2015 Ferrari F1

At least this year there is a driver in one of the red cars with a sense of humor....

 

Didn't Mercedes do something similar until their website crashed and basically stalled for a good number of days?

 

It will be needed

 

Is this the 2015 FS F1 model?
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No

At this time of year there are always artists impressions and shopped images of how the cars are going to look. Until the launch date, for sure you wont be seeing a clear picture of our car. At the launch we probably will see the car sans the actual wings they will use. Once they get on track they will add/swap wings and other bits experimenting.

Recently I saw exactly the same image of the front of what was supposed to be our car next year, problem was, I saw exactly the same picture and detail in the Mercedes livery saying it was their car. Situation normal for this time of year. But it is fun looking at the different images, especially if they are good looking cars.

 

Or maybe something like this Norm?
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Can someone show us "this" - with the larger diameter wheels ?

Cheers,

Hank

 

id hope not, it will have silly drag and its illegal

 

According to Scarbs this is the 2015 car:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B72mnWDCUAARuYm.jpg

 

Looks good to me!

 

so later this year when FIAT spins off Ferrari as it's own company, does the FIAT logo go away?

 

Quite the contrary...dreaded suspension up front, hot side of turbo next to the cold side (one of the reasons the mercedes engine was so superior was that they where seperated to the frontand rear end of the block, a massive contribution to the power advantage it had).

If the engine remains with 2014 style turbo we can be happy if Ferrari score more than 50 points in the entire season.

 

From the sketch, it's clear they have ditched the pull-rod. Not so dreaded mo more =)

 

whoops youre right. I constantly confuse tbe two. Im highly concerned about the engine though.

 

What are the major changes is 2015 with design?

I really wish the noses can go back up

 

I'm probably missing one or two but from what I remember reading:
• New nose
• Push rod
• New radiators and therefore new sidepods
• Significantly bigger compressor

 

Now I had heard that Ferrari (and presumably Renault as well) had made a similar change to the power unit for 2015.

 

It´s rumoured that Renault hasn´t changed their turbo configuration either. It seems that the hot/cold side is not the biggest concern for the engine makers.

 

My guess is all will stay with the same config. Renault with traditional "no split" Mercedes with "big split" and Ferrari with "small split". The bigger the split the less heat transfer but more weight.

 

Obviously I'm not an F1 engineer but I don't really agree...I think there's a relatively big advantage with the way Merc has their Turbo's split.

 

Latest rumours attribute Merc's advantage to Petronas' additives in fuel and oils which McLaren did not use

 

Don't worry Bas, i think the guys at Maranello still know a thing or two about building an f.1....

 

Does that also mean that Petrobras fuel and oil are superior to Mobil? Merc uses PETRONAS, WIlliams use Petrobras and Macca use Mobil.