Mercedes engines now have variable length intakes just like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRZW31F7McY These are now allowed under 2015 regulations
now they both have some weird haircuts. I am sure they do not get Lewis' signature because they have implemented a passus in the new contract. 'Drivers must make use of the MAMG hair dresser'...
Red Bull's 2015 F1 car breaks cover in camouflage livery at Jerez - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com Testing livery only.
Apparently everyone is trying to go with a short nose like Mercedes and Lotus have pulled off, but getting it to pass crash testing is very difficult. Red Bull took several attempts to pass crash testing and their noses isn't really short is it.
Jerez today. Mercedes completed well over double the mileage of everyone else by mid day at 80 laps. Image Unavailable, Please Login
new Mclaren Honda sounds awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85114404&v=jhrOh8XachE&x-yt-ts=1422579428#t=18
Everyone is trying to get short noses to pass crash tests: F1-Nasen werden kürzer: Ferrari, Red Bull und McLaren mit Test-Nasen - AUTO MOTOR UND SPORT they will bring them when they pass!
The Ferrari sounds nice. Vettel behind the wheel https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85114404&v=yiXx7wUQ9TQ&x-yt-ts=1422579428
times so far: 1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m22.958s 2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.106s +0.148 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m23.338s +0.380 4 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1m23.906s +0.948 5 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m24.804s +1.846 6 Carlos Sainz Jr Toro Rosso 1m25.327s +2.369 7 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1m40.738s +17.780
I think, minus all the white parts and black parts and those ugly stickers, the Scuderia is really beautiful. Regarding Red Bull, that's just their testing livery, isn't it?
Vettel seems to get along with the car quite good so far, just posted a 21.8...the more I look at the car I do have some hope for this season...They won't be challenging for the title but I think they might well be consistent contenders for podiums. Red Bull is testing livery, Mclaren too, they will change it for races.
I read this very interesting bit somewhere around Ferrari's new and improved pull-rod layout. Probably why the front-sensitive Kimi & Seb will probably enjoy the new 2015 car: "...instead of the conventional ‘A arm’ or wishbone arrangement, it instead had what in effect was just a single arm but with a forked end into the chassis. To get the equivalent strength of a conventional wishbone, this had to be much heavier but in eliminating the second arm it removed a key aerodynamic blockage in the creation of the vortices ahead of the sidepod. The Mercedes W05 therefore got to have its aerodynamic cake and eat it, with good front and rear downforce. This suspension innovation has been copied by Ferrari on the new SF15-T. Although the car retains – uniquely among the 2015 field – pull-rod front suspension, it has Mercedes-like single lower arms with forked ends. The pull-rod layout already gives a clearer airflow passage (because the lower arms are higher, further out of the way of the airflow coming off the front wing) but with the single lower arms, it’s now clearer still. Ferrari’s aerodynamicists should have plenty of scope to place the vortices in just the right place to accelerate the overall front airflow. This should be vital in clawing back front downforce almost certainly lost to the very different nose layout."
