They had a post on Twitter with a "#059" and "#NewV6" hashtag, but it was a photo of the 2013 car, an empty space and the 1952 car. Screwing with us, in other words...
Yes sir!.... In 'qualifying trim' (read what we'd now call 'kablamo mode' ) it was closer to 1400! They also didn't so much have throttle pedals as 'on-off' switches - They had to plant the go pedal *entering* some corners to overcome lag..... They'd only do 4-5 laps, with undersized brakes, undersized oil tanks and empty fire bottles etc. (They didn't have to deal with a weigh bridge back then either.....) Then they'd get rebuilt overnight into a true race car with a fresh (~8-900hp) motor, a 'box that could (sometimes! ) do a race distance and so on. But the chassis # remained the same so it was all good. Mechanics didn't get a lot of sleep, but shoveling dung kept 'em in the show as the Viz often notes...... Cheers, Ian
is this the new car? It keeps showing up on their pages on the 059 It looks like the current car to me...NOTHING like the renderings we've seen. Perhaps they are using it as a proxy Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here is the video on the new engine er, um, POWER UNIT [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgtU6VykSwA]Presentation of the new Ferrari power unit - YouTube[/ame]
A journalist who saw the 3d powertrain rendering sketched this. Hope Ferrari doesn't find out haha Image Unavailable, Please Login
Irrelevant if the rest finds out though...All that matters is on the inside. I'm sure all engines will have their turbos/batteries in the same spot more or less .
Here's a kinda cool new video I just received from Shell & Ferrari. I uploaded to our FB page. In it, Shell's Guy Lovett & Mike Evans, and Ferrari's Luca Marmorini & Mattia Binotto take a look at the new F1 powertain & walk us through some 2014 F1 engine & ERS design considerations brought on by the new regulations. https://www.facebook.com/FoF1ATX/posts/761343930546821
Nice. Just dislike the huge signboard on the engine cover though. Prefer them to loose the shields at the nose, and put the shields on the engine cover instead.
They need to remove the shields on the engine cover. The shields are supposed to be on the shoulder of a car as if you're using a shield in war in real life for your body.
Mercedes is testing F1 engine with half the car Mercedes is testing its powertrain on a special test bench. The new V6 turbo is installed, including hybrid technology, transmission and cooling in an original chassis, which is cut off from the front axle to the front. The radiators are installed in the sidepods similar to the way they will be in the 2014 Silver Arrow. And the rear is also as narrow as it will be in reality. Engineers can thus recognize the real object if the cooling works. According Lauda one of many new problems that lie ahead for all engineers. "We are constantly learning new things. Suddenly you have to take care of things like water pressure or intercooling. Oil and water must be in a precise temperature window. If these go beyond just a few degrees above a certain limit, it tears up everything." Source: Formel 1 - News, Interviews und Live-Ticker - AUTO MOTOR UND SPORT
+1 The shields ahead of the cockpit are in the tradition position, the ones on the engine cover are merely there to help Ferrari disguise their "Marlboro" sponsorship logo (Ducati use an almost identical logo to disguise their "Marlboro" sponsorship logo, although they don't carry theirs on the bike).
