Designers: Mario Almondo (Director of Operations), Aldo Costa (TD), and Gilles Simon (HE)
Drivers: Felipe Massa (3), Kimi Raikkonen (4)
I've seen videos and documentaries of the factory at Maranello. At the factory there they use a lot of old school tools.ISLAMATRON wrote:Why is that, may I ask?vasia wrote:If anyone in the paddock would be using such tools, it would most likely be Ferrari.
I've been watching F1 & Ferrari long enough to know their silly mistakes never end, especially since all the non-Italians are gone from Ferrari. Their next silly move will to be hire Alonso and bring his craziness to the team.Metar wrote:After their Barcelona and Malaysia mishaps, I guess you could say only Ferrari would hire such tools.
(and I'm glad they got over those silly mistakes)
Just think where that hammer has been! All round the world.RacingManiac wrote:they don't make some tools like they used to....
I dunno...you can get some pretty good CNC pipe benders these days. I'm sure getting the length of each runner perfect is critical, so this might just be a job that's better done by machine.ISLAMATRON wrote:no doubt those exhaust headers are hand made works of art... tried making my own headers once... didnt work out so pretty... and that only had 2 runners
Most of the bends on these exhaust are almost impossible to bend by machine, simply because of the packaging room, which in F1 cars is miniscule compare to just about anything else. You can match the exhaust length with handmade primaries, just takes a lot of work and a lot of welding....The FOZ wrote:I dunno...you can get some pretty good CNC pipe benders these days. I'm sure getting the length of each runner perfect is critical, so this might just be a job that's better done by machine.ISLAMATRON wrote:no doubt those exhaust headers are hand made works of art... tried making my own headers once... didnt work out so pretty... and that only had 2 runners
Looks very... simple.vasia wrote:Modified Ferrari diffuser:
Clearly that's what BMW.Sauber believeAstro1 wrote:If it works, why complicate things.
Or are you of the opinion that the more bends and pieces the better it is?
Hydroformed exhaust pipes maybe.. Like what is used on the BMW M5 and M3.RacingManiac wrote:Most of the bends on these exhaust are almost impossible to bend by machine, simply because of the packaging room, which in F1 cars is miniscule compare to just about anything else. You can match the exhaust length with handmade primaries, just takes a lot of work and a lot of welding....The FOZ wrote:I dunno...you can get some pretty good CNC pipe benders these days. I'm sure getting the length of each runner perfect is critical, so this might just be a job that's better done by machine.ISLAMATRON wrote:no doubt those exhaust headers are hand made works of art... tried making my own headers once... didnt work out so pretty... and that only had 2 runners
