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The dream is to be lazy, bomb the ND and slaughter babies in Jos. Rubbish!

Ferrari is not to be left out of the "clever" stakes too ;

Posted on | March 11, 2010 | by James AllencloseAuthor: James Allen Name: James Allen
[size=14pt]Ferrari’s wheel crowns[/size]
In a similar vein, Ferrari has also slipped in a clever idea which no-one can fully copy. Aerodynamic appendages attached to wheels, which help clean up the air flow, have been banned. But Ferrari has come up with an ingenious idea, involving two crowns on the wheels, which do part of the job the spinners used to do.

They are legal because they are made of the same material as the wheel. Ferrari only put them on the car at the final Barcelona test. And the clever bit is that, as the wheels are now a homologated item (along with the safety cell and crash structures), the other teams can’t change their wheels to adopt this solution!

chic2pimp:
You loff F1 too?

love-vendor!
Yes I do o! Sorry, I been no see ya post b4.
How about you?

@topic
What d'you guys thing about the controversy with McLarens rear wing design? It sounds damn cheecky to me.
Its estimated to give the McLaren boys an extra 10km/hr in straightline speed.

A debate is raging in F1 regarding an innovative aerodynamic concept on the car that has been passed legal, but has had nearly every other team principal and engineering guru mumbling words of discontent. The design employs Lewis Hamilton and Button to close off a vent in the cockpit of their car using their legs, which in turn helps to stall the rear wing for extra straight-line speed.

They use the sharkfin thingy to shovel the air below the wing.

I hate to burst your bubbles on this thread that there will be no foreign involvement if Nigeria descends into chaos (as is soon likely).
You will see the US rapidly isolating the oil producing areas and then, through the SW and Middle Belt, attemping to stabilise the North to stop the sharia areas becoming exremist hotspots.

Bahrain Grand Prix free practice session 2 times

1  ROSBERG       Mercedes      1m55.409s
2  HAMILTON      McLaren       1m55.854s
3  SCHUMACHER    Mercedes      1m55.903s
4  BUTTON        McLaren       1m56.076s
5  VETTEL        Red Bull      1m56.459s
6  HULKENBERG    Williams      1m56.501s
7  MASSA         Ferrari       1m56.555s
8  PETROV        Renault       1m56.750s
9  ALONSO        Ferrari       1m57.140s
10 DE LA ROSA    Sauber        1m57.255s
11 KOBAYASHI     Sauber        1m57.352s
12 SUTIL         Force India   1m57.361s
13 BARRICHELLO   Williams      1m57.452s
14 LIUZZI        Force India   1m57.833s
15 KUBICA        Renault       1m58.155s
16 ALGUERSUARI   Toro Rosso    1m59.799s
17 WEBBER        Red Bull      2m00.444s
18 KOVALAINEN    Lotus         2m00.873s
19 TRULLI        Lotus         2m00.990s
20 GLOCK         Virgin        2m02.037s
21 DI GRASSI     Virgin        2m02.188s
22 SENNA         HRT           2m06.968s
23 BUEMI         Toro Rosso    no time
24 CHANDHOK      HRT           no time

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg set the fastest time in second practice in Bahrain, deflecting attention from the Formula 1 return of team-mate Michael Schumacher.

Rosberg posted a time of one minute 55.409 seconds, 0.445secs ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and half a second quicker than Schumacher.

2009 champion Jenson Button, Hamilton's team-mate, was fourth fastest, ahead of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

Force India's Adrian Sutil led the first session as the 2010 season began.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8563764.stm

It is either Mercedes and McLaren are sandbagging or Rosberg is damn fast!
Perhaps it could be that the new diffuser Mercedes brought in today is much more to Rosbergs liking than Schumacher's (in which case, the Mercedes is damn fast).

. . .But again, you can never really rely on test times to determine actual race speeds.

omar22:
A heavy tank would have a detrimental effect on the tyres, I could be an adavntage for a smooth driver like Button but a jot rider like Lewis or Schumacher no chance

I don't know, but the car would certainly have been designed around Lewis, which could put Button at a disadvantage.
Also, lets not forget Lewis and Schumacher are both very intelligent drivers who tend to look out for scraps here and there to maximise speed; its going to be a difficult mix to predict.

First practise times:

Bahrain Grand Prix free practice session 1 times

1 SUTIL Force India 1m56.583s
2 ALONSO Ferrari 1m56.766s
3 KUBICA Renault 1m57.041s
4 MASSA Ferrari 1m57.055s
5 BUTTON McLaren 1m57.068s
6 HAMILTON McLaren 1m57.163s
7 LIUZZI Force India 1m57.194s
8 ROSBERG Mercedes 1m57.199s
9 WEBBER Red Bull 1m57.255s
10 SCHUMACHER Mercedes 1m57.662s
11 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso 1m57.722s
12 HULKENBERG Williams 1m57.894s
13 VETTEL Red Bull 1m57.943s
14 BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m58.399s
15 BARRICHELLO Williams 1m58.782s
16 PETROV Renault 1m58.880s
17 DE LA ROSA Sauber 2m00.250s
18 KOBAYASHI Sauber 2m01.388s
19 GLOCK Virgin 2m03.680s
20 KOVALAINEN Lotus 2m03.848s
21 TRULLI Lotus 2m03.970s
22 DI GRASSI Virgin no time
23 SENNA HRT no time
24 CHANDHOK HRT no time

Govt needs to start sacking these people fast. They can't even get any mileage out of the abundant talent we have, but they can build an $8m World Cup Village. Are we the hosts? Rubbish.

Save Nigeria Group is to be commended. God bless them for forcing issues into the open, both nationally and internationally.

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Post some links na. Abi, fear deh catch you
Olodo! Professional derailer.

Sky Blue:
genuine apology if you feel offended, but I just can't be bothered educating you if you are genuinely not being mischevious for the sake of it. Mandela, MLK, Ghandi, please go read up on history. The fact that I do not respond to you is more to do with me not wanting to go into a futile debate. No need to dodge the issue. You want violence you go start it. If not you are much lazier and more docile than those who even have the courage to protest. So please, stop being a hypocrite and stop embarassing yourself.

You are wrong here. For example, Mandela was the leader of the armed faction of the ANC (Umkotho We Sizwe); he made and deployed bombs and he carried a revolver.

[size=14pt]Tpia, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaase am begging. Can you post a link to any of these pictures you've been so vocal about. Please post them na, many peeps are waiting to laugh. [/size]

Stop disgracing yourself, its not nice for a 46 year old to behave this way. You have even derailed this thread. Kai!