F14-T- Development & News

**F2002** · 27th January 2014, 12:29

Originally Posted by Avanti

Very good one, thanks.

**fronaldo** · 27th January 2014, 12:46

Guys..i know it's still early and seem in wrong place..but do anyone know about winter testing live timing like last year?

**giodap** · 27th January 2014, 13:47

Originally Posted by chandran2313

Friends,

All i wanted to know was if he was involved in the design or not. If he is not then I our only hope is that we better engine and good reliability compared to others.

as i said in a previous post, one of my customers is a relation to rory byrne. when i see him next i will ask him to ask rory what involvement he has had with this years car. no harm in asking!

**Senna4Ever** · 27th January 2014, 13:52

Originally Posted by fronaldo

Guys..i know it's still early and seem in wrong place..but do anyone know about winter testing live timing like last year?

early?
winter testing starts tomorrow ... 4 days ... Jerez ... Kimi starts, Fernando last 2 days ...

**Kingdom Hearts** · 27th January 2014, 17:01

Originally Posted by Bubbles

This car is Rory's design.

I have my doubts, he helped?, yes, his design?, I don't know.

**Jas** · 27th January 2014, 17:12

started a testing thread for Jerez...lets see how these cars sound!!!!

**speedmaster** · 27th January 2014, 17:38

James Allen on F14-T

From a personal perspective the Ferrari is the most intriguing car yet released. Although some pictures show a reasonable amount of detail, understandably others use vanity panels to block the views, eg of the rear diffuser cannot be seen. After a bit of thought the front nose design has ‘grown’ on me and I like their aggressive stance of effectively dropping the nose the whole height and maintain the width, leading to a short hanger to the front wing and a relatively small gap between the neutral section and the profiled nose. The cooling package looks extremely aggressive too with small sidepod intakes and a distinct triangular roll hoop intake with a small secondary inlet below this and a couple of rear spine mounted exits too. The rear of the car features are less clear but the twin pillar mounted rear wing which is nicely contoured to channel the exhaust flow connects to a heavily slotted assembly outboard of which are located the rear brake duct cascade system.

**AvantiFern** · 27th January 2014, 18:04

Originally Posted by Avanti

F14 T vs F138

Really cool link, Thanks Avanti. We have the most aesthetically appealing car of 2014. I just hope its the fastest in Melbourne in March!

**AfterLife** · 27th January 2014, 19:44

Originally Posted by Jas

started a testing thread for Jerez...lets see how these cars sound!!!!

They'll sound aggressively loud better than V8. Trust me

**SS454** · 28th January 2014, 02:50

Originally Posted by AfterLife

They'll sound aggressively loud better than V8. Trust me

Turbo cars are typically quieter. Also the lower tones and less RPM from the V6's, I suspect the actual decibels of the new engines to be significantly quieter than the V8s. From the vids I've seen they do sound pretty good though.

**windwaves** · 28th January 2014, 06:28

the problem I find is that audio via TV does no justice whatsoever to what the real experience is on track. And I don't understand why. For example I have never heard on tv the loud bangs of these cars when downshifting, truly a nearly orgasmic sensation when there !!!

**Rosso Corsa** · 28th January 2014, 07:51

Originally Posted by windwaves

the problem I find is that audio via TV does no justice whatsoever to what the real experience is on track. And I don't understand why. For example I have never heard on tv the loud bangs of these cars when downshifting, truly a nearly orgasmic sensation when there !!!

Audio recording equipment regulates sound frequencies and levels for broadcasting. Noise gates take a slice off the top and a slice off the bottom. The lower gate moves, which is why when a car passes, the audio frequency of the car fades into local (near the mic) crowd/ambient hum rather than total silence. The upper gate is fixed, so the pops and cracks above the set frequency are lost. But it has to be done, otherwise the sound from your TV/Radio would be unbearable. Switching from one camera to another for example, from silence to peak revs/cracks, would be a very sudden and distorted peaky screech, too much for your TV's audio to manage and not at all pleasant to listen to. The signal also has to be managed so that you can hear the commentary consistently. Which is a shame on some channels.

**Ste** · 28th January 2014, 11:08

Good news..

For Ferrari instead there has been a request for clarification from the part of the Mercedes, since the turbocharger lacks the external protection in theory required to protect against splinters in case of breakage. The team at Maranello , however, has stated that their turbocharger is manufactured by an outside supplier with certain specifications, the FIA considered sufficient.

**tifosi1993** · 28th January 2014, 12:23

Ferrari F14-T, Jerez (28/01/2014)

via AMUS

**Schumiklub** · 28th January 2014, 13:19

Oh man, the front is so ugly

**gvera** · 28th January 2014, 13:20

I find sad how everybody has lost all faith regarding Ferrari design team.

The Ferrari is different to the others -> Ferrari should start working in their 2015 design and forget this one.
If it is the RB that's different to the others -> RB has found the holy grial of aero and the championship is already theirs.

**f300v10** · 28th January 2014, 13:25

The Mercedes W05 and the F14 appear to follow very similar concepts. Wide low nose (the Merc front wing is more complex but not nessisarily better), same concept on the camera mounts, similar small radiator inlets, same position of radiator exit (forward of rear suspension). The diffusers also feature a dip in the center section with the Ferrari being rounder and the Merc thinner but taller. This should make people believe Ferrari was not wrong to go down this path, as it is very doubtfull a completely different team would go the same way if it wasn't a good solution.

**RedPassion** · 28th January 2014, 13:54

Originally Posted by f300v10

The Mercedes W05 and the F14 appear to follow very similar concepts. Wide low nose (the Merc front wing is more complex but not nessisarily better), same concept on the camera mounts, similar small radiator inlets, same position of radiator exit (forward of rear suspension). The diffusers also feature a dip in the center section with the Ferrari being rounder and the Merc thinner but taller. This should make people believe Ferrari was not wrong to go down this path, as it is very doubtfull a completely different team would go the same way if it wasn't a good solution.

To me the RB10 is the most plane Jane of all the cars until now,that could mean nothing at all ,but the design is quite conventional.

**tifosi1993** · 28th January 2014, 13:55

Overhead shots of F14-T

**RedPassion** · 28th January 2014, 14:08

This Ferrari looks more RedBully to me than the F138.Look at the coke shape,even if the packaging is critical this year i am sure they could have made it tighter,but probably because of the light separation issues present on the F138 they decided not to do it that way anymore.

**f1tomi8** · 28th January 2014, 15:05

**f1tomi8** · 28th January 2014, 15:22

Flow-wíz on Ferrari nose looking good?

**Hornet** · 28th January 2014, 15:33

Just my uneducated guess, but looking at the "Kapersky" part, looks like the air is curving in towards the underside of the nose. Maybe that's how they feed the T-tray (under the bulkhead) with sufficient air