Bahrain GP 2008

[NaZzO]

I believe what Trulli meant, is that after the race was over and he parked his car, he took his time to get out of the car since he didn't have to be on the podium. It has something to do with the time his body takes to re-adapt to normal conditions outside the cockpit...

[SMP]

Good to have you SMP. But it says under your name it's your third post. :^o

I was surprised by this. Then I realized it may be because that number is updated every time a user posts something. ie, with this post, that number would now be updated to "4". Since that original post, I had replied to another thread too.

1st Practice session nearly over. Williams seems to have done a couple of low fuel runs right at the end to show up good on the sheets. Honda nearly at the bottom (again). A bit surprising to see the gap closed between Alonso/Piquet and Bordais/Vettel while gap seems to have increased between Fisi/Sutil.

[sriraj1031]

1m32.233 = massa
+117 = kimi
nico
hamilton
kovi
nakajima

well wat an order and the lap time of nico in final mins put him in 3rd place well wat a turnaround for williams

well results looks very juicy for the race with a good mix

[ben_watkins]

FP2

1m31.420s = Massa
Kimi +0.9
Heiki
Lewis - crashed 5mins from end of session - right side of car smashed into barrier at exit of turn 7

[P_O_L]

The ferraris look to be from another planet. Did they introduce new aero parts or is the previous test been such a help?

[Ray]

The ferraris look to be from another planet. Did they introduce new aero parts or is the previous test been such a help?

It's practice dude. Practice doesn't mean they are a mile ahead of everyone, jeez.

[Saribro]

New triple element wing on the FW30?

[modbaraban]

I thought they were banned in 2003.

3.10.4 Any bodywork behind the rear wheel centre line which is
more than 600mm above the reference plane, and between 75mm
and 480mm from the car centre line, must lie in an area when
viewed from the side of the car that is situated between the rear
wheel centre line and a point 350mm behind it. When viewed from
the side of the car, no longitudinal cross section may have more than
two closed sections in this area. Furthermore, the distance between
adjacent sections at any longitudinal plane must not exceed 15mm
at their closest position.
In order to ensure that the relationship between these two sections
cannot change whilst the car is in motion they must be bridged by
means of rigid impervious supports (including any adjustment
mechanism) arranged such that no part of the trailing edge of the
forward section may be more than 250mm laterally from a support.
These rigid supports must :
- fully enclose the two complete sections such that their inner profile
matches that of the two sections. Their outer profile must be offset
from the inner profile by between 8 and 30mm and may not
incorporate any radius smaller than 10mm (‘gurney’ type trim tabs
may however be fitted between the supports) ;
- not be recessed into the wing profiles ;
- be arranged so that any curvature occurs only in a horizontal
plane;
- be between 2 and 3mm thick ;
- be rigidly fixed to the two sections. Some form of adjustment
mechanism between the sections may be incorporated for the sole
purpose of allowing adjustment of the sections relative to one
another whilst the car is in the pits ;
- be constructed from a material with modulus greater than 50GPa.
These supports will be ignored when assessing whether the car is in
compliance with Articles 3.9.1, 3.9.2, 3.10.1 and 3.10.5.

Maybe it's just a mirage

[tahadar]

New triple element wing on the FW30?

New

that wing has been there since one of the barcelona tests before Australia.

[CMSMJ1]

The lower "plane" must be one piece? It has a noce grey piece on it..more hi res pics needed I think

It is banned for sure

[Carbon]

Three elements are definitely banned. Any 3/4 view shots of the wing?

[Saribro]

Seems it was just a really awkward light-reflection after all:

[Ray]

Certainly looks like three elements in all but one of those photos.






Higher res here

http://premium.f1-live.com/f1/photos-hi ... po_196.jpg
http://premium.f1-live.com/f1/photos-hi ... po_192.jpg
http://premium.f1-live.com/f1/photos-hi ... po_183.jpg
http://premium.f1-live.com/f1/photos-hi ... po_124.jpg

[Saribro]

It's clearer when viewed from behind:

[Giblet]

It looks like in the middle of the wing there are only two elements, and on either side of the pylons the slit in the wing begins.

If the bottom element has slits in it, is it a seperate element?

I thought BMW did this last year, adding a groove and essentially creating a third element.
http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewt ... f=6&t=5074