2008 Jerez Testing Sept

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Post Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:39 am

mx_tifosi wrote:Does anyone know of a site that has pictures from Ferrari's testing at Mugello this week? I haven't found any as of yet......


http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/bild ... =08mugtest
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Post Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:55 pm

johny wrote:mx_tifosi, here you have someones from Tuesday, with Badoer as driver

http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/bild ... =08mugtest


That is interesting. They run high DF front wing but no dorsal fin and slotted sidepod vanes.
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Post Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:54 pm

What about McLaren? Anyone know if they set these lap-times while testing the KERS? Just when everyone is complaining that they are behind schedule with development.
pax
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Post Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:07 pm

boci
 
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Post Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:45 am

oooh, that RBR looks good... :shock:

Toyota has also gone back to multiple wings atop the engine cover, like in years past
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.ph ... catID=3129

Better shot of the RBR horns
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.ph ... catID=3129

Lastly, from a pic I saw on formula1.com, it looks like McLaren have finally copied the lower side pod extension, albeit in typical McLaren fashion... does anyone have a better picture?
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Post Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:24 am

I think what you see in that picture is the closed sidepod...
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Post Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:42 am

I think they should incorporate the horns into the paint scheme i.e. pant a face of a red bull on the nose with those horns! :D

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Post Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:42 pm

Those RBR antlers are certainly the best looking out of the teams that have them.

McLaren have space age ones
Hondas are like Sea Gulls
BMW Sauber well those look like they should be on a deer in the Highlands of Scotland
RBR seem to have got the look just about right i think, not imposing aesthetically, but with the function critically being used.
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Post Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:56 pm

Interesting to see Newey using such apendices in his design. In his time at McLaren it seemed like they used a much more clean shape then the others in the field.
pax
yzfr7
 
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Post Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:04 pm

Heres some more pics of the RBR Antlers:

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One thing i have noticed is the diffrent connecting rod that the STR has over the RBR for the bridge wing on the front wing:

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And is this a new Toyota rear wing??? Well the little black square thing under the centre of the rear wing.

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Post Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:14 pm

I wonder if a bridge wing across RBR's antlers would be legal. It would seem to place downforce right over the suspension instead of the cantilevered effect of the front wing...
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Post Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:30 pm

Conceptual wrote:I wonder if a bridge wing across RBR's antlers would be legal. It would seem to place downforce right over the suspension instead of the cantilevered effect of the front wing...


The antlers are to direct airflow to the rear wing not to create downforce itself.
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Post Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:37 pm

Is it just me? :? I hope it's good for racing, because it makes me wink when I see it.

(removed photos already in this thread)

If somebody has posted about this, please tell me which thread I should add this post to. :oops:
Ciro
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Post Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:43 pm

jerez testing sept 08

ugly as

but if it improves the racing ...
..?
nae
 
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Post Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:45 pm

Thanks, nae, I'm moving it.
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