The F1 2012 Car Launch Thread

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Originally Posted by Big Ben

loads of wishful thinking from the McLaren's fans going on here... don't worry guys.... It might work or maybe it's a nose just for show....

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Whichever car does eventually win the championship, I guess it'll 'win by a nose'.

Ba dum....................





















...........tisssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! :laugh:

The Dallara Indycar looks better by the day :p :

I like the Sauber. I like the slightly more interesting livery, although I would like to see a return of the old Blue, Green and Yellow Livery (1996-2005)

As for Red Bull, all I have seen is a dark video and drawings. Has anyone got a link to a photo.

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Originally Posted by Big Ben

loads of wishful thinking from the McLaren's fans going on here... don't worry guys.... It might work or maybe it's a nose just for show....

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LOL way to predict doom & gloom even before the first test
I think mclaren are smart here
they are doing their own thing and we will see after the first (and possibly second test) where things shake out.
And I'm sure they have a back up plan with that ugly step nose if need be, but for now, they need to focus on their own thing.
The way I see it, these teams are trying to figure out what mclaren did with the low nose in 2011 which was well within the 2012 rules and they still were pretty darn fast and competitive.

BTW, I thought these teams were suppose to design cars independently and yet somehow, without collusion or talking to each other they all "miraculously" came out with the same exact step nose solution to the car.
I guess Max Moselsy wasn't far off with his idea of a standardized chasis in F1.

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Originally Posted by truefan72

BTW, I thought these teams were suppose to design cars independently and yet somehow, without collusion or talking to each other they all "miraculously" came out with the same exact step nose solution to the car.
I guess Max Moselsy wasn't far off with his idea of a standardized chasis in F1.

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With the EBD's gone for 2012, and the new nose regs, the easiest way to get the most air around/under the car is by having a nose as high as possible. That is what, thus far, most of the chaps have done.

Only the Maccas, who already had a low nose anyway, have continued on their own path.

The RB looks to have an inlet incorporated into the nose height step.........

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Originally Posted by airshifter

With so many teams leaving the nose bump up in place, it must be of less aerodynamic concern than we think it is. I'd like to see some wind tunnel smoke trail testing and see just what is going.

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That's odd. So you think F1 teams with multi million pound wind tunnels and some of the worlds most talented aerodynamicists might know more than the posters on this forum? Smoke trails! Really?

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Originally Posted by shazbot

That's odd. So you think F1 teams with multi million pound wind tunnels and some of the worlds most talented aerodynamicists might know more than the posters on this forum? Smoke trails! Really?

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The key point the wind tunnel guys will want to know is;

Does the benefit of running a high nose outweigh the turbulence caused by the boil on the cars nose?

The answer must be yes, obviously. But the behaviour of a wind tunnel is different to the real effect on a race track.

In my experiencd the area of the chassis being discussed is fairly insensitive aero wise believe it or not.

Some sort of cooling inlet or aero device on RBR8?

http://www.f1talks.pl/wp-content/gallery/rb8/rb8_08.jpg

RBR blowing rear brake ducts

http://www.f1talks.pl/wp-content/gallery/rb8/rb8_12.jpg