Ferrari F60

[sunny1304]

upto the latest news F60 is now 15 kg lighter which seems a heavy modification.

can someone just point out that what would be key areas they have changed to gain 15 kg because i think 15 Kg is huge amount of weight which they have reduced and this surely gain them some tenth every lap.......

[Saribro]

Sounds like a new monocoque. I guess we'll see in 5 days or so :).

[Paul]

They've taken off the paint. Hail the "carbon arrows"!

[Metar]

Where are the pictures?

[xpensive]

The empire strikes back, but 15 kg, that's two cases of beer damnit?

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/n ... 4433.shtml

[donskar]

upto the latest news F60 is now 15 kg lighter which seems a heavy modification.

can someone just point out that what would be key areas they have changed to gain 15 kg because i think 15 Kg is huge amount of weight which they have reduced and this surely gain them some tenth every lap.......

From the link posted by xpensive:

The saved weight, in all areas including the material used for the seat belts

WOW! I'm sure they've incorporated large amounts of unobtainium in several key components

Seriously, I wonder how much it cost to cut those 15 kg/33 pounds. $1,000 per KG? $10,000?

[xpensive]

Probably not even close, donskar.

[donskar]

Probably not even close, donskar.

You mean my guess is low? Unless the car was "fat" to begin with (I doubt that), I'll guess that they had to both use more expensive materials AND do some redesign work.

[andartop]

The empire strikes back, but 15 kg, that's two cases of beer damnit?

So, that would be Kimi's car, but how about Massa's???

Seriously now, how much weight could they have saved from the seat belts?!!!
How much do they weight in the first place?

[Scotracer]

The empire strikes back, but 15 kg, that's two cases of beer damnit?

So, that would be Kimi's car, but how about Massa's???

Seriously now, how much weight could they have saved from the seat belts?!!!
How much do they weight in the first place?

200 grams apparently

[Callum]

Maybe it isnt the belts themselves but the big metal buckles and fasteners?

[bhall]

I'm not sure what can be gained from this, but here it is anyway.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXWWP_gg ... r_embedded[/youtube]

[Scotracer]

Nothing different can be seen from that vid - even the rear-wing endplates are the same.

[timbo]

Nothing different can be seen from that vid

I would better say "nothing can be seen from that vid"=))

2bhallg2k - no offense, thanks for posting this.

[ringo]

They probably took a page out of Newey's design for unity safety factor book.