RedM Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 The new points system should create some races for first place. 25 for a win 18 for second That's a pretty big gap and a heck of an incentive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 what the stupidly high ariel fin on the Ferrari F1 car? Hope that just for testing. Glad to see those nasty wheel covers have gone It's a pitot static tube, and yes it's there just for testing. What was wrong with the wheel covers? They were a technical advancement.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I have to say best looking car so far goes to virgin Racing. I hope its faster then they expect, coz it looks like it should be and I like Timo Glock. Those wheels covers were horrible even if they did smooth the air past the wheels though looking at the front wing on the virgin it doesnt appear to have all the gubbens and additional wings on it like the other teams...hmmm and looks to have a short wheels base in the picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I can understand the technical benefits of the covers but actually having a graphic of the wheel painted on the side of the covers just looked totally naff. Kinda like NASCAR with headlight graphics. Ughhh http://www.nascararmor.com/images/NasArm2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Any idea when Campos and USGP are going to name their other driver? Hoping to gain a bit more interest for running a club fantasy 2010 F1 league like I did last year Anyone up for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Am game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I'll play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris25 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 the manor team is based near me in dinnington. There new building looks awesome. Rooting on the rotherham boys!! Shcumi + hamilton wipe each other out in first race, got to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 All the design work for the 'Manor' team is done in Bicester in Oxfordshire. The only thing that happens in the headquarters is the marketing and bolting the cars together. Car looks reasonable enough though. Basic but not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 McLaren insist there is no need for "alarm bells" after the team's MP4-25 was spotted with a rather unusual device attached at Jerez on Wednesday morning. Concerns were raised about McLaren's 2010 challenger at the first pre-season test at Valencia last week when the MP4-25 was splashed with 'fluminescent' paint. Apparently it's used for measuring aerodynamic flow structures. Any comments Tony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Thought that was a modern interpretation of a scythe chariot there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Another device on the Mclaren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 that device will be seeing what the wing and wheels have done to the air and how disturbed it is or whether its smoothed back out. It could be that Mclaren are just collecting as much data as possible because testing is so limited they can then put these peices of data and get their simulator programs to try and match the changes or alter their design programs to work more accurately to real life behaviour.?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Any idea when Campos and USGP are going to name their other driver? Hoping to gain a bit more interest for running a club fantasy 2010 F1 league like I did last year Anyone up for it? As long as Ace promises not to win, I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 that device will be seeing what the wing and wheels have done to the air and how disturbed it is or whether its smoothed back out. It could be that Mclaren are just collecting as much data as possible because testing is so limited they can then put these peices of data and get their simulator programs to try and match the changes or alter their design programs to work more accurately to real life behaviour.?!? That's exactly what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 that device will be seeing what the wing and wheels have done to the air and how disturbed it is or whether its smoothed back out. It could be that Mclaren are just collecting as much data as possible because testing is so limited they can then put these peices of data and get their simulator programs to try and match the changes or alter their design programs to work more accurately to real life behaviour.?!? That's exactly what it is. Yup just some pitot static arrays, nothing trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Yup just some pitot static arrays, nothing trick. Why does no one else do this level of verification? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I think because McLaren want to make sure they don't have their pants pulled down like the start of last season. Won't that device already invalidate it's own data, though? There's minor changes to the airflow as it goes through it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 They had similar devices festooned around the defuser of last years car during the tests. It's stuff that all teams do in one way or another, usually during one of the dedicated straightline aero tests that we're allowed each year. They're also quite fond of flow vis-ing the car which is when you spray the bodywork with a parafin based luminescent dye. You then send the car out and as the parafin evaporates and the dye effectively dries in a 'streaked' condition you can see how the air is flowing around the bodywork or whether any flow has become un-attached. You're kind of right with the device invalidating it's own data, but that's where the skill of pitot static design comes into play. Things like making sure the static port is 12 x the diameter if the port downstream from the total port (IIRC!!). No doubt they would have run it in CFD as well to ensure that the array as a whole doesn't effect the results too much as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8513151.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 But a rule change, announced on Friday, will allow one day of testing at a non-F1 circuit if the substitute driver has not raced in F1 for two seasons. One whole day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 More than enough for these guys. If you look at todays test for example, Massa at the moment has put in over 137 laps so far with an hour to go. More than 2 race distances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 But it's a rule created JUST for MS isn't it? How rubbish is that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 lotus have launched there car http://www.formula1.com/gallery/launches/2010/511.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Hamilton is the fastest.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8514360.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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