F1 Season 2012 - Car Presentations Calendar

[scuderiafan]

THe RB's car looks the same as last years bar the front. Wheres the exhaust? Dark room, theyre not giving away a thing.
They just went thru the motions to present something.
Sauber looks to be the car they will use, or as close as possible, then again, they never really had innovations of note.

its pretty high up, it is right underneath the Renault thing, near the suspension arm.

EDIT: Beaten to it

[Jose-Lorca Fan]

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8560/rb8exhaust.png

This one is better.

Scuderiafan, how do you upload it here without getting an error message? Thanks.

[scuderiafan]

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8560/rb8exhaust.png

This one is better.

Scuderiafan, how do you upload it here without getting an error message? Thanks.

you might know this already, but right-click on the image you want, and click properties on Internet Explorer and copy the address, or Copy image address on Safari, and thats the URL you need to use the upload image button, which is the one on the left of the video film reel one. pick the 'from URL option' then just paste the address into the URL, and viola. hope that helps.

[Jose-Lorca Fan]

I try that but i get an error message that the image exceeds the allowed size :S

[Jose-Lorca Fan]

Ok it works now! Had to uncheck the 'retrieve file locally blah blah blah'.

Red Bull exhaust positioning.

[Brakefade]

Wouldn't surprise me if the RB duct is just mind games from RB to get other teams to spend time and resources on figuring out what it is.

[Jose-Lorca Fan]

I'd like to see a comparison of the rear suspension geometry, preferably from a birds eye view. Want to see how Ferrari's rear pull-rod compares to its rivals.

[Rob]

very claver video in dark room.Perhaps thay want to hide some details
At 8,20 in video look at 2 holes in nose. possible f-duct

the hole in the nose we ran in '08, was banned after that year. When the new aero rules came in for 2009. By look of it, its the vent for cooling the driver.

Just because Newey designed it, it doenst have to be some superduper aero gaining vent.

[SashAlex]

LOL, Ferrari haven't missed anything here regarding the Red Bull Cut Out bulkhead section. Ferrari certainly could go that route as long as they do not have anything in that raised section. Lotus have scooped out the transition section which again is an option if there is nothing in the raised section at the leading edge of the bulkheak area. I see nothing revolutionary about the Red Bull front end and steped area. No real big gain to be had with the Red Bull Cut out. Please remember that ALL of the cars we are seeing are just for public viewing at this time and not the full race versions. Many parts will change including the front nose treatment on many cars. People should not make such strong opinions of the race cars at this time.

Ciao.

Forza Ferrari!!!

This ! As I've been saying, by Melbourne the cars will be 50 % changed from these 1st versions imho. In Barcelona we'll see closer to the GP versions cars because this track is one of the best ones that gives aerodynamic data.

[Rob]

Ok it works now! Had to uncheck the 'retrieve file locally blah blah blah'.

Red Bull exhaust positioning.

just looking at this and the TR new car, the sidepods and exhausts look very similar

[Nova]

Thx Rob n the rest of you, I see them now....I thought exhaust gases werent allowed to blow onto the rear in any way???

[DIEK]

Mercedes GP car presentation:

[ntukza]

Can't wait to see Mercedes

[FerrariFanBoii]

Mercedes GP car presentation:

I lol'd

[Rishu]

Mercedes GP car presentation:

Michael seems pretty amused

[killer]

How is the RB8, as Marko puts it, "not as ugly as the Ferrari"?

[impactX]

You can be sure that the Ferrari engineers are testing (or already tested) the duct idea.

[Corey]

How is the RB8, as Marko puts it, "not as ugly as the Ferrari"?

Because he likes his own team's blue yellow and the bull more than Ferrari red

[Naeem]

I have a feeling that the RB duct is used for cool and blowing of the rear beams. Basically my theory is that the air enters the duct, goes round the driver, cools KERs and is then further heated by the engine which accelerates it further to have a greater effect on the beams on the back.

[medeni73]

New Williams FW34









Wow their Rear is even tighter than last year !!!

[killer]

New Williams FW34



Wow their Rear is even tighter than last year !!!

Maybe the tyres were hot when they sat on them.

[Naeem]

The new williams is so angular. Possibly the first F1 stealth car.

[medeni73]

ScarbsF1 Craig Scarborough
Good news bad news for HRT, rumours suggest its has a chassis built, but its failed its first crash tests

[Raz]

New merc to have a shakedown tomorrow.. most probably at Silverstone

[medeni73]

New merc to have a shakedown tomorrow.. most probably at Silverstone

Source?
it cant be official one cos they've said the car will be introduced on Tuesday 21.02 right before test-start

[Raz]

Source?
it cant be official one cos they've said the car will be introduced on Tuesday 21.02 right before test-start

well i was told by Mercedes to "shut up about tomorrow" on twitter HAHAHHAHAHA

[Hermann]

well i was told by Mercedes to "shut up about tomorrow" on twitter HAHAHHAHAHA

Really?? keep tweeting- and give me a link

[Raz]

Really?? keep tweeting- and give me a link

For real! I took that opportunity to ask for paddock passes to sepang in return for my silence - hey, every man has his price, right?

[Hermann]

For real! I took that opportunity to ask for paddock passes to sepang in return for my silence - hey, every man has his price, right?

Anyway, i found this one on twitter:

http://www.f1tabloid.com/f1-car-laun...-in-barcelona/

[Raz]

Anyway, i found this one on twitter:

http://www.f1tabloid.com/f1-car-laun...-in-barcelona/

yeah the launch is on 21st (pancake day) but tomorrow's a Shakedown, so they can use the first day of testing as a full test day, rather than just shake down/systems check in the morning and waste a day, as they're 1 test week behind.