Talk:Ricardo Zonta

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Hiya - just to let people know, i deleted the following text form Ricardo's bio:

Toyota lap records

"On the final day of the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races Presented by Toyota, Ricardo Zonta and the Panasonic Toyota Racing Team TF106 F1 car continued to lower the record for the 11-turn, 2.238 mile Laguna Seca Raceway. Sunday's record-breaking time was 1:06.309 at an average speed of 121.504 mph on lap four of four flying laps. Zonta, traveling on brand new tires for the first time this weekend, laid down four consistent laps for an average of 1:06.640. His Saturday best time was 1:06.596 and Friday's best time was 1:07.587. On all three days, Zonta beat the previous track record of 1:07.722 set by Helio Castroneves at the CART Honda Grand Prix of Monterey in 2000. Castroneves' speed was 118.969. Despite the Toyota team and Zonta only doing demonstration laps for the fans, and not going flat-out to break the record, they still managed to do so. It is estimated that, had they spent a proper test week prior to the event to get a proper set up for the track, had the right compound tires (they did not use the softest Bridgestone compound available, rather a medium compound), and gone full-bore for the track record, it is estimated that, with the TF106 that they used here, a time in the range of 1:04 would be possible, and, of course, a quicker time for a Ferrari 248F1 or Renault R26, as the Toyota TF106 is about 1-1.5 seconds slower than those two cars. Either way, an F1 car is the fastest on that track, even after only doing demonstration laps."

It doesn't really have anything to do with Zonta and record has since been broken by a Champ Car anyway, so it's now factually incorrect. It also seems written from a very F1 biased view (see last sentance) and out of place for a bio of a driver anyway.

I agree, although you'll find you get reverted less often if you use the edit summary box just below the editing window to explain your edits, especially if you delete large chunks of text. As a side note, not sure the last sentence is biased. F1 cars are faster than CART or IRL cars, other than on ovals: it's simply down to the different regulations, an F1 car is lighter, has about the same power, and can brake harder (carbon vs steel brakes). That doesn't make them 'better', the respective rules of the series just make them that way. Cheers. 4u1e (talk) 18:25, 20 November 2007 (UTC)