Ferrari 150° Italia

[lotus7]

And Alonso said yesterday to press that he was delighted and impressed about car reliability (he told about the first run of 12 lap instead of usually 2-3 etc, and about the 0 problem suffered during his many laps)... does he bring bad luck?

http://www.repubblica.it/sport/formulau ... -11966966/

Sadly it was Massa who broke it

[mith]

On this photo (ripped from scarbs twitter) you can clearly see, exhaust is blown partly through the starter hole.

[PlatinumZealot]

Looks like hot gearbox/engine oil!

[Earth]

Yep, you're right:

It was an hot start for Felipe... His car had a small fire due to an oil leak so it will be necessary to work at length to repair it.
via Twitter: InsideFerrari

[ringo]

Ferrari did a neat job with the side pods. I think they are one of the tightest packed on the grid.
The teams with the KERS experience will have the know how to get these things packed and cooled on the limit.

The front of the car is also pretty high, probably the highest.

[Lorenzo_Bandini]

http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/gall ... ev/191.jpg

It's me or the diffuser is very simple ?

[Lorenzo_Bandini]

Ferrari did a neat job with the side pods. I think they are one of the tightest packed on the grid.
The teams with the KERS experience will have the know how to get these things packed and cooled on the limit.

The front of the car is also pretty high, probably the highest.

Fully agree, the car seems less bulkier than the F10

http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/gall ... ev/625.jpg

[Lurk]

As he was coming to the end of his first run of laps, the Brazilian had to park at the side of the track, with an oil leak caused by a broken clamp.

Unfortunately the lubricant ended up on the exhausts which led to a small fire breaking out and that caused some damage to the car

Sorry for the question but I'm not english : what is a "clamp" ?

[Just_a_fan]

A clamp, in this context, is a method of holding two pieces together. It's probably not the right word anyway.

These are clamps:


In the context of the Ferrari, the failed component is most likely this sort of thing: (sometimes called a jubilee clip):

[Lurk]

Thanks!

[PlatinumZealot]

Clamp is also a verb or "action word." Hope that helps.

[forty-two]

Out of interest (if anyone is!) here's what L. Robinson and Company's (inventor's of the Jubilee clip) website has to say:

Jubilee® is a registered trade mark of L Robinson & Co (Gillingham) Ltd. In 1921 we invented the worm drive hose clip and we have been manufacturing them ever since.

These days, we are not the only manufacturer of hose clip and clamping materials, but we are still the finest, setting the standard to which our competitors aspire.

Use this site to find out more about Jubilee Clips or to find the materials you need in our Product Catalogue.

Jubilee® Clip guarantees you quality, reliability, value and service.

For what it's worth, they really are the best I've ever come accross. I have some attaching a hose to my water butt in the garden and they've been out there in all weathers for YEARS now, and there is not a hint of rust!

For anyone who cares:
http://www.jubileeclips.co.uk/

Back on topic, there is definitely something clever going on with their starter motor hole, I'm not sure they're directly blowing it, but there's a lot of gas coming out that hole otherwise we wouldn't be able to see flames shooting out of it! Personally, I reckon they're using it as a miniature second deck somehow.

[forty-two]

Through what hole did the oil (or whatever is on fire on the floor) dribble through on these pictures?






Starter motor hole perhaps? Does this indicate anything?

[Florio]

Through what hole did the oil (or whatever is on fire on the floor) dribble through on these pictures?

[img]http://photos.gpupdate.net/large/169251.jpg[img]

[img]http://photos.gpupdate.net/large/169247.jpg[img]


Starter motor hole perhaps? Does this indicate anything?

The only thing this picture does for me is that it confirms Ferrari are using the starter motor hole as part of their diffuser. That, or it just looks awkward from this angle and there is actually a small fire at the entire right side of the diffuser.

[humble sabot]

the part was more likely one from Adel Wiggins and would look like this:


Generally speaking in racing these days most pipes are clamped with something similar.