The Mercedes front F-duct allegedly works based off of air pressure at the front of the wing.
F1 Testing 2012 - Week 1, Jerez
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The Mercedes front F-duct allegedly works based off of air pressure at the front of the wing.
He's just an F1 journo as far as I know - but a part time one who has a full time job as well. He does regularly appear in a number of the online webcasts in interviews about the techie side of F1, but I think his level of detail is too great for the 6,000,000 average Joe Public who tune into the BBC for races. Perhaps he likes being "small fry"?
so did their rear F-duct, after the season they discovered why schumacher had multiple issues with the rear f-duct, it was because of his helmet shape beeing different from rosbergs lol
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Yep love the tech side, it's what sets it apart. Even though it's been massively Erroded over the years
.Which is why I really hope the electric series gets enough intrest. Rules will hopefully be much slacker so they can progress the technologies.
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Yep
It'd be even better if a lot of it wasn't banned before being able to be put to the test 
Look the same shape to me
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Yep just like Senna, who many idolise, and his incident was pre-meditated
In the heat of the moment - sure why not do what Schumacher did?
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I think Senna's move is seen more as revenge for what Prost did previously.
Because deliberately crashing into someone is dangerous, has the potential to be deadly, and would get you a monumental telling off or banning at a novice club racing level - let alone at Formula 1 level. F1 should be the pinnacle of motorsport with drivers who set an example, not banger racing.
Look at how Kyle Busch has been treated in NASCAR as a result of his deliberate crashing last year - he was banned temporarily, fined a large sum of money, then put on a years probation.
"In the heat of the moment", is the key phrase here.
I don't think anybody would want to win under those dubious circumstances, but when the incident is happening (and it usually takes only a few seconds), the mind has a funny way of reacting and doing things that makes you wonder, "Why on Earth did I do that...what was I thinking?"
I think that MSc had one of those moments in 1997 and in the cold light of day regretted what he did. However, I'm sure, if it happened all over again, in the heat of the moment, he would do exactly the same thing.
Now, what Senna did in Japan...that was pre-meditated and planned. I don't think he ever regretted what he did. In his mind, he was right to do what he did and made it clear before the race started what would happen if Prost attempted to pass him.
Hey ho...back on topic.
Testing Times so far (taken from BBC):
Nico Rosberg Mercedes* 1:17.613 - 114 laps.
Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:18.419 - 103.
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:19.297 - 79.
Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:19.464 - 69.
Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:19.734 - 77.
Sergio Perez Sauber 1:19.770 - 37.
Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:20.412 - 56.
Bruno Senna Williams 1:21.293 - 105.
Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:23.324 - 70.
*2011 car
I have to say that I am worried about Ferrari. RBR seem to have speed AND reliability on their side. I am confident that Ferrari will eventually have the speed, but I am unsure about the reliability.
If I were a betting man, I would bet my house on Vettel to win the title this year. After what Webber did yesterday, I firmly believe that RBR once again have the fastest car and I do not believe Alonso is good enough to beat Vettel, while Vettel is in a car which is so much faster than Alonso's.
I know its early days, but the signs are ominous.
Mercedes are the only leading team left to unveil their new car, so unless they do a Brawn '09 (which is a very rare thing to happen), RBR are looking good.
Another day and another chunk of time off the quickest 2012 lap time:
Day 3 times
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[b]Pos Driver Team Time Laps[/b]
1 Rosberg Mercedes 1m17.613s 118
2 Grosjean Lotus 1m18.419s +0.806 117
3 Vettel Red Bull 1m19.297s +1.684 96
4 Hamilton McLaren 1m19.464s +1.851 80
5 Vergne Toro Rosso 1m19.734s +2.121 79
6 Perez Sauber 1m19.770s +2.157 48
7 Alonso Ferrari 1m20.412s +2.799 67
8 Senna Williams 1m21.293s +3.680 125
9 Van der Garde Caterham 1m23.324s +5.711 74they look like 2011, as far as I can tell 2010 where the same anyway.
2010 had cooling vent at top.
heres the schuberth websites helmets for 2010
http://shop.schuberth.com/en/replica-helmets/michael-schumacher-1/f1-replica-original.html
http://shop.schuberth.com/en/replica-helmets/nico-rosberg-1/f1-replica-1-2.html
theres another schumacher 2010 helmet aswell which looks slightly different to the rosberg one unless its the angle thats different but im not sure
http://shop.schuberth.com/en/replica-helmets/michael-schumacher-1/f1-replika-1-2.html
maybe he switched helmet designs at some point during the season
amus article on the front wing f-duct, not much info though
http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...VYs&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=imvns
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They had a hydraulic leak today, hardly a major drama for any team.
Seems they are the 2011 ones, I jsut googled and looked for same size/angle images
The 2010s look to have those clear vent things at the back like Glaucus said.