“That Weighing Controversy” — Lotus World n.3/1985

L’articolo, la cui traduzione in lingua italiana, in calce, è a cura del presente sito, tratta le vicende del Gran premio di San Marino 1985, in particolare gli esiti della pesatura della Mclaren di Alain Prost, fresco vincitore, sul campo, della gara appena corsa. L’inglese Denis Jenkinson, di cui nel testo non è specificata la funzione, è il giornalista di settore del mensile “MotorSport” e di altre eminenti pubblicazioni.

After the race Elio’s car, still with ample fuel on board weighed in at 547 kilos, Ayrton’s at 546.

Gathered round the park fermé immediately after the race were ranged various Team Managers and interested parties as everyone awaited the return of the McLaren that had been stranded out on the circuit and which the race officials were bringing back. Showing more than the usual interest in the weighing procedures were our own Peter Warr, Piccinini of Ferrari, Jackie Oliver (Arrows), Gerard Toth and Jean Sage of Renault, Denis Jenkinson and others …

The set of scales used are provided by FISA and are used by all the teams to check weigh their cars and they are also used during practice for spot checks. Finally the McLaren arrived and was pushed on and the weight read out – 538 kilos. In such an event the system calls for a check weighing with certified spot-on weights amounting in total to 500 kilos. These were now called for and the reading announced – 502 kilos. All of which presupposed that re-adjustment of the scales would show the McLaren to be 536.