Talk:Ferrari F2002

Racing car template

I've had a stab at a template for racing cars (see template:Racing car) to summarise the usual data. I've used the F1 templates as a starting point and applied it to the Brabham BT46 article. If anyone's got an interest in this, please have a look at the template and modify or suggest changes as appropriate. After a few people have had a go at it and we have something we're happy with we could start to use it more widely. Note that it's not meant to be specific to F1, by the way. Cheers. 4u1e 09:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Fastest F1 car of all time

Claim that Motor Sport magazine established this car to be the fastest F1 car of all time is uncited. On a comparison of lap times I can't see how the F2002 can be thought faster than the F2004. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.44.85.73 (talk) 21:07, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Lighter than the F2001?

F1 have a minimum weight regulation that decreed that a car cannot be lighter than a certain weight. in this case, year 2002 where the regs cite that it can't be lighter than 600kg. this rules has been in place since the '70s. So, stating that F2002 is lighter than F2001 is a bit misleading since the regs on 2001 and 2002 have the same minimum weight limit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.193.54.128 (talk) 05:48, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

In the early 2000s, many (most?) teams were capable of building cars which weighed less that the minimum weight limit, which they then brought up to the minimum weight limit using ballast (e.g. lead). I suspect the statement is meant to indicate that an unballasted F2002 weighed less than an unballasted F2001 - which was an advantage, as it gave the team more flexibility regarding the location of ballast to optimize the car's balance and handling. DH85868993 (talk) 09:14, 1 April 2014 (UTC)