Italian: assettoEnglish translation: set-up 
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Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / automotive | | Italian term or phrase: assetto | "assetto della macchina"
Talking about race cars. |
| | | set up | Explanation:
race or qualifying set up, although trim is not entirely wrong (race and qualifying trim). To be honest, in F1 they only talk about set up.
Giovanni
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Note added at 2002-03-28 17:21:24 (GMT)
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Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
| Note from asker to answererSono convinta, sono convinta! Avevo messo "set-up" inizialmente ma mi sembrava troppo scontato. A volte, bisogna seguire l'istinto. Ma meglio se con la conferma dei colleghi.
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| attitude
Explanation:
assetto=attitude negli aerei ecc., però la definizione di McGraw-Hill Zanichelli mi sembra universale:
the position or orientation of an aircraft etc. either in motion or at rest, as determined by the relationship between its axes and some reference line or plane
Cf.:
Hydractive Suspension, through its ability to react constantly to the
attitude of the car, means maximum road holding and traction at all times. ...
www.citroen.com.au/cit_tech_hydropneu.htm
... effect may be even greater on the skidpad where the sustained attitude of the car
means one front tire has far more traction than the other. The 0.88g skidpad ...
www.geocities.com/MotorCity/6400/vw/autotech.html
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| set up
Explanation:
race or qualifying set up, although trim is not entirely wrong (race and qualifying trim). To be honest, in F1 they only talk about set up.
Giovanni
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Note added at 2002-03-28 17:21:24 (GMT)
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non convinta? Guarda questo sito, per esempio:
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines00/monaco/s2297.html
| | Note from asker to answerer| Sono convinta, sono convinta! Avevo messo "set-up" inizialmente ma mi sembrava troppo scontato. A volte, bisogna seguire l'istinto. Ma meglio se con la conferma dei colleghi. |
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