F1 traction control banned!

[deevlash]

linky
Its being banned from 2008! yayage!

[FourWheelDrift]

Again?

[deevlash]

properly this time, so they say.

[dugsud]

Button will be pleased then...should benefit him more than most!

[anonymous-user]

"Any device or system which notifies the driver of the onset of wheel spin is not permitted."

I guess thats the drivers seat, throttle pedal and steering wheel chopped off then.

Must be a slow news day, thats been known ever since the 2008 regs were discussed last year and the single ECU supply tender went out.

[SamHH]

Good, but apparently it has also been decided to stick with grooved dry tyres and 1800mm track. I don't know how final that decision is.

[AlexS]

dugsud said:

Button will be pleased then...should benefit him more than most!

There are a number of drivers coming into F1 now who have more experience of powerful cars running without traction control than with. Thinking GP2 and those with experience of A1GP.

[dugsud]

AlexS said:

dugsud said:

Button will be pleased then...should benefit him more than most!

There are a number of drivers coming into F1 now who have more experience of powerful cars running without traction control than with. Thinking GP2 and those with experience of A1GP.

Agreed, but some drivers have a natural gift for super smooth throttle control. Senna was one that springs to mind and Button is among the best of the current crop.

[F.M]

deevlash said:

properly this time, so they say.

A good development ...looking forward to that

[Frik]

How?

[anonymous-user]

dugsud said:

AlexS said:

dugsud said:

Button will be pleased then...should benefit him more than most!

There are a number of drivers coming into F1 now who have more experience of powerful cars running without traction control than with. Thinking GP2 and those with experience of A1GP.

Agreed, but some drivers have a natural gift for super smooth throttle control. Senna was one that springs to mind and Button is among the best of the current crop.

Senna was one of the most agresive and least smooth users of the throttle, he used to stab the throttle repeatedly on and off mid corner, his driving style was extremely diferent to most normal mortals.

[fozzi]

Good news... let's hope they really can enforce it!!!!!!

[gtr-gaz]

johnfelstead said:

Senna was one of the most agresive and least smooth users of the throttle, he used to stab the throttle repeatedly on and off mid corner, his driving style was extremely diferent to most normal mortals.

I've seen a video of his unusual driving style.
It doesn't make sense how he got round the track as fast as he did