1. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 1:30.994 2. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:31.094 3. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:31.718 4. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:31.867 gearbox 5. Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, 1:32.032 6. Rubens Barrichello, Honda, 1:32.115 7. Jenson Button, Honda, 1:32.137 8. David Coulthard, Red Bull, 1:32.220 9. Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault, 1:32.334 10. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 1:32.451 11. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 1:32.475 12. Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri, 1:32.553 13. Franck Montagny, Toyota, 1:32.917 14. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:33.034 15. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 1:33.062 16. Scott Speed, Toro Rosso, 1:33.225 download: http://rapidshare.com/files/18082436/day_3.rar preview: Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here we go - Kimi's already breaking the car it seems :-( When was Ferraris last gearbox failure?..... I'm sorry, I just think he's hard on equipment. cheers, Ian
how would a gearbox failure be due to "hard' use??? remember..many of the teams are trying out newly designed gearboxes... better to have failures now than when the season starts...
After lunch, Alonso too had to stop on track, with oil dripping from the floor of his MP4/22. Hamilton also stopped on track an hour later. The technical gremlins also affected BMW Sauber, with Nick Heidfeld's engine blowing after lunchtime, while teammate Robert Kubica's car had an oil line problem that resulted in an engine change. FIA press bulletin
FWIW, the McLarens' have had quite a few oil leaks thus far.... As for the gearbox, its all computers, solenoids, etc. These days you can blame the engineers for gearbox failures since all a driver does is twitch his fingers....
thanx for the pics YellowBird. imagine if all the top runners failing like this at Aussie, and good 'ol Sato winning the race
i thought the carbon fiber casing, titanium internals, was 'built' at the factory?...what exactly is involved during assembly of the cars at the track venue? attached to engine, chassis? internals touched at all?
100% correct; my point is that the driver today is rarely responsible for mechanical failure thanks to computers, etc.
It's normal for the gear sets to be changed out multiple times a day during a race weekend or during a test day. The gearboxes are built to be taken apart and put back together again. If you do any kind of wrench turning on a formula car, FF1600 on up, this will be one of the jobs you'll learn to do while blind-folded.
thanks...would love to see the internals on these new boxes...see how diff/if at all from the pictures from Peter Wrights book on the F2000...
