On the fifth day of testing at Jerez de la Frontera, Williams F1 Team driver Kazuki Nakajima was the fastest man on track with a lap time of 1:17.494. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen clocked a fastest lap of 1:17.933.
dunno about that, this is the intresting quote for me!bonjon1979 wrote:This is from Ron Dennis on Mclaren Testing
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73672
The package on the car is the Melbourne aero so it looks like we won't be getting a new magical diffuser/ rear wing in the near future.
Which sponsors? Companies are ducking out of sponsorship in all sports due to the current economic climate.hulmerist wrote:do you really think if they pick up points in the first few races sponsors won't be scrambling to have their name on the car?Diesel wrote:I would put a bet on because this car does look genuinely quick... but how do we know Brawn GP can survive the season financially?
Oh, but McLaren aren't pushing for laptimes...Roger the knife wrote:oops, when its crap, it's really crap, Hamilton just dropped it again, red flag
Maybe this is more appropriatepete555 wrote:dunno about that, this is the intresting quote for me!
"We ran the 2008 rear wing because it was more relevant in its performance to the wing that we are going to have in Australia,"
Its that wind again...mattclinch wrote:
well at least he's got the rear wing attached this time. looks mighty puzzled though..
Don't you find strange that it is only Macca that is so sensitive fir the wind? I'd say they have severe problem with aero stability...astracrazy wrote:Its that wind again...
not that they are pushin so hard to improve lap times they are coming off the track
ye i do. macca can't be the only car on the track when the wind blows so they must ave problems with somethin somewheretimbo wrote:Don't you find strange that it is only Macca that is so sensitive fir the wind? I'd say they have severe problem with aero stability...astracrazy wrote:Its that wind again...
not that they are pushin so hard to improve lap times they are coming off the track
Well, let's wait for Melbourne anyway.
Diesel wrote:I would put a bet on because this car does look genuinely quick... but how do we know Brawn GP can survive the season financially?
Q. But will you need sponsors for during the season?
RB: I don't want to comment on the commercial situation for the team, but we are comfortable for the season and it is the longer term we need to look for.
This from the ITVF1 website..timbo wrote:Don't you find strange that it is only Macca that is so sensitive fir the wind? I'd say they have severe problem with aero stability...astracrazy wrote:Its that wind again...
not that they are pushin so hard to improve lap times they are coming off the track
Well, let's wait for Melbourne anyway.
Quite unlikely...ben_watkins wrote:This from the ITVF1 website..
"Itv.com/f1 sources indicate that the team is struggling with an aerodynamic problem on the MP4-24, most likely the rear wing stalling, having alternated between 2008 and 2009-spec rear wings at Jerez last week and redesigned the car’s floor."
kilcoo316 wrote:Quite unlikely...ben_watkins wrote:This from the ITVF1 website..
"Itv.com/f1 sources indicate that the team is struggling with an aerodynamic problem on the MP4-24, most likely the rear wing stalling, having alternated between 2008 and 2009-spec rear wings at Jerez last week and redesigned the car’s floor."
considering they all stall to one degree or another.
Their problems are a lot more fundamental than a moving separation point.
Can anyone give me a bit more technical information on this? What is it for a wing to 'stall'?kilcoo316 wrote:Quite unlikely...ben_watkins wrote:This from the ITVF1 website..
"Itv.com/f1 sources indicate that the team is struggling with an aerodynamic problem on the MP4-24, most likely the rear wing stalling, having alternated between 2008 and 2009-spec rear wings at Jerez last week and redesigned the car’s floor."
considering they all stall to one degree or another.
Their problems are a lot more fundamental than a moving separation point.
