Test 2016

[Beyond 6190]

povero fer

[Ruberekus 12200]

Giuro che non l'ho capita

 

[ClaudioMuse 3603]

bravo Rube

[rimatt 2545]

La splendida gif di Alonso.

[Ruberekus 12200]

Hamilton già oltre un GP

[Beyond 6190]

ma che girano a fare così tanto? è uno spreco di gomme, venissero direttamente a melbourne dai

[KimiSanton 4437]

Nel frattempo, Kimi tornato ai box. Hamilton oltre 70 giri. Chissà se in Ferrai faranno prova di SS e US anche con il finlandese.

 

 

Giuro che non l'ho capita

 

Dannazione

[Illy 5468]

[superciakkone 52]

cmq impressionante il livello di affidabilità generale mostrato in questi test, sembra quasi che i team non abbiano pensato ad altro...

[Kimired 1473]

Ok, la Mercedes non si rompe neanche a spararle contro.

L'unica possibilità è che Ferrari possa andare forte e trovare un modo per batterla in prestazioni.

[Ruberekus 12200]

Water pressure problems at McLaren

McLaren is suffering from an issue with the water pressure. The Woking based outfit is the only team that hasn't done a timed run so far today.

After days of speculation over potential innovations, Mercedes' definitive 2016 Formula 1 nose finally made its debut at the Barcelona test on Thursday morning.

It follows the current trend of an S-duct fitted internally and also exhibits many unique features, but perhaps falls short of the radical expectations around its design.

Since the first changes to the nose regulations in 2011, teams have sought to clean up the airflow over and under increasingly complex and stepped nose shapes.

Following 2015's change to the nose tip, most teams have also chosen to run a short nose to improve airflow around the car. As a result, this year's cars are nearly all fitted with noses that are short and have an S-duct inside them.

This duct picks up airflow from under the nose and feeds it in a 'S'-shaped channel to exit back over the top of the car.

The process cleans up the airflow over the transition between the nose and chassis. It's not a huge aero gain, but was described as "well worth it" by one team's technical director.

In length the Mercedes nose is similar to the launch specification - as short as allowed by the regulations - but the shape is more rounded at the tip and straighter.

Also like last year's nose the actual structure is only the upper part of the shape, then the lower half is a bonded-on panel. This allows the shape to be both adaptable and hollow.

The lower panel forms the inlet and channel for the S-duct. The inlet is a 'U'-shape near the nose's tip, rather than further back as seen on rivals' ducts. From there the air flows back out over the top of the chassis from a slot formed in the nose cover panel.

Overall this makes the shape of the 'S' in side profile far longer than most teams' versions, which tend to contort the 'S'-shaped duct into just 10-20cm. So losses inside the duct should be less, resulting in a better blown effect over the top of the car.

As well as the new nose and the cover panel, Mercedes has bonded on small panels to the side of the S-duct outlet, making the height of the bodywork the maximum allowed.

Other aero differences around the front of the car include new front wing mounts, which are very narrowly spaced, with probably half the gap between them of the old nose.

Although narrower they are slightly more twisted, but it appears the aim is to move them out of the way of the side of nose, to allow uninhibited airflow to the new turning vanes under the nose.

These turning vanes follow a similar four-element shape to last year's design, but have received more of Mercedes' favoured slot treatment on the lower edges - which now feature six slots to further tune the airflow.

So while not as extreme as predicted, the new front end is still a deviation from the normal practice and exhibits Mercedes' increasingly complex aero detailing.

With the team eschewing runs on softer tyres for fast laps in favour on long runs on the medium tyre, it will be hard to assess the performance gain with the nose. But on paper the idea should offer a reasonable step over a standard design.

 

http://beta.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122969/how-innovative-is-mercedes-nose

 

[Kimired 1473]

Verstappen stesso tempo di Raikkonen, al millesimo

[Fili92 169]

La mia paura è che Mercedes tiri fuori il tempo che spacca ogni speranza a tutti..

[The-Flying-Finn 4631]

Vedo che Lic si trova a meraviglia con la nuova macchina

[Illy 5468]

La mia paura è che Mercedes tiri fuori il tempo che spacca ogni speranza a tutti..

Non forzeranno

[The-Flying-Finn 4631]

Scarpe di ricambio, fazzoletto con il pianto per terra, una canna pronta all'uso per terra. Gran bella situazione

[Beyond 6190]

hamilton oggi

 

First stint: 1: 29.0 - 1: 28.3 - 1: 28.8 - 1: 28.9 - 1: 28.7 - 1: 29.2 - 1: 29.4 - 1: 29.3 - 1: 29.4 - 1: 29.5 - 1: 30.6 - 1: 29.4 - 1: 29.3 - 1: 29.4 - 1: 30.2 - 1: 30.4 - 1: 32.0 - 1: 30.7 - 1: 30.6 - 1: 30.8 - inlap

Second stint: 1: 28.7 - 1: 27.8 - 1: 27.7 - 1: 27.4 - 1: 28.0 - 1: 27.9 - 1: 27.5 - 1: 27.4 - 1 : 27.8 - 1: 27.9 - 1: 27.8 - 1: 28.5 - 1: 32.2 - 1: 33.1 (each traffic) - 1: 27.6 - 1: 27.7 - 1: 27.9 - 1: 28.4 - 1: 28.2 - 1: 28.2 - 1: 29.1 - inlap

 

[Ruberekus 12200]

Verstappen stesso tempo di Raikkonen, al millesimo

 

e con stesse gomme

 

 

11:50 McLaren has discovered a small coolant leak the team is working to fix. Not sure when the car will be back out at this stage.

Lawrence Barretto

 

 

[Fili92 169]

 

 

La mia paura è che Mercedes tiri fuori il tempo che spacca ogni speranza a tutti..

Non forzeranno

Magari tengono il tempone per l'ultimo giro dei prossimi test per demoralizzare tutti in vista di Melbourne..

[Ruberekus 12200]

hamilton oggi

 

First stint: 1: 29.0 - 1: 28.3 - 1: 28.8 - 1: 28.9 - 1: 28.7 - 1: 29.2 - 1: 29.4 - 1: 29.3 - 1: 29.4 - 1: 29.5 - 1: 30.6 - 1: 29.4 - 1: 29.3 - 1: 29.4 - 1: 30.2 - 1: 30.4 - 1: 32.0 - 1: 30.7 - 1: 30.6 - 1: 30.8 - inlap

 

Second stint: 1: 28.7 - 1: 27.8 - 1: 27.7 - 1: 27.4 - 1: 28.0 - 1: 27.9 - 1: 27.5 - 1: 27.4 - 1 : 27.8 - 1: 27.9 - 1: 27.8 - 1: 28.5 - 1: 32.2 - 1: 33.1 (each traffic) - 1: 27.6 - 1: 27.7 - 1: 27.9 - 1: 28.4 - 1: 28.2 - 1: 28.2 - 1: 29.1 - inlap

 

paura