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Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Harry Boy

Help: Took the old girl to Germany over the weekend to open her up a bit and test a few new bits. Great road quite twisty and pretty smooth. Anyway, tootling along at a fair pace I had a call on the mobile (hands, or should that be Hans, free of course). Flicked the switch and it was a work mate of mine, telling me I was being tail-gated by another Ferrari, mirrors not too good of course. This chap apparently wanted to get past but had made no effort to do so, I was happy so I carried on at speed. Suddenly a few minutes later I experienced a sudden loss of power exiting a bend, although it was momentary, it allowed the other driver through. A rudimentary wave of the hand and he was past, although he wasn't quick enough to open up a gap, so positions were effectively reversed.

Do you think the power loss was anything to do with the call? Could it have drained a bit of engine power?

Anyway unexplained but not sure I will trust Ferrari in future, what about you?

Couldn't have been divine intervention because I went to Mass, a well attended one. By the way what does magnanimous mean?

Ciao

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - oilrag

I have the reverse problem with my own Fiat. The engine seems to be sucking on the phone battery - to overtake.

It`s either that or another breach of the space-time incontinence caused by energy starved beings from the future trying to cook their dinner..

oilrag

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Armitage Shanks {p}

mag·nan·i·mous

adj. 1. Courageously noble in mind and heart. 2. Generous in forgiving; eschewing resentment or revenge; unselfish.
Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Armstrong Sid
Was it an iPhone4?

They've been having lots of problems with reception and their antennae. They suddenly lost their reception if you had your hand in the wrong place. Ferraris seemed to be getting a bad reception in Germany as well.

Maybe you've stumbled upon the answer to a question to which neither Steve Jobs nor Luca di Montezemolo had the answer.
Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - SteveLee
Ferraris usually make much less than claimed horsepower anyway, that's why they forbid testers to dyno test them or pace them against other cars unless Ferrari are warned in advance so the engine boys can tune the a**e off them restoring some of the missing ponies.
Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - SteveLee
If the power died going into the bend - were you still on the throttle? Perhaps too much so and the TC reduced engine power sufficiently to prevent wheelspin? Modern driver aids are so good, particularly on high-end cars, that some drivers only notice them at the extreme edges of grip where the aids are actually making dramatic (life saving) alterations to engine and braking parameters in order to avoid a crash due to a lead-footed driver having more car than he has driving skill.
Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - oilrag

I had this thread down as ironic humour......... ?

;-)

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Armstrong Sid
I had this thread down as ironic humour......... ?

Maybe somewhere in a parallel universe, it still is

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - mike hannon
Well, not everyone watches F1. Or owns a Ferrari...
Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - oilrag

I try, Mike, but the constant droning and all the engines sounding the same.....zzzz . ;-)

Did anyone see Hamilton drive Senna`s car around a circuit recently? Can`t remember where, but it had 450 bhp more power than the current crop of F1 cars.

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - turbo11

Top Gear. He ran around Silverstone. That was one of the cars I put together originally, although it has been rebuilt a few times since then. It still has my original gearbox in it. Ahhh Happy days.

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Jonesy127

Help: Took the old girl to Germany over the weekend to open her up a bit and test a few new bits. Great road quite twisty and pretty smooth. Anyway, tootling along at a fair pace I had a call on the mobile (hands, or should that be Hans, free of course). Flicked the switch and it was a work mate of mine, telling me I was being tail-gated by another Ferrari, mirrors not too good of course. This chap apparently wanted to get past but had made no effort to do so, I was happy so I carried on at speed. Suddenly a few minutes later I experienced a sudden loss of power exiting a bend, although it was momentary, it allowed the other driver through. A rudimentary wave of the hand and he was past, although he wasn't quick enough to open up a gap, so positions were effectively reversed.

Do you think the power loss was anything to do with the call? Could it have drained a bit of engine power?

Anyway unexplained but not sure I will trust Ferrari in future, what about you?

Couldn't have been divine intervention because I went to Mass, a well attended one. By the way what does magnanimous mean?

Ciao

Dunno, but I imagine you had a face like a wet weekend in Hockenheim after that! My advice would be to ignore any more calls next time, even if it's work.

Are you sure it wasn't the radio interferring? My advice would be to drive with the radio off. Just repeat the mantra, "no more radio". ;-)

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Harry Boy

Apparently an objection to this thread has been lodged by a Spanish gentleman, a Senor Al Onslow.

He says the overtake was planned well in advance (3 months?) and had nothing to do with any radio transmission. Besides, he says, fans say we need more overtaking in F1.

He has no regrets about the manner of his win and instead of being a hollow victory he says it was his most deserved win since Singapore in 2008, you know the one...when his Renault team mate deliberately put it into the wall to enable Al Onslow to win. I'm just surprised he isn't sponsored by Teflon.

As mitigation Ferrari say it's a team sport and that a 1-2 finish was the aim. Hang on, a 1-2 finish was always likely, hopefully the FIA will be brave enough to reverse the finishing order.

Great Top Gear feature on Senna, one forgets just how good he and others were in the years when engine power outshone fairly crude chassis.

Hamilton in his element even at , what 80%, and driving on an empty track.

Well done turbo11 for building the car and gearbox, the gearbox must have taken a tremendous beating with all that power being put through it and the occasional missed gear by drivers in those days.

F1 engines scream, they don't drone, as anyone who attends a GP without ear-defenders will vouch, races can be dull though..but Ferrari can fix that.

Hungry for the next GP

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Collos25

Glorified expensive scalectrix it was fun when people drove the cars not anymore.

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - oilrag

What was that about Sterling Moss leading his class - having been pushed around in a wheelchair prior to a race?

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Jonesy127

>>>What was that about Sterling Moss leading his class - having been pushed around in a wheelchair prior to a race?

The man is a hero and a legend. Fact.

Edited by Jonesy127 on 28/07/2010 at 21:29

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Harry Boy

Glorified expensive scalectrix it was fun when people drove the cars not anymore.

True to a degree but followers have said pretty much the same thing about each successive decade. Not sure whether the 20's were better than the 30's, the 50.s better than the 30's etc. Cars are easier to drive, yours and mine too, but are much more complicated to set up and get the best out of them. These guys may be overpaid but it's never been toytown money anyway, pretty much the best at what they do.

We'll never know who is/was the best, nostalgia, not being what it used to be.

Oilrag's comments on Moss pretty spot on, and while he is a legend I think he broke both of them and more when deciding not to wait for the lift at his home. Driving again in sports racers so soon after. Guy deserves his Osca (that's right Osca)

Hungary for the next GP...

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Collos25

If they can fly jumbos without pilots a GP car is no problem

Ferrari:Sudden unexplained loss of power - Andy P

Does all this make F1 cars the largest and most expensive radio-controlled cars available? Maybe Tamiya should enter F1....

Edited by Andy P on 30/07/2010 at 13:08