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[BuonoBruttoCattivo]

Brilliant
The boys in red never cease to amaze me with their inventiviness
Kinda makes those [non-functioning] McCooling devices seem like a bad joke.

[tifoso]

One of the Speed Channel announcers said the bags on the vacuums were a new sponsorship opportunity.;)

[pRy]

After watching the Canadian GP I said to a few people "I wonder why a team hasn't developed vacuum cleaners to suck up debris during a pit stop instead of putting their hands in"... and viola, Ferrari where first to do it. They did have a huge debris problem at Canada so it doesn't suprise me they looked into a solution.

[30ft penguin]

When I saw those things I thought "good idea", but then the same doubts came up I wrote in the discussion pRy mentioned - vacuums are nice and good and certainly faster than removing debris etc. by hand - but what if there are LARGE objects in there, as in styrofoam burger packaging, large pieces of paper, debris picked up from crashes etc? That is, objects too large to fit into the nozzle. If you remove the debris by hand, you can remove those objects. But if you simply hold the nozzle in and press the big red "SUCK NOW" button, you either won't be able to remove those things and they stay in, causing engine overheating - or they get stuck on the nozzle and prevent the vacuum cleaner from picking up the rest of the debris.

[mhferrari]

I would think they would know if big debris were in there.

[30ft penguin]

Originally posted by mhferrari
I would think they would know if big debris were in there.

You think so? I think it's pretty easy for some of the garbage thrown around by the crowds to get sucked in when the car is driving on a straight past the grandstands. The team would not be aware of that stuff until somebody actually looked in or felt around with his hands.

[orange]

IAm sure that Ferrari just didn't go to the appliance shop and bought the 1st vaccum cleaner.
Surely they would have put it to lots of test.

(Unoffical sources say that RB was doing most of the testing with the vaccum cleaner !! )

[janusa]

Originally posted by orange
IAm sure that Ferrari just didn't go to the appliance shop and bought the 1st vaccum cleaner.
Surely they would have put it to lots of test.

(Unoffical sources say that RB was doing most of the testing with the vaccum cleaner !! )

[Electric Sheep]

Presumably Michael's cleaner is set on suck, thus getting rid of all the junk in the sidepods. Rubens' must be set on blow, to have the opposite effect.

[Moebius]

Is there any reason they couldn't simply put a fine mesh grille over the intake to prevent debris from getting in the sidepods in the first place?

[effone2k]

Originally posted by Moebius
Is there any reason they couldn't simply put a fine mesh grille over the intake to prevent debris from getting in the sidepods in the first place?

This would restrict airflow to the heat exchangers and result in overheating.

[Alapan]

Originally posted by orange
IAm sure that Ferrari just didn't go to the appliance shop and bought the 1st vaccum cleaner.
Surely they would have put it to lots of test.

(Unoffical sources say that RB was doing most of the testing with the vaccum cleaner !! )

[Booster]

This Pit Stop is a presentation of



Helping Formula 1 stay "clean" !

[glorius&victorius]

when I saw the first pitstop I wondered what that guy was going to do. Suddenly that bag exploded to its full size!!! ****, that startled me!!! I DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL!!!

But then I realized what they were doing, seemed funny afterwards.

I just wonder why they don't make those bags half their size. They're kinda in the way there.
So Ferrari....just make them a bit smaller to prevent clumsy things from happening

[The First MH]

I wonder if that's what those turtle outfits were that the McLaren mechanics were wearing a while back?
http://www.atlasf1.c...ighlight=Turtle

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http://www.formel-1-...uerb/sa/mc2.jpg

http://http://www.fo...uerb/sa/mc3.jpg

[Inness]

Originally posted by orange
IAm sure that Ferrari just didn't go to the appliance shop and bought the 1st vaccum cleaner.
Surely they would have put it to lots of test.

(Unoffical sources say that RB was doing most of the testing with the vaccum cleaner !! )

[StickShift]

I thought the Vacuums really sucked.






























...I'm sorry.

[Dudley]

I thought theere was some rule about the wheel nut removers being the only powered tools at a stop.

Clearly not.

[senninha]

Originally posted by Electric Sheep
Presumably Michael's cleaner is set on suck, thus getting rid of all the junk in the sidepods. Rubens' must be set on blow, to have the opposite effect.

Or when the clenaer was used on MS's car was to remove the dust whenever when RB did his 2nd (and horrible) pit all MS's car dust was put inside RB's car!!!

Afterall, the 1-b driver must do the "dirty" job!!!

[DAS WUNDER KIND]

Originally posted by BuonoBruttoCattivo
Brilliant
The boys in red never cease to amaze me with their inventiviness
Kinda makes those [non-functioning] McCooling devices seem like a bad joke.

Grande!!!

[Pioneer]

Originally posted by Dudley
I thought theere was some rule about the wheel nut removers being the only powered tools at a stop.

Clearly not.

No such rule.

[revvhead]

Actually, unknown to all ruebens vaccum cleaner suffered a mechanical failure (launch control & dust flap problems) and failed to operate leaving him with dirty sidepods

[Eric McLoughlin]

Wait 'til you see the computers and software systems needed to run these vacuum cleaners.

[Jaybee]

I am sure that , as we speak, Ron Dennis is scratching his head, trying to come up with a reason that these vacuums should be BANNED!!

[wawawa]

Originally posted by StickShift
I thought the Vacuums really sucked.

[JVRACER]

The real treat would be to throw that sucker into a blower and throw it on top of that engine.turbocharged V10's......drool.....

[Mrv]

Originally posted by glorius&victorius
when I saw the first pitstop I wondered what that guy was going to do. Suddenly that bag exploded to its full size!!! ****, that startled me!!! I DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL!!!

But then I realized what they were doing, seemed funny afterwards.

I just wonder why they don't make those bags half their size. They're kinda in the way there.
So Ferrari....just make them a bit smaller to prevent clumsy things from happening

This was the first vaccum or prototype you could say. The new SuperVac will feature the Vodaphone and Marlboro logo's.

[mhferrari]

Originally posted by 30ft penguin
You think so? I think it's pretty easy for some of the garbage thrown around by the crowds to get sucked in when the car is driving on a straight past the grandstands. The team would not be aware of that stuff until somebody actually looked in or felt around with his hands.

The have cameras following the cars thoughout most of the track. And also they would notice a increase of temperature. There is a chance they could miss it, of course, but indeed Ferrari is taking the chance with the vacuum. We shall see in the coming races whether this is a good idea.

[100cc]

Originally posted by tifoso
One of the Speed Channel announcers said the bags on the vacuums were a new sponsorship opportunity.;)

Perhaps Michael cuold advertise his own vacuum cleaners!!!!....on the vacuum cleaners.

[speedmaster]

Originally posted by Booster
This Pit Stop is a presentation of



Helping Formula 1 stay "clean" !

They will have to suck the suckers to clean it... Ferrari would be a good beginning....

[senninha]

Originally posted by orange


(Unoffical sources say that RB was doing most of the testing with the vaccum cleaner !! )

The same source said there was a private test on MS's house. Corinna gave the "team-order" to Rubens ...

MS's house got cleaned!!

[Mrv]

Originally posted by 100cc


Perhaps Michael cuold advertise his own vacuum cleaners!!!!....on the vacuum cleaners.

This is no joke. But Michael already has his own Vaccum with his name on it.

[HP]

Next idea on how to screw Rubens race. Mix up the fuel nozzle with vacuum cleaner ;)

http://a324.g.akamai...m/diapo_368.jpg

[Riker!]

Next idea on how to screw Rubens race. Mix up the fuel nozzle with vacuum cleaner

Laughing my arse off at picturing it.

[Berner]

Vacuum cleaners? Oh, I thought those were Sauber's 2003 powerplants.

[100cc]

Originally posted by Mrv


This is no joke. But Michael already has his own Vaccum with his name on it.

Thus my remark.

What better opportunity for Michael to boost his sucker sales than advertising them in F1....on a very similar gadget!!

[Al.]

Originally posted by Jaybee

I am sure that , as we speak, Ron Dennis is scratching his head, trying to come up with a reason that these vacuums should be BANNED!!

Could they be considered a movable aerodynamic device?