Honda RA108 aero-mech development in 2008

[wesley123]

they dont have a slotted nose, the shadows are too far backwards and to small.

[bar555]

EXHAUST PIPES - VALENCIA JANUARY TEST
2 Specs were used






EXHAUST PIPES - LAUNCH





EXHAUST PIPES FOR AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIA-BAHRAIN (Hot Races)







EXHAUST PIPES FOR SPAIN-TURKEY-MONACO-FRANCE-G.BRITAIN-GERMANY





EXHAUST PIPES FOR CANADA





EXHAUST PIPES FOR JEREZ JULY TEST

[CMSMJ1]

Brilliant as usual mate. The lengthening of the pipes must be an attempt to tune the power curve and get some more midrange.

great shots. =D>

[timbo]

The lengthening of the pipes must be an attempt to tune the power curve and get some more midrange.

That got me thinking - may they tune engine curve to a particular race. E.G. using long pipes in Hungary, maybe Valencua and Singapore, while having short for Spa and Monza?

[bar555]

AIRBOX WINGLETS - ALL RACES EXCEPT MONACO


http://www.f1technical.net/development/131



AIRBOX WINGLETS - MONACO


A single winglet was added




AIRBOX CAMERA


Honda F1 Team uses only the "T" shaped camera on the airbox . The team never used a camera attached to the sides of the airbox area

[bar555]

NOSE WINGLETS





NOSE HOLE


The nose hole helps to improves cokpit cooling and nose cone electronics cooling as well .





SMALL REAR AXLE WING OVER THE REAR LIGHT
LAUNCH


FROM AUSTRALIA




adds a small amount of downforce

[bar555]

DIFFUSER VALENCIA JANUARY TESTING




DIFFUSER JEREZ FEBRUARY TESTING




DIFFUSER LAUNCH




DIFFUSER MALAYSIA




DIFFUSER BAHRAIN




DIFFUSER SPAIN




DIFFUSER CANADA




DIFFUSER HOCKENHEIM JULY TESTING



I can not observe a change over season (till now) , could anyone

[LewisHamilton]

Honda's New Engine Cover



This Will Be Used In The Following Hungarian GP 2008

[CMSMJ1]

ref the diffuser >>

The last pic shows that the innermost strakes are "twisted" rather than vertical...I think!

The Hockenheim diffuser is certainly different around this section anyways

[Timstr]

This is the 2007 car.

[bar555]

yes Timstr is right , just forgot to mention that at Valencia both RA107 & RA108 were used for testing and the 1st image came from RA107


FRONT WHEEL RIM SHEILDS - AUSTRALIA TO SPAIN & MONACO





FRONT WHEEL RIM SHEILDS SPAIN FP1 & 2 ONLY , Were not used for race





FRONT WHEEL RIM SHEILDS - FROM TURKEY , except Monaco


The covers are made of carbon fibre and helps with the cooling of the front brakes . Honda paint their fairings in their blue and green earthdream colours .

[bar555]

MIDWING - LAUNCH





MIDWING AYSTRALIA TO MONACO





MIDWING CANADA & FRANCE (Was not used)





MIDWING FROM G. BRITAIN

[bar555]

REAR WING - SPAIN RACE & QUALIFY






REAR WING - SPAIN FP1 &2

Gurney tab only for the central section
Tested but it was not used for the race




REAR WING - TURKEY RACE & QUALIFY





REAR WING - TURKEY FP1&2

Tested but it was not used for the race




REAR WING - MONACO

[bar555]

FRONT WING - MONACO

For greater amounts of downforce Honda used a front wing with a wider second flap in Monaco and an extra inclined trapezoidal winglet ( black for Button , White for Barrichello ) on the inside of the endplate







FRONT WING - CANADA

The width of the second flap was decreased for Canada , a low donforce circuit

[bar555]

REAR WING - CANADA




REAR WING - FRANCE




REAR WING - G. BRITAIN




REAR WING - GERMANY




REAR WING - HUNGARY