matt21]

Ok, so, I have to give you this point, as it is indeed F1-tech