Marussia MR01 launched

[Duke]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97850


Not a stepped nose!

 

[Guerrilla]

Surprised at no step. Has it passed all of the safety tests yet?

 

[Nismo]

Surprised at no step. Has it passed all of the safety tests yet?

Still marginally failing the last test apparently.

https://twitter.com/#!/andrewbensonf1

 

[Kevin Clark]

 

[Guerrilla]

Still marginally failing the last test apparently.

https://twitter.com/#!/andrewbensonf1

They really aren't leaving themselves much time, really not looking very good for them and HRT, again.

 

[Duke]

Have to wait for a few more photos to come out. The front wing doesn't look too bad.

 

[Kenai]

How high was their nose last year?

Have they gone about doing a full on tub redesign to meet the nose height or was it just that low before as it was with McLaren?

Seems mad for such a small team to commit to a tub redesign if that's what they've done!

 

[arknor]

are you guys sure theres not a tiny step near the suspension arms?



looks like a step?

 

[Nismo]

They are just the bump things that run down the sides, or whatever they are called

Apparently it's almost a straight line from dash to nose, and hardly curves.

From the testing thread...

 

[arknor]

it reminds me of the old brawn car.


the front wing seems really high off the ground though?

 

[Nismo]

it reminds me of the old brawn car.

It has 4 wheels?

Yeah the front wing seems ridiculously high.

 

[Glaucus]

They're all high Untill they're on track.

Not surprising they have minimum step, seeing as they use mclarens wind tunnel, rigs, simulators etc.

Untill they get their new co place up and running. Towards end of 2013 iirc.

 

[arknor]

It has 4 wheels?

Yeah the front wing seems ridiculously high.

you dont think the engine cover and sidepods look 95% the same?

 

[Skeeter]

you dont think the engine cover and sidepods look 95% the same?

As similar as any other 2012 car?

 

[Nismo]

you dont think the engine cover and sidepods look 95% the same?

Not really, the engine cover maybe but a few cars have that basic shape. The sidepods, no.

 

[Kimi]

Surprised they even got it out on track after all their problems, two big fails on the gearbox crash structure sent them back to the drawing board, its a shame, liverys nice tho

 

[arknor]

As similar as any other 2012 car?

yea looks exactly like every other 2012 car i mean cmon the side pod sculturing and the engine cover angles and length look exactly the same now that you mention it

oh wait they look fairly curved with a lot of attention to detail

 

[~Mike~]

Looks like copy of the McLaren

 

[arknor]

if your partially sighted maybe the angles of the side pod are totally different only the red paint on the mclaren makes them look similar

 

[Duke]

liverys nice tho

Yep