F1 Technical discussion

Duke · 28 Mar 2013 at 12:21

Good read that. I stopped reading pitpass a year or two ago, as their news articles were a bit... odd (maybe over opinionated) but that was a decent read.

Duke · 28 Mar 2013 at 17:33

F1 Engine Maps Explained - http://f1framework.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/f1-engine-maps_28.html

Duke · 14 Apr 2013 at 19:42

Lots of new tech updates this weekend from F1.com

Duke · 21 Apr 2013 at 18:57

More updates from this weekend.

& Beam wing changes on Red Bull - http://www.f1technical.net/development/404

Duke · 2 May 2013 at 21:09

Ferrari's foot operated DRS - http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2013/0/1062.html

~Mike~ · 3 May 2013 at 08:22

Duke said:
Ferrari's foot operated DRS - http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2013/0/1062.html

Nice video, Ferrari just need to stop it from staying open.

~Mike~ · 12 May 2013 at 11:32

Skeeter · 12 May 2013 at 12:15

Clever stuff. Is this similar to the setup on the McLaren 12C road car? All be it a passive version.

Flibster · 12 May 2013 at 12:59

Skeeter said:
Clever stuff. Is this similar to the setup on the McLaren 12C road car? All be it a passive version.

Kind of, but the McLaren MP4-12c had completely independent suspension. F1 cars don't, roll-bars and so on connect one side of the car to the other. MP4-12c doesn't have any rollbars.

It's quite a complicated system to explain. I've worked on a very similar system back in the late 90's for a F1 team that only ran it in a private test. Went over a second quicker, but didn't think it was legal enough to run in the race, so they paid us a very large sum and never used it again.

The version that we had, not only did front/rear but also left/right as well. It was a massive amount of hydraulic lines to run, and added about 7kg to the car over the standard damper setup which wasn't great. The new versions look a lot more compact and slick, but that's 14 years of development there.

Will see if I can find some of the info I had about how it works.

Duke · 12 May 2013 at 16:55

Updates from this weekend.

Duke · 17 May 2013 at 07:03

Write up about F1 simulators - http://f1framework.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/f1-simulators.html

Duke · 8 Jun 2013 at 07:24

Write up about F1 factories - http://f1framework.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/f1-factories.html

Also tech updates from Monaco GP

Duke · 23 Jun 2013 at 15:44

Comparison of 2013 -> 2014 engines.

http://www.formula1onlive.com/2013/06/2013-and-2014-renault-f1-engines.html

Duke · 30 Jun 2013 at 09:26

Lotus passive DRS

Danthus · 30 Jun 2013 at 18:34

Duke said:
Comparison of 2013 -> 2014 engines.

http://www.formula1onlive.com/2013/06/2013-and-2014-renault-f1-engines.html

Single exhaust outlet, from turbine on car centre line

That will be interesting aerodynamically.

Duke · 14 Jul 2013 at 17:22

Graphene in F1 - http://f1elvis.com/2013/04/13/graphene-in-f1/

How many years until we see it?

Glaucus · 14 Jul 2013 at 17:31

Hopefully not long, that's two great articles 2014 engine and graphene.

Wonder if there's enough money in formula-e to see it there first. With it being all electric surly bigger benefits in electrical conductivity and heat absorption.

Skeeter · 14 Jul 2013 at 17:37

Confirms they expect the turbo to produce at least 2MJ of energy per lap meaning they can discharge the full 4MJ allowed.

Glaucus · 14 Jul 2013 at 23:51

Skeeter said:
Confirms they expect the turbo to produce at least 2MJ of energy per lap meaning they can discharge the full 4MJ allowed.

Yep, thank god for that, I was worried about that.

Duke · 28 Jul 2013 at 10:14

Hungary GP tech updates