THE F70 (LaFerrari) Thread

Looks like the center section is depressed not elevated.

 

I see this:
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And somehow a bit of this
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But still mainly this:
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http://www.gtspirit.com/2012/05/04/luca-cordero-di-montezemolo-speechless-about-2013-srt-viper/


... and it shows!

Enough pics, time for renders

 

Lacks the shape and curves just has a few elements that are of a similar style

 

That has always sounded like corporate BS to me.

 

The central intake looks very close to me, a coincidence?

 

front lights are exactly fxx....with air scoops above

 

Hmmmm no I don't see that

 

IMO not really

 

you'll see....

even the bonet scoop its similer to the fxx. But larger.......

 

Time will tell

 

sounds like f40 recepie....

enzo is 288 gto
fxx is 288 evoluzione
f70 is f40

MAGIC!

 

What is written below "A client focused approach"?

"With the most complete XXXXX ever"... maybe???

BTW, it's looking good! But no way FF lights are staying!

 

Garretto,

XXXXXX= range

 

Now it's obvious... thanks!

 

Turns out it was not China but Valencia where that image was taken which given the language discrepancy makes sense. potential customer viewings in February/March

 

Isn't the Red Bull letter box for cooling the KERS battery? Would be ironic if Ferrari adopted a design feature from their arch racing rival?

 

No,not really as the Red Bull KERS system has been less than reliable whilst the Ferrari one has been seemingly foolproof.

 

For anyone following this thread which aims to stay on topic, this image was taken at a presentation in Valencia and posted on a Chinese site. Customer viewings start in Feb/March and looks like all information points to a run of approx 500.
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Let me clarify . . . I appreciate the risks of beryllium. When I was referring to wackos I was referring to the fact that some people thought that a car would atomize beryllium and it would be expelled into the atmosphere on the track and a driver in a trailing car would inhale it and get lung cancer--a driver who is breathing through at least two layers of filtering material in the first place.

No study has ever concluded that a driver in a trailing car has caught any disease from the airborne particles of the car in front.

That is the source of my "wacko" statement. That was the original rationale for banning beryllium. I was at Silverstone watching a McLaren test with a friend of mine who was driving for McL at the time and we were told that Beryllium would be banned. I remember him commenting that he couldn't smell his own farts in the car at 150 MPH, so how in the world would he inhale Beryllium from the car in front at that speed?

 

My understand is that machining/welding it can cause health issues and maybe if used as a skid plate but using it to make a very small diameter and compact roll cage isn't an issue.

 

You are right, of course. The process of producing the various parts made of beryllium can cause health concerns. But that was not the reasoning the FIA used in banning it. The FIA never addressed the issue of whether the machinists could wear appropriate protection in the machining process.

The issue at the time was that the Beryllium could be atomized in a race car. I have forgotten whether it was used in pistons or in the cylinders, but the point is that the friction of piston and cylinder could atomize the beryllium and it could be thrown into the air in the exhaust and the driver in the car behind would breath it in and be harmed.

When I was at the McL test, I remember there was an engineer there telling us that they were not using pure beryllium in the car, they were using it in an alloy with aluminium (I think). He said that the alloy was not dangerous. But the FIA had to come up with a health reason rather than a cost reason to get rid of it. I also remember the "fart in the car" line very well--one of those things you just don't forget.

In a roll cage, without the constant friction of 18,000 RPMs, I am sure its use is OK.

 

So this is a real image of the f70??