F1 2012 Car launch dates

Caterham getting their car out early. I assume this means they were working on it early on last year.

7 days until F1 2012 stuff starts happening. Cant wait!
 
My sister has a sub to F1 Racing so I used to steal it when I lived at home. Its really good. Tempted to grab a sub myself.

Edit: Caved in, £1 for 3 issues. I wonder if my first issue will be the Caterham launch one :)
 
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Thanks for pointing the offer out went and ordered it. Will be good to read during the build up anyways never mind just for the Caterham launch :)
 
Do you want chance to attend the official launch of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-27 at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey on the 1st February?

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Some early details have come out about the new 'ugly' Ferrari:

The suspension is a pull-rod system, the first on a Ferrari for 11 years. This is what Red Bull has been using since 2009 and many others have followed.

It works well with a lower nose and allows a lower centre of gravity on the car. At the rear it allows the back to sit low, clearly part of Ferrari’s strategy for coping with the loss of the blown diffusers.

The drivers are more reclined in the new Ferrari. The sidepods are very narrow and the crash structures to protect the driver are in two wing like shapes in front of the leading edge of the sidepods, above the radiator inlet line. In addition to meeting the crash requirements, they will clearly have an aerodynamic function.

The exhaust outlets will be at the lower end of the range specified in the new rules, blowing across the bottom profile of the rear wing. But there is a development plan, apparently, to move to what McLaren and Red Bull is believed to be doing, which is to exit the exhausts high up, to blow across the top profile.
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http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2012/01/some-indiscretions-from-italy-about-the-new-ferrari-f1-car/
 
So the rear end has pull rod suspension and a low rear end.... just like the 2011 Williams.

Over all it sounds a bit... odd. I can't picture the whole side pod/crash structure layout from that description.
 
James Allens blog suggests the sidepods are an area with a lot of freedom for interesting designs. Hopefully we should see some funky looking stuff from a few teams. Can't wait!
 
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