7:16 lap at Imola

Post by **Londoner** » 03 Aug 2010, 10:24

Reading the profile of Life Racing Engines, I cannot get my head around the fact that the car's quickest lap at Imola pre-qualifying was 7 minutes and 16 seconds. I know the car and engine were pathetic pieces of rubbish, but how on earth did Bruno Giacomelli clock a lap THAT slow. He must have gone around at about 5MPH, or it had stopped for a few minutes during the lap. Must have been great entertainment for the hardcore F1 fans which watched pre-qualifying.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 03 Aug 2010, 11:00

I think it was that he went in to the pits, and didn't go out again to end that lap for 5 minutes or so.

Or something like that. It wasn't that they were that slow on raw pace.

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 03 Aug 2010, 12:35

shinji wrote:I think it was that he went in to the pits, and didn't go out again to end that lap for 5 minutes or so.

Or something like that. It wasn't that they were that slow on raw pace.

Yeah, at 7:16, he'd have had an average speed of 25mph, so he must've stopped. Maybe he saw a nice cafe just off Tamburello and had a cup of tea or something. The car was still sufficiently slow that Giacomelli was worried about one of the other cars driving into the back of him.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 03 Aug 2010, 13:55

At that time, the first lap time was the amount of time used from the start of the session to first time driver crosses the finish line. So Giacomelli left the pits, completed the lap while seven minutes and 16 seconds had gone into the session. Then, the car failed on the following lap.

By the way, Mark Blundell qualified for the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix with a time of 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

Waris · Post by **Waris** » 03 Aug 2010, 13:58

Bleu wrote:At that time, the first lap time was the amount of time used from the start of the session to first time driver crosses the finish line. So Giacomelli left the pits, completed the lap while seven minutes and 16 seconds had gone into the session. Then, the car failed on the following lap.

How do you know that?

By the way, Mark Blundell qualified for the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix with a time of 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

How is that even possible? Was it raining? Oh wait, there were only 24 cars in 1995...
Edit: Wasn't he also driving a McLaren that year? :lol:

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 03 Aug 2010, 14:09

I'm not sure but I think it was like that, because there are other examples of that kind of times. Another which I found is for Barrichello at Imola 1994, 14 minutes and 57 seconds.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 03 Aug 2010, 15:32

Waris wrote:
Bleu wrote:By the way, Mark Blundell qualified for the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix with a time of 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

How is that even possible? Was it raining? Oh wait, there were only 24 cars in 1995...
Edit: Wasn't he also driving a McLaren that year?

He crashed on his first flying lap and didn't take part in the 2nd qualifying session by medical advice.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 03 Aug 2010, 18:05

By the way, Mark Blundell qualified for the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix with a time of 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

How is that even possible? Was it raining? Oh wait, there were only 24 cars in 1995...
Edit: Wasn't he also driving a McLaren that year?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVPeJjh24E
Maybe this helps explain it, his team-mate was at it as well...

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 08 Aug 2010, 16:35

I think the what happened for that 16 min lap of Blundell's is explained that his crash brought the session to a halt and the car is recovered to the pits on a truck and then the transponder must of triggered the timing system......

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 08 Aug 2010, 19:58

WeirdKerr wrote:...and then the transponder must HAVE triggered the timing system......

Fixed. I may be a grammer N**i but that is one of my bugbears. Sorry...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 08 Aug 2010, 20:19

dr-baker wrote:
WeirdKerr wrote:...and then the transponder must HAVE triggered the timing system......

Fixed. I may be a grammer N**i but that is one of my bugbears. Sorry...

You're not a very good one apparently.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 08 Aug 2010, 20:42

kostas22 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
WeirdKerr wrote:...and then the transponder must HAVE triggered the timing system......

Fixed. I may be a grammer N**i but that is one of my bugbears. Sorry...

You're not a very good one apparently.

He's a grammar N*zi, not a spelling N*zi.

*Didn't know the asterisk was necessary, but whatever.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 08 Aug 2010, 21:31

kostas22 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
WeirdKerr wrote:...and then the transponder must HAVE triggered the timing system......

Fixed. I may be a grammer N**i but that is one of my bugbears. Sorry...

You're not a very good one apparently.

Yeah, it's best to check the comment before submitting it :lol:

shinji wrote:He's a grammar N*zi, not a spelling N*zi.

*Didn't know the asterisk was necessary, but whatever.

What is a NDidn't know the asterisk was necessary, but whateverzi?

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 08 Aug 2010, 22:35

Phoenix wrote:[

*Didn't know the asterisk was necessary, but whatever.

What is a NDidn't know the asterisk was necessary, but whateverzi?[/quote]

* <- that's an asterisk.

I didn't realise you needed to use one to censor the word Nazi.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 09 Aug 2010, 09:02

I just didn't want to invoke Godwin's Law..

And a typical punishment as I was growing up for spelling mistakes was to write out the word 20 times correctly. So...:

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By the way, I cheated. Did it 5 times then copied and pasted 4 times.

coops · Post by **coops** » 09 Aug 2010, 09:11

Phoenix wrote:
Waris wrote:
Bleu wrote:By the way, Mark Blundell qualified for the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix with a time of 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

How is that even possible? Was it raining?

He crashed on his first flying lap and didn't take part in the 2nd qualifying session by medical advice.

Thats right. Sid Watkins told him "Diagnosis Murder starts in half an hour, you'll have more fun watching that than driving that bag of shish"

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 09 Aug 2010, 13:20

shinji wrote:
Phoenix wrote:[

*Didn't know the asterisk was necessary, but whatever.

What is a NDidn't know the asterisk was necessary, but whateverzi?

* <- that's an asterisk.

I didn't realise you needed to use one to censor the word Nazi.[/quote]
Sorry, it was really a lame joke :oops:

just playing the censorship bit on the word Nazi.

dr-baker wrote:I just didn't want to invoke Godwin's Law..

And a typical punishment as I was growing up for spelling mistakes was to write out the word 20 times correctly. So...:

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By the way, I cheated. Did it 5 times then copied and pasted 4 times.

That's a classic :lol:

coops wrote:
Phoenix wrote:He crashed on his first flying lap and didn't take part in the 2nd qualifying session by medical advice.

Thats right. Sid Watkins told him "Diagnosis Murder starts in half an hour, you'll have more fun watching that than driving that bag of shish"

Really?

coops · Post by **coops** » 09 Aug 2010, 15:18

coops wrote:
Phoenix wrote:He crashed on his first flying lap and didn't take part in the 2nd qualifying session by medical advice.

Thats right. Sid Watkins told him "Diagnosis Murder starts in half an hour, you'll have more fun watching that than driving that bag of shish"

Really?[/quote]
I think so. Either that or Home And Away.

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