As I said, I can just let it go. I know and appreciate all that, but it just doesn't affect me. And it affects me even less in the current situation. I'd love to have got into F1 when I left the RAF in 1990 (I was servicing fly by wire actuators from Tornados) but I chose a different path. Perhaps I'd care more if I'd tried hard to join a team.
Did you ever consider joining a team with your engineering skills/background Tony?
Canada, Texas and Mexico all cancelled. No refund information yet though F1 did contact us to ask if we want to buy tickets to next year’s race. Cheeky bastards.
Hi,
@IanW what team are you currently with Ian.
You might have posted this before but I missed it if you did, or maybe you have not said.
Cheers
John
The job takes me to Brize Norton every now and then now, and we tend to stay close to the Leafield Technical Centre where Super Aguri were based. It’s a real shame to see images on line of it now. Up for sale since the Caterham F1 team folded, gradually turning derelict.
Sad case that I am, I bought a Tornado taileron powered flying control unit last year from eBay, £50. These babies were my life from 1982 to 1999, £100,000, and too complicated for their own good. Gave me lots of work though.
4,000psi hydraulic pressure, three outer loop potentiometers, four inner loop potentiometers, summation shaft, sub actuators, clutches, servos and solenoids.. the list went on. And they even let me play with and repair the electrics. Why can’t I find the confidence to do that now???
Sad case that I am, I bought a Tornado taileron powered flying control unit last year from eBay, £50. These babies were my life from 1982 to 1999, £100,000, and too complicated for their own good. Gave me lots of work though.
4,000psi hydraulic pressure, three outer loop potentiometers, four inner loop potentiometers, summation shaft, sub actuators, clutches, servos and solenoids.. the list went on. And they even let me play with and repair the electrics. Why can’t I find the confidence to do that now???
The guy I bought it off had two more, and a Lynx helicopter in his garden. Friends on Facebook now
Anyone think the Spanish GP will go ahead now?
Except Belgium numbers are on the up so they could be in the same position. Its a difficult call as the whole show is sort of one big bubble or at least bubbles within bubbles so should be OK. If anywhere on the remaining races got as bad as the America's then I suspect they would be pulled but I think for now Spain is below that. However 3 weeks is a longtime in all of this.Good point. If it's called off. I'd be happy to see 2 races at Spa instead.