Formula 1 - 2010 Season

[Tahir2]

That McLaren looks like one mean mofo - hope it performs as badass as it looks.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Hmm, looks like they might've found some loophole, that extended engine covers seems to flair outwards towards the rear wing.

That section looks butt ugly though.

Actually in that picture it looks like it narrows towards the rear wing. You can see the bulge where the air is directed down and into the engine, and it appears to flatten out from that towards the rear wing.

Looks to be there just to provide a little more lateral stability.

Regards,
SB

 

[Lightman]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81128

Interesting. Ferrari are already concerned about competitors solutions for the double diffuser and there is already talks of a performance deficit in the F10 and rumours of an F10B spec already being worked on!

Not again!

 

[Bludd]

I think the whole double diffuser thing is silly. It is all about what the definition of a slot and a surface is.

 

[Dave Baumann]

 

[dizietsma]

Both Ferrari and McLaren covered up the rear of the car .. so showing that the most important feature yet again in 2010 is the diffuser and what teams can get away with.

 

[infinity4]

I see a couple of sponsors, Santander and SAP are missing from new livery.

 

[Dave Baumann]

Santander are following Alonso over to Ferrari (hence the increase in white on the Ferrari), they are still sponsering McLaren though and are prevelant on the driver overalls.

 

[Davros]

Thankfully no detail escapes the eyes of mclarens engineers

"When McLaren bolted their new Formula 1 car together for the first time on Thursday night in preparation for Friday's 2010 launch, they hit upon a problem. It wouldn't fit in the lift in the team's factory."

 

[Lightman]

That's a nice comparison Dave!
It looks so much bigger than the old model.
Also front wing is much more fancy!
You can't miss that big fin !

BTW it's very apparent that breaks will suffer a lot more under new rules with no refuelling. Just look at those brake air ducts! Massive!

 

[Bludd]

I love this time of year.

 

[Bludd]

Sauber and Renault are launching their cars today.

Sauber C29 launched.

Warning, huge pictures.

 

[Bludd]

FIA mandates ultra-sensitive GPS for 2010.

Stewards have been increasingly criticised in recent years after poor judgement of driver actions on track. In order to improve the decision making, the data of the new GPS system will be directly transmitted to the race director, Charlie Whiting, and will allow them to track the position of every car to a precision of 1m.

 

[Bludd]

Renault R30 launched and Vitaly Petrov confirmed + pictures

It looks like a tiger with the old Renault Sport livery. Very nice.

 

[Bludd]

Drivers in bold are confirmed, nonbold are my speculation and "educated" guesses. Some names are hyperlinks to stories with information and in case of bold, confirmation.

Mercedes: Rosberg and Schumacher
Red Bull: Vettel and Webber
McLaren: Hamilton and Button
Ferrari: Alonso and Massa
Williams: Barrichello and Hulkenberg
Renault: Kubica and Petrov
Force India: Liuzzi and Sutil
Toro Rosso: Buemi and Alguersuari
Campos: Senna and Maldonado or ??
Lotus: Trulli and Kovalainen
Virgin: Glock and di Grassi
USF1: Lopez and ??
Sauber: Kobayashi and de la Rosa

Changelog: Petrov confirmed at Renault. Now only the second seats at Campos and USF1 remain.

There are stories about Campos having trouble finding money and that Tony Teixeira (A1GP boss) is buying the outfit. There are also weird stories about Stefan GP and Toyota cars and IP.

http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/running-fast-and-loose-with-reality/
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/01/deals-done-over-campos-stefan-and-no-shows-in-2010/

 

[Lightman]

Nice cars from Sauber and Renault :smile:

It should be very easy to spot Renault on track!
Tomorrow is the day I'm looking forward. Let's start the engines !

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

I don't really like the renault. Too much black in places where it doesn't seem right. I do think they should paint shark teeth on the nose and make it look like the old Jordans. I don't understand why nobody besides Jordan ever did that btw. What can possibly be more bad ass than shark teeth on the nose of your car? You gain atleast 0,5 seconds just by having them i'm sure.

 

[itsmydamnation]

FIA mandates ultra-sensitive GPS for 2010.

that isn't all that good for GPS,

we use this for helping to navigate ships though the great barrier reef

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_GPS#Accuracy

our own tests agree more with the 0.22m per 100km then the 0.6m per 100km

 

[Bludd]

that isn't all that good for GPS,

we use this for helping to navigate ships though the great barrier reef

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_GPS#Accuracy

our own tests agree more with the 0.22m per 100km then the 0.6m per 100km

But ships don't move at 300 kph.

 

[itsmydamnation]

I hope you realise how long it takes for a bulk carrier to stop or change course. Ships are tracked far more aggressively then you might think. Its very important for incident investigation to know exact times when changes occur because it takes so long for it to have a visible effect. AIS for example can be sub 2 seconds.

Polling intervals aren't a factor for accuracy sure the exact deployments used for VTS might not fit F1 but that has nothing to do with what makes DGPS so accurate. when your cars are what 1.8 meters by 4-5 meters (?) 1meter accuracy doesn't seems that good.