Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 How far does that engine cover extend? Was thinking that myself - presume it's not attached to the rear wing as I can't see any aerodynamic advantage in doing so... Neat exhaust system as well It looks like it might be: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Aye since I posted that I realised it actually was. Suppose it eliminates the risk of flex in the rear wing but also wonder if it allows them the ability to replace the wing with more ease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 He's back: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 He's back: I bet the helmet changes to silver before too long.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentAxeman 174 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 For comparison purposes: fantastic last pic. really shows the difference in head on profile. maybe Mclaren have stumbled onto something with the high intakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) Virgin Racing launched their car today. Unfortunately for them their online stream didn't work and as most of the F1 press were in Spain it took a few hours for photographs to come out. Anyway, here it is.... In other news, it looks like Stefan GP have came up with an innovative way of getting themselves onto the grid - by taking another teams cars. Despite having the backing and chassis of the old Toyota team they have went out and apparently signed a huge deal with Campos Meta's chassis costructor Dallara to buy the intellectual property they've been working on and Campos are struggling to pay for simply to hoy them in the bin. Mad. Edited February 3, 2010 by Ketsbaia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Virgin Racing launched their car today. Unfortunately for them their online stream didn't work and as most of the F1 press were in Spain it took a few hours for photographs to come out. Anyway, here it is.... In other news, it looks like Stefan GP have came up with an innovative way of getting themselves onto the grid - by taking another teams cars. Despite having the backing and chassis of the old Toyota team they have went out and apparently signed a huge deal with Campos Meta's chassis costructor Dallara to buy the intellectual property they've been working on and Campos are struggling to pay for simply to hoy them in the bin. Mad. Very pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Alonso over half a second faster than anyone else so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 Got to admire Stefan GP's determination... As for the VR car - looks nice and I'm interested to see if a car that has designed by using CFD only can be successful. I'm guessing it won't be and I hope not so that the smug grin can be wiped from 'know it all' Nick Wirth's face. He's fast becoming the most irritating man in F1 - it's not like he's even designed a successful car in the past - they were all shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 0 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Maybe his Virgin design won't lose its rear wing and kill a driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Very silly question here. But by banning the in race refuelling could we see a car not finish the race because it ran out of fuel? God I sound like when the girlfriend asks me questions when I’m watching the football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Very silly question here. But by banning the in race refuelling could we see a car not finish the race because it ran out of fuel? God I sound like when the girlfriend asks me questions when I’m watching the football. It's possible, the teams aren't going to be willing to put an extra few lapsworth in 'just incase' because they'll lose time so they'll cut it as fine as possible. I imagine we'll see some retirements during the closing laps as we go through the season because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 Very silly question here. But by banning the in race refuelling could we see a car not finish the race because it ran out of fuel? God I sound like when the girlfriend asks me questions when I’m watching the football. It's happened in the past, many many times.... Mansell at Dallas in '84 when he passed out trying to push his car over the finish line springs to mind. The fuel levels are closely monitored by the teams and they'll know fairly accurately whether the driver has enough fuel in his tank to finish. What's likely to happen in the event that they don't is to switch to a more lean fuel mixture. Obviously this'll reduce the power they have meaning that you could see closer finishes to races as one driver who's managed his fuel better is able to push towards the man in front of him who hasn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Very silly question here. But by banning the in race refuelling could we see a car not finish the race because it ran out of fuel? God I sound like when the girlfriend asks me questions when I’m watching the football. Yes its happened before...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15432 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Yes its happened before...... Now that's clearly just cheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 I reckon Senna's edging one out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 First shot of the new Lotus: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Got to admire Stefan GP's determination... As for the VR car - looks nice and I'm interested to see if a car that has designed by using CFD only can be successful. I'm guessing it won't be and I hope not so that the smug grin can be wiped from 'know it all' Nick Wirth's face. He's fast becoming the most irritating man in F1 - it's not like he's even designed a successful car in the past - they were all shite. Does that mean all the design and aerodynamics have been done on a computer rather than in an actual wind tunnel? If that is the case, surely the results are limited by the quality of the software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Got to admire Stefan GP's determination... As for the VR car - looks nice and I'm interested to see if a car that has designed by using CFD only can be successful. I'm guessing it won't be and I hope not so that the smug grin can be wiped from 'know it all' Nick Wirth's face. He's fast becoming the most irritating man in F1 - it's not like he's even designed a successful car in the past - they were all shite. Does that mean all the design and aerodynamics have been done on a computer rather than in an actual wind tunnel? If that is the case, surely the results are limited by the quality of the software? Yep it certainly does. Wirth has mocked the need for wind-tunnels saying the software is much more likely to be accurate. How the hell he thinks a computer simulation can give him any more accuracy than a physical simulation is beyond me. His competitors are taking the piss out of him too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Got to admire Stefan GP's determination... As for the VR car - looks nice and I'm interested to see if a car that has designed by using CFD only can be successful. I'm guessing it won't be and I hope not so that the smug grin can be wiped from 'know it all' Nick Wirth's face. He's fast becoming the most irritating man in F1 - it's not like he's even designed a successful car in the past - they were all shite. Does that mean all the design and aerodynamics have been done on a computer rather than in an actual wind tunnel? If that is the case, surely the results are limited by the quality of the software? Yep it certainly does. Wirth has mocked the need for wind-tunnels saying the software is much more likely to be accurate. How the hell he thinks a computer simulation can give him any more accuracy than a physical simulation is beyond me. His competitors are taking the piss out of him too... Lo and behold...... New Virgin F1 team halt test after front-wing failure The new Virgin team have been forced to stop running their car following a front-wing failure at this week's test. The front wing fell off the car after driver Timo Glock had completed only 11 laps at Jerez in southern Spain. Technical director Nick Wirth said the cause of the failure had been identified and that the team planned to continue work on Friday. Glock's best time before Virgin ended their running was more than nine seconds off the fastest lap of the day. Glock had done three short runs when the problem occurred about an hour and a half into the second day of the four-day test. Wirth said in a team statement: "This morning we experienced a front wing mounting problem which caused the wing to come off the car at the beginning of a run. The cause has already been identified. "Unfortunately, we're missing one or two spare parts which will hopefully arrive this evening, so we won't be able to run for the rest of the day. "In the short amount of running that we've achieved so far, we are very encouraged by what we've seen and we have gathered some vital aero data which is very much in the range of what we were predicting. "We look forward to resuming the programme tomorrow morning." Virgin also managed only limited running on Wednesday, when the late arrival of new parts meant Glock did not go out on to the track until the afternoon. He managed only five laps before the team ended his work, saying they wanted to ensure the car was ready for a full day's testing on Thursday. Virgin are one of four new teams to enter F1 in 2010, and are the first to get their car on to the track. The new Lotus ran for the first time in secret at Silverstone on Tuesday, and will join the other teams for the second of the two Jerez tests, which starts on Wednesday next week. US F1 and Campos have not run their cars. US F1 are expected to do their pre-season running close to their base in Charlotte, North Carolina. There are question marks over Campos's participation as they struggle to raise the required funding. Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso set the fastest lap of Thursday's running before lunch, with a best time of one minute 20.026 seconds. Jenson Button's McLaren was second quickest on 1:20.618, followed by Nico Hulkenberg's Williams (1:21.565), Michael Schumacher's Mercedes (1:21.907) and the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso (1:21.928). Glock had done a 1:29.964. It is all but impossible to judge the relative performances of the cars at this year's winter tests because teams do not release information about how much fuel they have on board. Alonso's best time, for example, was set on his final lap of a run of nearly 50 laps, while others set them after much shorter runs. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8510697.stm :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Just re-read it and missed the classic bit... 9 seconds off the pace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 New Silverstone layout to be used for 2010 British GP This year's British Grand Prix is to be held on Silverstone's new "Arena" circuit layout, which is aimed at improving overtaking opportunities. Silverstone said on Thursday that it had been given approval to use the design by the sport's bosses. The new layout introduces a series of corners after Abbey corner before rejoining the old track at Brooklands. It lengthens the track by 0.472 miles to 3.666 miles and is expected to add about four seconds to lap times. Silverstone had already decided to use the new layout for the MotoGP race, for which it has won back the contract from Donington Park, but was awaiting approval from the F1 authorities. A statement said the new layout had "been designed with a view to creating three new overtaking opportunities". The track said it had invested £5m in the changes, which are scheduled to be completed in March. Silverstone is also attempting to improve the facilities for spectators by constructing elevated viewing banks and moving existing grandstands to bring the fans closer to the action. Silverstone Circuits managing director Richard Phillips said: "The new sections of circuit were initially brought in to comply with MotoGP safety regulations, but the 'Arena Complex' was always designed with both two and four-wheeled racing in mind. "We have been very careful, working closely with drivers and riders, to make sure we are improving and enhancing what Silverstone already has to offer - from a drivers, riders and spectators point of view. "Some will miss not seeing modern day F1 cars accelerating through Bridge, but we have to move with the times and continue looking at ways to improve the overall experience. "The new layout will bring an extra dimension to Silverstone, a new challenge for the drivers, and will enable fans to get closer to the action." The new track layout is the first stage of a series of improvements Silverstone is aiming to make after it ended uncertainty over the future of the British GP by winning in December a 17-year contract to host the race. The next stage is a new pit and paddock complex, to be located between Club and Abbey corners and which is scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2011. New garages, a race control building, media centre, hospitality and VIP spectator zones will be included. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8511026.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Villeneuve linked to Stefan GP return Jacques Villeneuve could return to Formula 1 this year if the Stefan GP team gains an entry to compete in the championship, AUTOSPORT has learned. The 1997 F1 world champion is understood to have agreed terms to join the Serbian squad, which is still hoping to race in Formula 1 this year despite not having an entry, and an announcement could come as early as next week. Sources close to the team have told AUTOSPORT that the 38-year-old Canadian would likely be joined by Japanese driver Kazuki Nakajima with Indian Karun Chandhok serving as a reserve driver. Chandhok wrote on his Twitter account, however, that nothing had been signed yet. "To clarify, at the moment there is no agreement with Stefan GP," he wrote. "Trust me, if I have an F1 deal signed and confirmed, I would shout it out proudly from the roof tops." Villeneuve has not raced in Formula 1 since competing for BMW in 2006, although the Canadian has admitted he was actively seeking an option to return to grand prix racing. The former Williams, BAR and Renault is understood to be training in the Austrian Alps and has remained active since leaving grand prix racing - having participated in two Le Mans 24 Hours races for Peugeot and an aborted NASCAR campaign. Should Villeneuve make a third return to F1, it is will be the first time since 1985 that five world champions were on the grid. Stefan GP, who has bought the rights to use Toyota's design for this year, is scheduled to test at the Portimao circuit at the end of the month. The team has also sent equipment both to Bahrain and Malaysia in case it receives an entry to race. Although the Serbian squad does not have an entry, doubts still surround the future of the US F1 and Campos Meta projects, both of which are listed in the 2010 line-up but are yet to launch their cars or finalise their driver line-up. Urgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Weren't they talking about the other Schumacher as well? Christ it'd be the team to detest!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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