Press releases/results

[Logrence]

Can anyone help me with printable press releases (specifically FIA announcement over rule changes for next season) and race results?

Not the FIA or F1.com websites, because they're useless. The acrobat stuff wouldn't print properly.

Cheers.

[Logrence]

(The announcement from Barcelona, just to clarify)

[Red]

Actually FIA.com is the answer, and Acrobat's PDF is created exactly to ensure a perfect print on every platform. (PDF stands for Portable Document Format) Go to www.adobe.com and download the latest version of Acrobat Reader if you have problems.

[Logrence]

I've got 5.0 but it won't let me download 5.1.

Like I said, any other sites?

[ASCII Man]

I have a *.rtf file of that announcement (for Wordpad) if that's any help?

[Adam43]

Red's right - I'd persevere with the pdf file, your really not going to get any better quality. I had no problem with it. You'll be lucky to find the whole document in another format. Someone would have to do the work of converting it and then posting it somewhere. And there isn't really any reason to do that. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[ASCII Man]

FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L' AUTOMOBILE

PRESS INFORMATION
Following its meeting with Team Principals in Imola on 17 April, the FIA held a
further six-hour meeting with both Team Principals and Team Technical Directors
in London on 29 April. This meeting resulted in unanimous agreement by the
teams on the points set out below. The President of the FIA confirmed that
provided the teams are unanimous, he could not imagine circumstances in which
the FIA would not agree to their proposals.

Electronic driver aids
All the teams and the FIA signed the following statement.
The teams unanimously agreed to a complete ban on automatic
gearboxes and launch control for 2004. The teams were able to
demonstrate that the elimination of traction control would involve
very significant additional costs for all teams and engine
manufacturers. The teams therefore unanimously requested the
FIA not to proceed with a ban on traction control for 2004. The
FIA agreed on the clear understanding that this would enable the
engine manufacturers to supply the independent teams with
engines at a fully affordable cost having regard to the current
business climate. The FIA agreed that, provided engines are
supplied on this basis, these arrangements will remain in place
indefinitely.
The FIA also agreed to allow pit lane speed limiters to continue and to examine
the possibility of allowing electronically controlled power steering.

Telemetry
Although pit-to-car telemetry remains banned, the teams unanimously requested
the FIA to withdraw its opposition to car-to-pit telemetry. They were able to show
that the benefits outweighed the costs. The FIA agreed.

Engines
It was confirmed that each driver would use one engine for the entire race
weekend (ie fitted fresh for Friday) and that use of a further engine would result
in losing ten places on the grid.
The FIA stated that if fully affordable engines were indeed available to all teams
from 2004 onwards, the proposals for multi-race engines in 2005 and 2006 would
be withdrawn.

Radios
Teams will continue to use their own radio systems in 2004 and beyond,
provided:
o they are stand-alone;
o they cannot transmit data;
o the FIA is given free access to the voice transmissions. Any commercial
exploitation of these voice transmissions will be a matter for the teams and
the Commercial Rights Holder.

Bodywork
o engine covers and rear wings will be modified for 2004 and 2005;
o only two upper rear wing elements will be permitted in 2004 and 2005;
o track tests will be carried out with a standard rear wing before making any
decision for 2006;
o proposed alternatives to a standard rear wing will be invited with a view to
having a package which also produces Monza levels of downforce and
Interlagos levels of drag;
o the 2006 bodywork regulations will be finalised by the end of 2003;
o the TWG will be asked to discuss the possible elimination of the side pod
winglets.

Extreme-weather tyres
o the two tyre companies will be invited to make extreme-weather tyres
available;
o the sea/land ratio and tread depth will be specified by the FIA and these
tyres will only be used when authorised by the race director;
o the FIA will ensure that a single wet-weather tyre capable of being used
effectively even on a very wet track is clearly defined within the regulations
for 2004.

Standard brake materials
The TWG will be asked to draft a material specification to be included in an FIA
invitation to tender for the supply of standard brake friction materials in 2004;

Standard skid block materials
The TWG will be asked to draft a material specification to be included in an FIA
invitation to tender for the supply of a standard skid block material in 2004;

Qualifying procedures
In 2004 cars will continue to be required to start the race with the same quantity
of fuel as they had at the end of the final qualifying session.

Post-qualifying parc fermé
Unless an equally effective means of ensuring that cars are raced exactly as they
qualified is proposed and agreed, post-qualifying parc fermé procedures will
remain the same in 2004.

Spare cars
o each team will nominate the two cars it intends to use during qualifying
before the session starts;
o use of spare cars will be restricted in accordance with the event
procedures issued in Imola (dated 17.4.03) but if a spare is used during
qualifying it must have the same fuel load as the original car;
o as a consequence of the above, teams will be permitted to add or drain
fuel from spare cars during qualifying under supervision of the scrutineers.


Barcelona, May 2, 2003



Something like this, Log?

[MiniMe]

Any seen what happened to the post race interviews? They used to be available from the fia.com site, but no longer - or are they in the media sealed section?

[Red]

No, the media section is not sealed. There is a restricted area, but to my knowledge is not press-related. Anyway, check this

PS: And yes, the press conferences are in old HTML format, not pdf

[MiniMe]

thats what I was looking for, tnx Red - they moved it on minime

[MiniMe]

ever notice that Schumacher ALWAYS uses the word "honestly" in the very first sentence of every press conference?

[ASCII Man]

Q. The last set seemed to be a little bit better because you maintained that gap between Fernando and yourself…

RB: Yeah. I was playing with our video game steering wheel a lot and finally I got a little bit better in terms of set-up and we changed the car a little bit in the pit-stop. It did help a little bit with the front wing so it was better, but it was too late anyway.


Video game steering wheel?? :confused:

[Logrence]

Cheers for that, Rij.

Noticed that part too - couldn't get my head round it...

[MiniMe]

Originally posted by ®îjñtjûh
[B]Video game steering wheel?? :confused:

Have a close look at the next retiree as he gets the steering wheel out of the way - I couldn't get over how much they've changed and how they look like a video game now. They have at least four buttons on each side plus a few along the bottom edge of the wheel.

It's a wonder Nintendo doesn't sue for patent infringement

[ASCII Man]

I see what you mean...

[MiniMe]

It's a wonder that you found an image, I thought they were secret - what car is that from?

Is the "E" button, the Ejector seat?

[ASCII Man]

It's from a Ferrari since they are the only team who use MOMO steering wheels.

[MiniMe]

Originally posted by ®îjñtjûh
I see what you mean...

I like Ferrari's better
Logitech MOMO Force Steering Wheel