GP3 Car Design

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Post Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:54 pm

Looks very intresting indeed. Mark Webber is testing one very soon as well as hes getting involved with Christian Horner and his other team Team Arden.

Car specs look like this:

Monocoque and Bodywork
Survival cell – Sandwich Carbon/aluminium honeycomb structure designed by Dallara.
Front and rear wings – Carbon structures designed by Dallara.
Bodywork – Carbon – Kevlar – Glass composite structures designed by Dallara.

Safety standards
FIA F1 2006 safety standards
Front side rear and steering column impact tests.
Front and rear roll hoops, impact structures and monocoque push tests.
Wheel retainer safety cables.

Suspensions
Front and rear double steel wishbones, pushrod operated, twin dampers, helicoidally spring suspension.
Adjustable ride height, camber and toe.
Two way front and rear adjustable Koni dampers.
Front and rear adjustable anti-roll bar.

Engine
Engine development achieved by Renault F1.
Renault 4 cylinder 2 litres turbo charged 280 HP @ 6500 rpm.
Fly by wire throttle system.
One rebuilt per year only.

Gearbox
6 speed longitudinal sequential Hewland gearbox.
Electro-hydraulic command via paddle shift from steering wheel.
Pure two pedals car – clutch paddle on steering wheel.
On board starter.
Hewland ramp differential.


O.Z. racing wheels
GP3 series specific Pirelli slick tyres

Steering system
Non assisted rack and pinion steering system.
XAP carbon steering wheel with dashboard, marshalling display, gear change and clutch paddles.

Brakes
4 pistons monobloc Brembo callipers.
Brembo steel brake discs 280x18.
Brembo pads.

Fuel cell
FIA standard.

Electronic features
Magneti Marelli Marvel 8 ECU/GCU including data logging system.
XAP power supply management unit.
F1 Marshalling system pre-equipment.
Beacon receiver.

Camera equipment
New generation roll hoop, nose cone and face shot camera pre-equipment.

http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/20 ... cleid=2292
http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/20 ... cleid=2612
http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/20 ... cleid=2581

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Post Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:20 am

Formula 3 is possibly the last formula (bar F1) where development is still open and that is technically interesting (and formative). So, in a way, I hope GP3 turns out as uninteresting and unsuccessful as Formula Master or Formula 2. However, given the success of GP2, I'm not betting on it...
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Post Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:42 am

I've worked on similar cars to this and the spec all sounds like pretty good stuff. Dallara make very good quality, very well thought out cars.
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Post Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:32 pm

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Post Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:18 am

MX

wonderful shots! =D>



beautiful car and paint job, liked it.
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Post Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:04 am

dumrick wrote:Formula 3 is possibly the last formula (bar F1) where development is still open and that is technically interesting (and formative)

I agree. I think most people also want chassis competition. That is, as the F3 or FF.

Dallara has done a great job.

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Post Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:10 am

Those Pirellis look nice.

Hint hint for F1.
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Post Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:40 am

Giblet wrote:Those Pirellis look nice.

Hint hint for F1.


Meh. Junk tires.
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2 is the new #1.
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Post Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:55 pm

I don't have the experience to know better. I assumed they made a decent racing tire, as they used to be decent road tires, or at least had that image with P-Zero.
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