F1 2011 Car Launches

sunama said:
You are correct.

What I meant to say was, "When McLaren turn up to the their first test, featuring their 2011 car."
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Ah I see :)

Apparantly this is the new mercedes (rendering):


MERCEDES-MGP-W01.jpg



http://www.thef1times.com/news/display/02569
 
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I was looking at the Ferrari car and I noticed that the front wings are heavy on the appendages. This can be seen on the Mercedes car above.

Why the devil don't they ban these extra winglets? By having these winglets and relying more on aerodynamic downforce, following the car in front becomes more difficult and makes it more difficult to overtake.

If I had my way, I would completely do away with the front and rear wings and leave teams to generate their downforce from the main body of the car.
 
That looks great and expecting more from them this year.

Have they changed the camber of the front tyres? they seem to be slanting more than previous years, or just optical illusion.
 
sunama said:
I was looking at the Ferrari car and I noticed that the front wings are heavy on the appendages. This can be seen on the Mercedes car above.

Why the devil don't they ban these extra winglets? By having these winglets and relying more on aerodynamic downforce, following the car in front becomes more difficult and makes it more difficult to overtake.

If I had my way, I would completely do away with the front and rear wings and leave teams to generate their downforce from the main body of the car.
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Pretty much all teams will show last years front wings for the launches - this year they will be losing front wing adjust - and so will have to be better balanced with the new lower downforce rear-ends, so I'd expect smaller front wing profiles.

Also a higher res pic of the w02 teaser:
http://joesaward.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/mgp-w02_teaser.jpg
 
New Lotus is up, i like it, the concept designs of the black and gold livery are good as well, shame they didnt go with it. It is going to be an exciting day.
 
New Lotus T128.

Note the 2010 Merc style airbox, with the changes required to make it comply with the '11 regs. Also, they won't be running KERS but they don't seem to be ruling out using it sometime this season entirely:

Chief operating officer Keith Saunt said:
If KERS was going to get us from eighth to sixth then we’d have it. But when you look at the weight of it and some of the engineering challenges, I think it’s a good decision not to start with it. We might end up with it, who knows?
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Not sure about Lotus going down the Mercedes blade airbox route. It didn't seem to work for them last year, and the added with of the central area surely can't help?

The Sauber looks really good this year especially with their slot-mag wheels :)
Glad they've managed to snag a few more sponsors.
 
Mr.Fantastic said:
Looks like that site is getting hammered because i keep getting timed out due to long waiting time.
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8600 viewers at the moment.

Spunkey said:
He's definately their new test driver - having his pics taken with the car. Probably mostly a marketing ploy given the number of test drivers they now have. Senna name in a JPS car... the press releases write themselves.
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Oh how I hope that Team Lotus win the passing off claim against Group Lotus. New paint job for the R31, removal of all references to team lotus on all marketing material and in showrooms....

Oh dear, thats not looking pretty. Looks bulbous in the middle and rear.
 
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