F1 Testing 2012 - Week 1, Jerez

FrankJH · 9 Feb 2012 at 17:01

englishpremier said:
Nothing wrong with it. Win at all costs.

nothing wrong with nearly killing someone (ie adeliade) :eek:

arknor · 9 Feb 2012 at 17:24

how did hill almost die? hill admited it was his miatake anyway so get over yourself

Mr Men · 9 Feb 2012 at 17:37

LOL nearly killed Hill? seriously...

englishpremier · 9 Feb 2012 at 18:00

LEt's forget the whole Schumacher ordeal, that's another thread.

Good number of laps by Senna there in the Williams. Rosberg and Grosjean also racking them up too.

Duke · 9 Feb 2012 at 18:07

Mr Men said:
They had a hydraulic leak today, hardly a major drama for any team.

They have said themselves things aren't as expected so far.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97453

Still lots of testing to go yet though.

Mr Men · 9 Feb 2012 at 18:09

Happy with reliability though

englishpremier · 9 Feb 2012 at 18:22

Maybe some of the teams will let go tomorrow.

Didn't Ferrari change to a pull rod system, mainly to try and heat the tyres up quicker? They've had a problem with heating up their tyres since 2007.

The thing is, Pirrelli have now changed the compounds and the amount of the rubber in contact with the track. I wonder if at any races this season we'll see Ferrari overheating their tyres.

TaKeN · 9 Feb 2012 at 18:34

Mr Men said:
Happy with reliability though

"Little timmy got hit by a car today, he stepped into the road with his ice cream in his hand, he broke both his legs and won't ever walk again but look on the bright side! His Ice Cream was just fine!"

Duke · 9 Feb 2012 at 20:15

HRT fail

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97464

Glaucus · 9 Feb 2012 at 20:17

Nore did Ferrari first time. Hardly a fail. Just a shame they lose another test session.
They also passed the important one.

GravyMonster · 9 Feb 2012 at 20:52

@MikeGascoyne said:
Jarno driving the car tomorrow for the first time, hope we have got the power steering right for him

Love the subtlety here

arknor · 9 Feb 2012 at 21:17

i guess mercedes arent leaving themselfs much time to pass the crash tests either

Shimmy · 9 Feb 2012 at 21:17

englishpremier said:
Didn't Ferrari change to a pull rod system, mainly to try and heat the tyres up quicker? They've had a problem with heating up their tyres since 2007.

No, they had trouble getting heat into the rear tyres.

Front pull rod advantages are lower CoG and slightly better aero.

Pat Fry said:
The front suspension is not that a big a deal to be honest. It is a small aero benefit, a small centre of gravity benefit, and I know it is different from what people have done in the past - but it is not that big a risk to be honest.

Edit:

2nd RBR 'letter box' hole spotted on the nose.

Glaucus · 9 Feb 2012 at 21:29

Rbr front f-duct? As well as "driver cooling" to gain back some of the drag from the brick wall nose.

Kenai · 9 Feb 2012 at 21:40

Looks a bit too 'offset' given the angle of the car in the photo, looks more like it could just be a 'trick of the eye' with something lined up conveniently

arknor · 9 Feb 2012 at 21:50

edit nm

looks like an illusion to me, probably a sticker

TaKeN · 9 Feb 2012 at 21:59

That's not an illusion, there's another view. I'll find it!

arknor · 9 Feb 2012 at 22:23

maybe it cools the kers

Sparky · 9 Feb 2012 at 22:53

timbob · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:02

Glaucus said:
Rbr front f-duct? As well as "driver cooling" to gain back some of the drag from the brick wall nose.

I've read something along the lines that the "slot" in the top of the Red Bull nose creates an area of positive pressure within the gap, and effectively smooths the nose out aerodynamically speaking.

i.e. it's more efficient with that big hole in it than the Ferrari solution.

Happy to be corrected if I've misunderstood, however