Ask The Apex

[RickD]

Just a shame it was slower than a rotting turd..

 

[FB]

As we await the new car launches are these really going to be that new? The rules are still pretty much the same, why do the teams insist on claiming they have built new cars when they are, most likely, evolutions of the old ones? Couldn't Red Bull designate the car the RB 8 B for example?

 

[Mephistopheles]

It wasn't very quick though...

 

[Brogan]

Does anyone know the official designations of the current four engines: Mercedes, Renault, Ferrari and Cosworth?

The Renault last year for example was the RS27-2012 V8.
So presumably this year it's the RS27-2013 V8?

 

[Josh]

Probably. The Coswort has been called the "CA20xx" since 2010 so presumably it's going to be CA2013 this year. Can't find anything about Ferrari or Mercedes though.

 

[Brogan]

The Mercedes for the last few years has been: Mercedes FO 108X (2010), Mercedes FO 108Y (2011), Mercedes FO 108Z (2012)
So I have no idea what it will be this year.

It looks like the Ferrari may simply be Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 again.

 

[Josh]

I was about to post that

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According to statsf1 the Ferrari engine has been called "Ferrari Tipo 056" since 2006 but that seems unlikely?​

 

[Mephistopheles]

With the engine development freeze I don't know why they bother to designate the knew engines at all,, just call them "Same as last years and the year before that and the year before that."

 

[Brogan]

I would tend to agree Mephistopheles, but this is for the new FF1 add-on so I need to know

 

[FB]

Hmmm, Mercedes don't have anywhere to go now if their last engine had a Z suffix...

 

[Brogan]

Indeed.
I am struggling to find any information on the 2013 engine designation.

 

[Josh]

It will most likely be known when the cars get revealed and the info on the websites are updated, but I'm guessing that's a bit too late for what you need it for. Maybe try asking Scarbs or Mercedes via Twitter?

 

[Brogan]

It will be fine Josh, I can always update the FF1 DB whenever it does become available.
It's only a name so won't have any affect on the game or code.

I just hate having one more thing on the "To Do" list which I can't cross off

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

Has there ever been a Swedish driver to compete in F1?

 

[Brogan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Swedish_Formula_One_drivers

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

Yes, mainly in the late 70s and 80s.

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

Brogan and Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld for that .

 

[EvilWhippet]

Has there ever been an F1 driver on record as despising mushrooms?

 

[RasputinLives]

Christian Fittipaldi couldn't stand them. He couldn't stand a lot of things actually. He wasn't that much of a Fungi.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Has any driver ever gone straight from McLaren to Ferrari or vice versa?