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Title: What would you do?
Description: if you were F1 Constructors Champ?


El Matador - November 3, 2005 09:17 PM (GMT)
Renault, winners of the F1 Constructors title, have found a novel way of celebrating their acheivement.

The R25 was powered by a V10, and Formula 1 is moving to V8s next year. So Renault engineers who worked on the V10 decided to give it a send off fit for a champoin...

Renault V10 - We Are The Champions

Senor - November 3, 2005 09:24 PM (GMT)
thats not original. ferrari did happy birthday for one of shumachers races that feel on his birthday i think, last year.

El Matador - November 3, 2005 09:56 PM (GMT)
Really? Hmmm his birthday is the 3rd of January...so it would have been two rounds before the championship started. Anywhom. The point was it was more of a send-off for the engine than for Alonso.

The V8s should certainly be interesting...

él_bronto - November 4, 2005 07:51 AM (GMT)
That's awesome! How did they get it to play?

El Matador - November 4, 2005 01:30 PM (GMT)
They use the test bed for the engine. A test-bed is a platform which mounts the engine to a gearbox and computer. The engine can then be simulated through a whole weekend's racing without a car turning a wheel.

By programming the gear ratios through the computer end, you can make the most expensive ringtone generator in the world.




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