Looks like all the launches this year are going to be incredibly boring. It seems like the first time for quite a while where the regulations haven't changed enough to make a significant difference to the cars.
Pre-Season 2013 Car Launches
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Olivier
Race Winner
"is that the Stig?"
They still have the step, they've just covered it up with a modesty panel.
Image courtesy of Ted Kravitz.
Edit: Apparently Ron is furious that image is in the public domain. Not because the internal design of the nose is on display, just due to the state of the workshop.
Image courtesy of Ted Kravitz.
Edit: Apparently Ron is furious that image is in the public domain. Not because the internal design of the nose is on display, just due to the state of the workshop.
A great comparison of the 2012 and 2013 McLaren's, courtesy of William Esler on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/WilliamEslerF1/status/296986326115430400
https://twitter.com/WilliamEslerF1/status/296986326115430400
rufus_mcdufus
Champion Elect
I was on a little guided tour of MTC about 3 years ago and I noticed a dead fly on one of the window sills. I didn't dare mention it.
The Artist.....
Champion Elect
As i've said on the McLaren thread... Pull-rod front suspension.....
Brogan. Still? I didn't think McLaren ever had a step last year.
RickD. Because Jenson struggled with a new part on the car, or at least his struggles correlated with the introduction of said part, - which i am sure was designed to improve overall performance relative to McLaren's rivals - does not mean necessarily that it was designed to help Lewis to the detriment of Jenson. All it means for sure is that Lewis was able to adapt to change better or that the changes were less significant to him. Seems like straw-clutching to suggest otherwise, from my perspective. That sort of conversation probably belongs in the defunct Lewis vs Jenson thread, anyway, but my answer is no.
RickD. Because Jenson struggled with a new part on the car, or at least his struggles correlated with the introduction of said part, - which i am sure was designed to improve overall performance relative to McLaren's rivals - does not mean necessarily that it was designed to help Lewis to the detriment of Jenson. All it means for sure is that Lewis was able to adapt to change better or that the changes were less significant to him. Seems like straw-clutching to suggest otherwise, from my perspective. That sort of conversation probably belongs in the defunct Lewis vs Jenson thread, anyway, but my answer is no.
F1 Shift.net
Points Scorer
Makes me wonder if Ferrari will actually have the upper hand since they ran pull rod in 2012. The McLaren MP4-28 nose is a lot higher, looks like a design Scarbs wrote about in his 2013 rules/trends. I am very excited to see the battle between McLaren and Ferrari, especially since they both used the Toyota wind tunnel. As a Ferrari fan, I hope Nigel Stepney does no work at the Toyota wind tunnel and is actually employed by JRM...
Looking at them is the 2013 running a more aggressive rake? I noticed the angle of the bottom of the front wing and then followed the floor of the car back and it seems to be in more of a nose-dive stance, similar to the Red Bulls of late.
Toyota had this great windtunnel, so what the heck were they doing with it to build so many cars that won nowt?
Andrea_Moda_Rules
Podium Finisher
@ExtremeNinja
They changed the nose mid season, I think because of homologation regs the "step" was more of a "slide"
They changed the nose mid season, I think because of homologation regs the "step" was more of a "slide"
Marussia will launch their car at the first test in Jerez on the 5th of February:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105350
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105350
The Artist.....
Champion Elect
There are massive weight distribution advantages to pull rod suspension - particularly with a very high nose! I will be amazed if at least Red Bull don't have pull-rod on their car this year!
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