Miata Mailing List: July 1993, Message #140
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   From: Andy Poling 
Subject: Re: RE>Re: RE>to ABS or not...
   Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 11:58:43 -0400


On Thu, 15 Jul 1993, Al Jenab wrote:
> "It's only shown up recently, but at least McLaren has it available.  Prost
> opted not to use it in Britain (he had some strange electronic problem in
> pratice that apparently spooked him), but his teammate (who's name I can
> never remember, dammit) had it."
>
> I thought Prost ran a Williams-Renault.  His teammate, BTW, is Damon Hill.
> Maybe you mean Ayrton Senna?  HIS teammate sure could use it.:^) Anyway, the
> point I was trying to make was that ABS is pretty simple compared to most high
> tech stuff in Formula 1, and most chassis contructors & drivers have elected
> to not use it.

Yup - you're right.  My swiss cheese memory got me there.  It's Williams
Renault that has ABS.  My memory seems to think that McLaren should still be
the dominant force in F1.  Not.

And it does seem like Andretti the younger coulda use it last weekend.  :-)

As far as the original thread goes, I guess the consensys seems to be that
ABS can be (but isn't guaranteed to be) useful in panic situations on the
street, but we'll never agree whether it's useful in racing.  :-)

-Andy