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valutando a proprio favore la limitazione dei test in F1

English translation: taking the constraints on testing in F1 as a personal opportunity

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Italian term or phrase:valutando a proprio favore la limitazione dei test in F1
English translation:taking the constraints on testing in F1 as a personal opportunity
Entered by: Daniel Gold

23:36 Mar 6, 2012
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Italian term or phrase: valutando a proprio favore la limitazione dei test in F1
This is from a press release on a simulator of a Formula 1 race car. It refers to the engineer who developed this simulator, after designing electronic systems in the F1 world. I can't understand what they're driving at with the above phrase. Here's the context:

Ritiratosi dal mondo dei Gran Premi, e valutando a proprio favore la limitazione dei test in F1, ha deciso di trasferire la sua elettronica su un sofisticato simulatore.

Maybe they mean "sfruttando a proprio favore" but that still doesn't make a lot of sense. Anybody have an idea?

Thanks.
Daniel Gold
Israel
Local time: 23:20
taking the constraints on testing in F1 as a personal opportunity
Explanation:
It sounds as if the number of possible live tests for F1 cars have been limited by the rules and your engineer took this as an opportunity and went on to develop a simulator
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Marco Solinas
Local time: 13:20
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Summary of answers provided
4exploiting the test ban limitations in F1
cilantro
3taking the constraints on testing in F1 as a personal opportunity
Marco Solinas


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taking the constraints on testing in F1 as a personal opportunity


Explanation:
It sounds as if the number of possible live tests for F1 cars have been limited by the rules and your engineer took this as an opportunity and went on to develop a simulator

Marco Solinas
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 20
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Asker: OK, it sounds right, but the reasoning is somewhat stretched. It's a big jump from "constraints" to "opportunity".

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
exploiting the test ban limitations in F1


Explanation:
To "exploit" seems to capture the idea

cilantro
Israel
Local time: 23:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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