Right, well done to RBR and Seb on winning the title, a great season overall. Can someone clear something up for me? I have this rash..... No, it's regarding the starting positions on the grid, what's to stop someone from gaining an extra couple of feet on the grid by not parking the car in the right place? I have a difficult enough time trying to park in ASDA in the designated car parking areas, so how can the F1 guys properly gauge where they should be placed considering that their almost completely cocooned within the cockpit of their vehicles, complete with obscured sight?
There is a yellow line that is next to the white box where the car slots in. The drivers just put the front of the tyre beside this yellow line to show they're on the mark. That and the teams can have an onboard of the car to tell them how far off they're.
Well done Silver! â 'Just saw Queef's interesting question, Nice to see it already answered. To clarify: The yellow line provides a 'line-of-sight' reference point. Interestingly, you also mention car parks. Oddly enough, the same principle applies to anyone who parks consistently accurately (whether or not this be a conscious decision by the driver*). And extending the principle, it also applies to accurate positioning of the car on the road during normal driving, 'parallel parking', stopping at road junctions, traffic lights etc. ! *By consciously and deliberately exploring this idea, any driver can become far more accurate, consistently, with all aspects of vehicle positioning, regardless of the vehicle. All that is required is a systematic approach to discovering how to find such reference points, which will be unique to every model of vehicle, no matter how subtle these differences may beâ¦
I bottled out of reverse parallel parking the other night and decided to drive in head first, I managed to whack the kerb quite hard and still ended up about three feet away from the pavement by the time I'd straightened the car up.
If you think about it in a road car you cant see the front line of a bay car parking space... go to your local tesco and see so many bad examples of bad parking with cars gone too far or sticking out the back too far. some taking up 2 spaces and some wedged into another car even.
Quite right. This is because these particular drivers have either; a/ not been systematic in identifying clear reference points which are in view; or b/ have not been sufficiently observant of their own knowledge! If anyone is sufficiently interested, I hereby promise I'll attempt a simplified explanation of a procedure which any and all drivers can adopt.- - -o0o- - - WARNING (and disclaimer!): [1] If I do, readers will need to consciously apply themselves to anything they find new. (Many will already know, or at least have relevant memories!). [2] Having applied themselves to the learning (if not previously known), they will then need to be at all times rigorous! in applying the principle. *Point 2 is the biggest reason for carelessness. Any consistently good driver is good because he or she consciously applies learned procedures and is always thorough. Once the procedure is properly ingrained, it becomes almost as natural as walking, and so requires progressively less mental effort.
I'm fairly certain there was a case some years ago (I have a feeling it involved Fisichella while he was at Jordan, that should give you some idea) where a driver was too far over his marks and they had to delay the start. Could be wrong though. Question's been answered nicely though
I kinda remember that. did he stall it too and they couldnt move him so the cars had to go around a 2nd lap?
