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Got a glimpse of the new B spec Spyker this morning, sorry wasn't allowed closer for a better pic.
got some more pics of interest but want to decide which to put in the mag first. I really like Spyker as a team I was told "take pics of anything you like bar the engine" - smashing!
I dunno - they let me look over it plenty both installed and out of the car but no pics, in my job you kind of have to respect it when they say that because they showed so much more.
Spyker staff are not allowed to work on the engines, and they are not even allowed to fire one up without Ferrari staff present.
Can you at least write if you noticed if the B-spec was different..say suspension, winglets, exhuast position. Did it look like they copied certain things from other teams?
Damn I am jealous I would love to get into the factory and see what they do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simon: Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane: [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, ----head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's $13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Come out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
sorry for the twenty questions SS_Collins..I got one more question...did you do any interviews/brief chit chats with the technical personnel like Mike G or anybody else?
Simon: Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane: [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, ----head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's $13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Come out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
Right underneath the front..those are for the barge boards right?
Simon: Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane: [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, ----head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's $13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Come out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
ss_collins wrote:in my job you kind of have to respect it when they say that because they showed so much more.
who do you work for? pm me if you dont want it on the forum
it seems a bit harsh that no spyker staff can fire up a ferrari V8!!! i'd love to touch the engine, hell even the car, imagine how it feels for the lads who build the cars to go racing
far cry from the jordan days obviously
ps: the area the tub was on, was that a weighbridge or something? either way, ive built model cars + model boats in almost McLaren conditions at the side of that
Hopefully its a step up. My house mate saw a Silverstone test recently and said that the Spyker was visibly handling horribly all day. Thanks for the share.
"Whether you think you can or can't, either way you are right."
-Henry Ford-
Aerodynamically, it's worth about three quarters of a second. Mechanically, we're expecting a good step forward.
The full aerodynamic package will be shaken down on 14 August at the British track, and the team will take three new chassis to Turkey.
Aerodynamically, the car will have little in common with the current machine. New front wing, front wing flaps, front wing endplate, new bargeboards, new floor, sidepods, rear wing, radiator layout - so it's a fairly comprehensive update, but it's important to stress that this is just the start of the process. And certainly at lower downforce tracks we've looked more competitive - so we'll be looking forward to Spa and Monza.
It's the same tub. It will be carried over to next year but we will probably be introducing a lighter weight version of it. It's far more now of a rolling development process - and the rear-end is the basis of next year.