Barcelona testing - April 2008
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Webber fastest on rainy final day at Barcelona 17 Apr 2008
During a rainy last test day at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber was the fastest man on track. Webber clocked a time of 1:21.953 in his RB4 and was followed by Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr. and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. The teams will head back to the factory now to make the final preparations for the Spanish Grand Prix on 27 April.
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| vyselegend |
 Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:01 pm |
 Professional  Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:05 pm Posts: 924 Location: Paris, France |
Red Bull develops BMW like side pod pannels to barge board junction:
 Renault are supposed to run a deeply revised aero package this week. (edited)  EDIT:
 oops. Renault made so much noise about their so called "big step" aero update, that my mind probably anticipated much changes than there has actually been... As usual with Renault, they make lots of noise about upcomming update, and once it's there we barely see any difference.  Thanks for pointing that out.  Totally new front wing for Williams!  Last edited by vyselegend on Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:05 pm, edited 3 times in total. |
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| modbaraban |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:28 pm |
 Master  Joined: Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:44 pm Posts: 2764 Location: Kyiv, Ukraine |
Slicks again
  @ vyselegend those are not cuts on R28 wing, but just reflections Compare the left and right side, and also look at the older wing which shows similar light reflections. |
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| johny |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:53 pm |
 Talent  Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:06 am Posts: 687 Location: Spain |
New nose for ferrari
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| FLC |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:54 pm |
 Talent Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:01 pm Posts: 512 |
Beaten to it
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| Tom H |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:13 pm |
Rookie Joined: Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:33 pm Posts: 27 |
1:19.36!! Massa.. that nose worked haha
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| johny |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:15 pm |
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Talent Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:06 am Posts: 687 Location: Spain |
Also slicks and 2008 aero configuration
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| meves |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:27 pm |
Member Joined: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:01 am Posts: 189 |
It looks like they've found a solution for Massa's inconsistent driving, remote control him...
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.php?photoID=97002&catID=3106 Honda have a the new rear wing (is this the one they tried before all the fly away races?) http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.php?photoID=96991&catID=3106 What's the 2 pronged piece before the rear wing on the Mclaren? |
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| modbaraban |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:01 pm |
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Front view.
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| meves |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:17 pm |
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Here's a better view of the fork which is behind the rear wing on the McLaren
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.php?photoID=97034&catID=3106 |
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| NaZzO |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:28 pm |
 Member  Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:46 am Posts: 69 Location: Montreal, Canada |
this is not smthg new, this has been present since Australian gp and discussed in here: http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5038&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=80 williams Front wing looks boxy-ish very similar to BMW's, don't you agree ? kimi in 1st interview after winning the much deserved DC |
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| Kasakolt |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:33 pm |
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Nice pick close to ferrari's nose..
http://www.thef1.com/galerias/test/test ... o_14042008 O___O There u can find more.. |
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| vyselegend |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:36 pm |
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Professional Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:05 pm Posts: 924 Location: Paris, France |
Yes. Plus it gives the strange impression of being a three plane wing. Here's a closer pic of the Renault's front wing, it's definitly new, with the bridge's mid section no longer in the continuity of the side plane, but rather "rounded".  |
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| roost89 |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:54 pm |
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Talent Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:34 pm Posts: 479 Location: Highlands, Scotland |
why are so many of the wings being lifted to such heights above the ground? Renault, Williams and McLaren (from what I've seen so far) all have the outer parts of the wing high off of the ground.
“Knowledge is knowing the tomato is a fruit, while wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.” Brian O’Driscoll |
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| modbaraban |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:10 pm |
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Master Joined: Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:44 pm Posts: 2764 Location: Kyiv, Ukraine |
The new Williams nose does look like a copy of F1.08's plus the 'bridge' part.
Barcelona February testing:  Barcelona April testing: only a bit reshaped |
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| tahadar |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:56 pm |
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that williams front wing is clearly a triple-plane piece. the front-most plane looks like it has a very short chord though.
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