Losing bodywork

FLC · Post 11 Mar 2006, 14:35

Is it just me or the cars this year seems to lose some bodywork fairly easy?
is it something with the track?
i know that Kubica lost a piece of his bodywork in practice which punctured a tire, Ide lost something too and today Raikkonen prob. broke his rear suspension.
whats happenning?

allan · Post 11 Mar 2006, 15:10

i'm not sure, but maybe it's because of the vibration that is generated by the new v8 engines?!

Post 11 Mar 2006, 15:29

From what I see Raikkonen has nothing to do with that here. I think he suffered a plain simple suspension failure (on a place where it gets loaded).

That said, I feared that Fisico's mirror would come off too, it was shaking all the way around when running on the straight. U suggest they make the connection a bit stronger

For parts coming loose... what parts were that?

FLC · Post 11 Mar 2006, 15:39

i dont know exactly which parts they lost, but here are some pictures:

http://www.formula1.com/gallery/751.html

look at Ide and Kubica.

oh and i didnt mean to blame kimi for the suspension failure at all. i actually feel sorry for him. excuse me but my mother language isnt english...

Tom · Post 11 Mar 2006, 17:47

It looks to me like Kubica hit Ide's bodywork, but I'm not entirely sure.

DaveKillens · Post 11 Mar 2006, 23:50

During Friday's televised practice, when they were showing Alonso's in car camera, the mirrors seems to flex. The left one seemed to move quite a lot, relative to the bodywork.

Tom · Post 12 Mar 2006, 00:00

Yes and in the qualifying, again the left mirror.
The commentators said it was to do with the V8 creating more vibrations, but it seemed strange that it was biased to the left.

DaveKillens · Post 12 Mar 2006, 03:55

I thought it moved more as a function of speed. During slower sections, it did not appear to flex as much.

allan · Post 12 Mar 2006, 08:20

it was fisichella's mirror,not alonso's

but i thought it was broken, the same thing happened to kimi raikonen, in canada2003, and Juan pablo montoya, but then it was due to the strong wing, maybe it's the same thing now!
but i think it was kimi's rear suspension failure that was caused by the v8's vibration, i mean, i don't think the v8 will effect the mirrors in front, or does it?

Tom · Post 12 Mar 2006, 12:15

I would think it vibrates the whole car.

I definatly saw Alonso's mirror flapping, but it could well be both cars, they have the same struts and if the wind is coming from the same direction both would be effected.