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[size=18pt]Red Bull ‘letterbox’ slot for driver cooling[/size]


Adrian Newey has cleared up the mystery about the ‘letterbox’ opening in the nose of the newly-launched 2012 Red Bull car. The F1 world noticed that Newey’s ‘step nose’ differs from its rivals in the form of an air inlet where the monocoque height meets the new lower nose height. Some surmised it must be for KERS or engine cooling, or perhaps even an F-duct style channel through to the diffuser.

Designer Newey, however, said it is to just cool the drivers.

“The toes are a bit too cold now actually,” grinned Mark Webber to Italy’s Autosprint. “Traditionally the driver cooling slot is at the front of the nose,” explained Newey, “but really for styling as much as anything we moved it to where you now see it to break up the aesthetics of the ramp.”

A sneak preview!!!

The more the new cars a launch the more a fear for McLaren and their slant nose


[size=18pt]Mercedes with F-duct nose? [/size]

Despite running their 2011 car in the first pre-season test in Jerez this week, Mercedes have tried out a new front wing. The result is positive…

On the second day of testing, Michael Schumacher set the fastest time of all, and though the very first pre-season tests never are considered to be benchmarks, the times were very quick and raised a few eyebrows. Yesterday, Nico Rosberg took the Mercedes W02 out for a spin and as a result set the fastest time on day three.

So what is it? Well, in 2011 Mercedes worked on a front nose which had an air-intake in the front of the nose, a small grill was visible. But the 2012 nose being tested these days, are a form of F-duct. Without really being a F-duct…

Air travels into the hole in the front and are then channeled onto the front wing, creating larger downforce, more grip and eventually faster cornering speed.

Martin Whitmarsh, team principal of McLaren-Mercedes, estimates the benefit of the system to be around 5 to 8 kilometres per hour. “For the front wing, there are no F-duct rules,” said a report in Auto Motor und Sport.

Someone was able to smuggle out a poor quality vid of the Mercedes W03 shakedown at Silverstone.
Another ugly ride :

All down to the NOSE, and Adrian Newey is worried

Full lap times as of 1pm local time, on day one of the four-day F1 group test at Catalunya in Spain.

1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 23.343s
2. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 23.440s
3. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 23.590s
4. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 23.618s
5. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 24.100s
6. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 2m 24.150s
7. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1m 24.219s
8. Bruno Senna Brazil Williams-Renault 1m 26.188s
9. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1m 26.809s
10. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault 1m 27.537s
11. Charles Pic France Marussia-Cosworth 1m 29.248s*

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Thanks

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Dude, your blog is more about gossip and bits, but most here will want to know about high tech stuff. You need to talk about octane ratings, J-mass dampers, mercury suspension systems etc. That sort of thing, gossip will not work the technology buffs.

Nice one still.

The World Champ thinks McLaren might be the fastest car, so they might not have made a mistake with their nose design afterall. However, the season start is still some way away:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97621

@ Beaf , Thanks for your observation. the Topdriver website when launched will have a dedicated page for F1 that will cover that. good to know we have F1 fans in Nigeria. the blog is more of a temporary spot till the site is up. cheers!

@Beaf we're also working on our other website "topdriver1.com" that covers everything F1 related. you'll definitely get all the info on teams, car specs and other F1 stuff.

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[size=14pt]F1: No 'step' on new Marussia car's nose[/size]
Global Motorsport Media press release
Added: 24/02/2012 06:10

Feb.24 (GMM) Marussia's new car for 2012 does not feature a 'step' on its front nose.

Every team on the 2012 grid, including HRT who are yet to release their 2012 car, responded to the FIA's new height regulations by designing an awkward 'step' between the monocoque and the tip of the nose.

The one exception, until now, was McLaren.

But Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that the 2012 Marussia, which will be seen for the first time in Barcelona next week, also has a clean aerodynamic line at the front.

The former Virgin team works closely with McLaren, including using the famous British team's test rigs and wind tunnel.

"In fact, there was little difference in theory between the two solutions. So why take risks with something that we do not know?" a Marussia team source is quoted as saying.

Timo Glock has already driven the new step-less Marussia in the McLaren simulator.

"We don't have too much experience with the simulator so we hope that it's right, but we will not be too optimistic -- that's not to say that I'm disappointed," said the German driver.

"I think we have a good base to build upon," added Glock.

"We have been focusing for a long time on finding the errors with the previous car and getting over them," he is quoted by Speed Week magazine.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/no-step-on-new-marussia-car-s-nose/

True

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I searched for that. Where did you find it at the time?

"The Renault engine gives us hope. We have three new technical people - one is our technical director, one is chief of aero and one is running the cars. They have different backgrounds coming from three different teams. There's still a problem, it's called Adrian Newey. There's only one of him."

http://en.espnf1.com/williams/motorsport/story/71428.html

Damn right.
That guy is a genius, the designer with the most wins and championships below his belt.

http://planetf1.com/driver/18227/7556771/Bernie-We-could-divorce-from-Australia-

Seem all d traditional and exciting circuits, will eventually be replaced d new unexciting circuits (e.g Abu Dhabi).

The Old Midget is only afrer money, most especially when he is strongly considering a New Jersey street race,

Marussia have finally launched their car (today at Sylverstone) after failing a crash test.
The paintwork is all thats ugly about the new car.

@baby-boy
You got the wrong car up there (check the sidepods especially).

Nice:

[img]http://en.rian.ru/images/17175/19/171751905.jpg[/img]


At shakedown around Sylverstone on demonstration tyres:

If it was a cake, I'd cut it and eat it; if it was a woman, I'd take off her clothes. . .

[flash=560,315]http://www.youtube.com/embed/HdDDKXS795Y[/flash]

The new HRT looks like a pile of dung! Never has something so fugly reared its head in F1 since Honda's "Earth car."
I hope it always comes last or the engine never starts.

beaf, here no fit u ooo. go and continue ur jonathan madness on the politics section so that u will be paid as at when due.

Its almost time.

as usual, here i am again to show my allegiance to Alonso and Ferrari. . . . . . . . . but sadly this year i will FIRST bank on the ICE MAN and his lotus of a ride, and hope that he doesnt make a mockery of his "clean" F1 racing record. it's only about 1 hr before the first practice of the season, so we will all get the true picture of all this year true potential.

as for all my fellow NL F1 aficionados (you know who y'all are), LET THE RACES and the biatching BEGIN!!!!!!! lol

Rain is spoiling the 1st show of 2012.

^^hopefully, it will be be better in FP2. . . . . . . . . as for Raikkonen and his steering "choices" on the first practice of the yr:

i am not even going to start with that Marrusia she-driver, she even sound like she is out of her damn league!

Mercedes is looking like it could be a surprise package.

MRbrownJAY: ^^hopefully, it will be be better in FP2. . . . . . . . . as for Raikkonen and his steering "choices" on the first practice of the yr:

i am not even going to start with that Marrusia she-driver, she even sound like she is out of her damn league!

I wish she looked really sexy. Lol! That would have helped.

Massa has taken to clowning very early in the season.
"Something with the car." yet he went on the wet grass.

Practice 1 - Melbourne
1 Great Britain J Button McLaren
2 Great Britain L Hamilton McLaren
3 Germany M Schumacher Mercedes
4 Spain F Alonso Ferrari
5 Australia M Webber Red Bull
6 Germany N Rosberg Mercedes
7 Australia D Ricciardo Toro Rosso
8 Venezuela P Maldonado Williams
9 Finland K Raikkonen Lotus
10 Japan K Kobayashi Sauber
11 Germany S Vettel Red Bull
12 Germany N Hulkenberg Force India
13 Great Britain P Di Resta Force India
14 Brazil B Senna Williams
15 Mexico S Perez Sauber
16 Switzerland R Grosjean Lotus
17 Finland H Kovalainen Caterham
18 Brazil F Massa Ferrari
19 France J Vergne Toro Rosso
20 Russian Federation V Petrov Caterham
21 Germany T Glock Marussia
22 France C Pic Marussia
23 India N Karthikeyan HRT
24 Spain P de la Rosa HRT