Ferrari F2012 Development News Thread

[dicec2]

F12 does sounds nice. For 2014, since the US NAVY Grumman F-14 was my baby and we no longer fly it, it would be a nice tribute to the greatest fighter ever made. Maybe it'll produce the greatest F1 car ever made as well? Anytime, Baby...!

[Brad-Ferrari]

What about SF12 now that Ferrari have dropped the Marlboro from their name since July 2011.

[anupa2k]

Forza Ferrari..hi friends i am a regular reader of Scuderia F1.net but today i registered my self as an official member of Scuderia F1.net...
Forza Ferrari...Forza Fernando....

[Ferrari_Fanatic]

Forza Ferrari..hi friends i am a regular reader of Scuderia F1.net but today i registered my self as an official member of Scuderia F1.net...
Forza Ferrari...Forza Fernando....

Welcome to the forums

[eslam1986]

Tweet, tweet :)
- In Maranello believe of having one of the best Kers (perhaps the best), the best output system and better brakes
- Ferrari aims to return to being the best in the handling of the tires, something they hope to achieve during this season
- But there are things that need improvement as the DRS, traction, balance, stability under braking and more, they're at it
- As for aerodynamics, if not to the level expected in Melbourne, it will be on the first major change with improvement in the 3rd GP

[anupa2k]

Awesome but we need a car that has a good base right from the start of the 2012 season else the opponents will start taking our points and then we will have to play catch with them..same as last year...and aerodynamics plays an important role in this...

[anupa2k]

I think 2012 season will be the best season Formula 1 ever had...with WDC on the grid...come on Ferrari we need to do it this time...

[eslam1986]

I think 2012 season will be the best season Formula 1 ever had...with WDC on the grid...come on Ferrari we need to do it this time...

it depend on car

[Kyss4k]

[da_one]

Tweet, tweet :)
- In Maranello believe of having one of the best Kers (perhaps the best), the best output system and better brakes
- Ferrari aims to return to being the best in the handling of the tires, something they hope to achieve during this season
- But there are things that need improvement as the DRS, traction, balance, stability under braking and more, they're at it
- As for aerodynamics, if not to the level expected in Melbourne, it will be on the first major change with improvement in the 3rd GP

- Red Bull has proven that you don't need Kers to win.
- Ferrari handled the tyres better than anyone last year, but making them perform at optimum performance is another matter.
- Agree. DRS is crucial in qualifying, not just in the race.
- Our aero is one of the best, other teams relied heavily on EBD last season to increase downforce. We just need more mechanical grip and solve our tyre problems from last year.

[number 13]

http://singleseater2012.ferrari.com/

Can't wait!

[eslam1986]

- Red Bull has proven that you don't need Kers to win.
thats right but you must have some thing innovative like (EBD),kers give you at least 0.3 sec per lap
- Ferrari handled the tyres better than anyone last year, but making them perform at optimum performance is another matter.
if you remember silverstone ferrari match redbull in hard tyre in Q1 when EBD ban
- Agree. DRS is crucial in qualifying, not just in the race.
if you have more downforce you will use DRS more than other team and gain more time in qualifying
- Our aero is one of the best, other teams relied heavily on EBD last season to increase downforce. We just need more mechanical grip and solve our tyre problems from last year.

[blaney1977]

I get the feeling that the top 3 teams Will be very cagey at the tests, it would be good to get the true analyse of whose looking good and not just the headline lap times, a real balanced view onthe cars,And how there shaping up

[Brad-Ferrari]

Whats the best website to follow to the tests live? Are there any with live timing?

[scudvirgin10]

ububgu.jpg i hope are front wing will be like this but flat version

[NJB13]

Whats the best website to follow to the tests live? Are there any with live timing?

Honestly, the best thing to do is to come here at testing time, there will be a thread and it will have links provided

Here are some from previous years that I've used:-

MSFree - its a Greek motorsport site
http://msfree.gr/ms.php?id=18694
and here's the same site through a bot translation site into English
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...s.php?id=18694

GPUpdate
http://www.gpupdate.net/en/testcalen...test-calendar/

F1 Fanatic last year had this site that combine lots of tweets from all sorts of sources, teams, journos etc
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/twitter/

Autosport ran a blog from each test site. Links will probably come up on this page
http://live.autosport.com/

And of course there is always the BBC for some unbiased, fair and balanced reporting, they also had a reasonable blog. Links to their services will probably be here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/

[Hombre B]

[Brad-Ferrari]

@NJB13

Cheers :)

[RedRebel40]

All those news and insides are great but all of it is not true. There is noone in Ferrari leaking any news. Guys just have patience and wait

[Alessandra]

These are fun!
I can see what Felipe's doing but Fernando Has he just crawled under the two bars, turned left and is preparing to repeat it?

[scuderiafan]

btw, what would yo guys do if all of these rumours are untrue, and come friday, we have a F150 copy.

[Butterfly]

btw, what would yo guys do if all of these rumours are untrue, and comevfriday, we have a F150 copy.

Lose all faith in humanity.

[Jose-Lorca Fan]

Hunt down Jose Luis? ^^

[Invincible]

btw, what would yo guys do if all of these rumours are untrue, and come friday, we have a F150 copy.

wait for Ford to sue us?

[scuderiafan]

[T van R]

Whats the best website to follow to the tests live? Are there any with live timing?

This site is very user friendly

http://en.espnf1.com/

[Ste]

I've taken the image from the Ferrari singleseater release site hoping it might give us a glimpse of the new car. Unfortunately not. I've overlaid last years car and it's that. Grr!

[type056]

@Joseluisf1:
There are still some McLaren engineers that it would sign, including Tim Goss and Neil Oatley, especially the latter
And José Luis said Magnetti Marelli created a brand new KERS for Ferrari, they think it's the best KERS

[giodap]

i'd imagine that the new kers system, if it has been improved as rumours suggest, would just be smaller and lighter than last year. giving us a weight advantage and more scope for our engineers to design a tighter rear end

[Forza 27]

i'd imagine that the new kers system, if it has been improved as rumours suggest, would just be smaller and lighter than last year. giving us a weight advantage and more scope for our engineers to design a tighter rear end

The lighter Kers unit is must have because of fixed weight. They could also redesign the whole unit to place batteries on side of the engine. Kers brings 0.45s per lap so it's very important to develope it and making lighter all the time to increase its benefites.