Interesting F1 photos from the past

[Senna's_right_foot]

Only 'interesting' because of the story behind it and how it eventually panned out. Prizes to all who know what it is. Possibly.

 

[Josh]

They're pedals in the nose of an old F1 car, aren't they? Don't know the story behind these particular pedals though...

 

[RasputinLives]

Wasn;t it Mclaren's extra brake pedel thingy?

 

[no-FIAt-please]

Wasn;t it Mclaren's extra brake pedel thingy?

Hah I just saw that and thought the exact same thing!

 

[Josh]

Extra brake pedal? Why?

 

[no-FIAt-please]

From Wiki MP4-12

During the season, F1 Racing photographer Darren Heath noticed that the rear brakes of the McLarens were glowing red in an acceleration zone of the track. The magazine discovered through photos of the inside of the cockpit, that McLaren had installed a second brake pedal, selectable by the driver to act on one of the rear wheels. This allowed the driver to eliminate understeer and reduce wheelspin when exiting slow corners, dubbed "brake steer". Ferrari's protestations to the FIA led to the system being banned the following season at the 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix.[1]

 

[Senna's_right_foot]

Wasn;t it Mclaren's extra brake pedel thingy?

Indeed it is I was reading a little about banned innovations in F1 and was reminded of 'thirdpedalgate'. Ron Dennis said the system only cost £22,000 per car to develop and build and that rivals (i.e. Ferrari) only complained as they couldn't figure out how to do it themselves, as with using Beryllium in engines and of course the Michelin tyres saga.

 

[Road of Bones]

How miniscule would your left foot have to be to actually operate the third pedal though? Are you sure it wasn't "toe-operated"?

 

[FB]

How miniscule would your left foot have to be to actually operate the third pedal though? Are you sure it wasn't "toe-operated"?

As most F1 drivers these days are the size of jockeys I presume everything is in proportion.

 

[Jen]

As most F1 drivers these days are the size of jockeys I presume everything is in proportion.

I do hope not!

 

[FB]

 

[FB]

In the days when not everything on an F1 car was designed in a wind tunnel and CFD was something NASA used Ferrari tried this bizarre rear wing arrangement. It got Gilles disqualified from the Long Beach GP...

 

[Slyboogy]

Here some that I have:

 

[FB]

A few pics I uploaded to some Facebook F1 fan sites.

The BT50 testing mule at the British GP in 1981.

The Fittipaldi F8C at the same event

and a section through the Alfa 179 from 1980.

 

[FB]

 

[siffert_fan]

Rindt after colliding with Graham Hill's Lotus in the 1969 Spanish GP. He broke his nose but was other wise uninjured. A miracle.

 

[siffert_fan]

The never-raced March 2-4-0

 

[FB]

You want 6 wheel F1 cars, I'll give you 6 wheel F1 cars.

 

[FB]

Villeneuve and the Ferrari 312T3 Championship winning car.

 

[siffert_fan]

Vittorio Brambilla scoring his only victory at the 1975 Austrian GP