I find the last image quite interesting for a couple of reasons. Perhaps its just an optical illusion but There is quite a bigger distance between the engine(judging by the exhausts) and the rear wheels.
Secondly, the flip-ups after the coke bottle shape seem to be quite low, exposing the rear suspension arms.
The front suspension arms have a nice shape to them as well.
Does anyone know what chassis this is? is it the same one that red bull is going to use?
Red Bull will be driving the RB2, the one with overheating problems
This car is an evolution of the RB1 of last year, but it seems to me that not much has changed, apart from some thing in the rear end. The nose and front wing are almost identical, while the shape of the front suspension arms has not changed at all.
In the first two pictures, are those tires wets? they have a different pattern on them
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.
Also, where the steering arms hit the car, there is a circular lid that is screwed down on the car, what is that hole for, I have seen engineerings, take that lid out?
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.
m3_lover wrote:Also, where the steering arms hit the car, there is a circular lid that is screwed down on the car, what is that hole for, I have seen engineerings, take that lid out?
All cars have such holes with lids, their purpose is to enable access to suspension.
Is the STR01 a new car or what? STR claims to be running the RB1 in Bahrain because they couldn't ship the STR01 in time. A statement like this makes me think the RB1 and STR01 are different chassis. Is this correct? Is the STR01 the Minardi from last year?
yes, they're using the Rb1 in bahrain, STR01 is a new chassis not the minardi one and not the Rb1 but in fact str01 is the rb1 with some updates. Toro rosso couldn't race with a redbull chassis sow they've remake the rb1 and labeled it as Str01
I have been wondering about this hole(1) in the airbox for some time now. I really can't think of any explanation for it. Then I realised the car lacks the oil tank cooler hole under the air intake (2).
I started wondering if could be that the oil tank has been moved to the back, or can anyone think of a better explanation for this strange hole?
Here's the picture, nr.1 is the hole, nr.2 shows the lack of the small intake under the airbox intake.
To bleed off pressure from the airbox? The point is to reduce the engine power. I remember similar holes from the early 90s (92?93?) right at the end of the 3.5l engine rule. The FIA mandated similar holes to help reduce engine power.
McLaren got creative, however, and introduced a wing just below the hole to help recoup some of the pressure. The end result was one of the ugliest cars in F1.
bernard wrote:
Here's the picture, nr.1 is the hole, nr.2 shows the lack of the small intake under the airbox intake.
I thought about that one for awhile before I realized that it is the lifting point for the cranes when they pick the cars up out of the gravel or what not.
scarbs wrote:Hole 1 - This is a coolign duct thats send air to the rear dampers etc
Thanks.
By the way, about the extinquisher loop, all the cars have automatic exstinguishers, so what's that about? What's the point in not using all the exstinguisher in the car should it set ablaze? Just so some rambo can come in 50 seconds later and poke the burning car with a stick, when it could have been extinguished long time ago? I'm all for improving "the show" too, but come on.
joseff wrote:To bleed off pressure from the airbox? The point is to reduce the engine power. I remember similar holes from the early 90s (92?93?) right at the end of the 3.5l engine rule. The FIA mandated similar holes to help reduce engine power.
McLaren got creative, however, and introduced a wing just below the hole to help recoup some of the pressure. The end result was one of the ugliest cars in F1.
