Ferrari F2012 (pre-launch speculation)

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Ferrari F2012 nose

[aleks_ader]

And heat resistant materials I'm not mistaken.

Heat 'dispersant' from what I hear, its being use to cool the car.

And some Zirotech coatings!

[shelly]

A company producing "high thermal conductivity prepregs"

http://www.p2si.com/prepregs/overview.html

maybe the rumerod new material on f2012 is something along those lines.

Found on the net some interesting stuff about high thermal conductivity epoxy resins also.

edit: it seems that this type of composites are explicitly forbidden in the 2012 fia rules

[italian]

And heat resistant materials I'm not mistaken.

Heat 'dispersant' from what I hear, its being use to cool the car.

And some Zirotech coatings!

Right. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6heO3EnFCdE[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREDaAGQ ... re=related[/youtube]
But does it transfer heat? It seems not. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[aleks_ader]

This is strange air intake? Or is just test air ventilated intake nozle (to simulate car in moving)?

[beelsebob]

This is strange air intake? Or is just test air ventilated intake nozle (to simulate car in moving)?

What's strange about it?

[aleks_ader]

But does it transfer heat? It seems not. Correct me if I'm wrong.

No Zirotech is isolation material but is just with sense of pointing heat transfer on the right place and prevend inflamnation!

[aleks_ader]

This is strange air intake? Or is just test air ventilated intake nozle (to simulate car in moving)?

What's strange about it?

It is some sort air ventilator? That i want to know?

[ajprice]

It looks like a normal engine intake airbox without the bodywork over the top. Nothing strange that I can see.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

It looks like a normal engine intake airbox without the bodywork over the top. Nothing strange that I can see.

Yes, and obviously that is the 150 Italia.

[aleks_ader]

What's strange about it?

I got a feeling is just to big for normal air intake? Maybe is the black colur make a some sort of visual ilusion...

[beelsebob]

What's strange about it?

I got a feeling is just to big for normal air intake? Maybe is the black colur make a some sort of visual ilusion...

Look at it relative to the size of the driver's head supports – it actually looks about 1.5 times the size, compared to the F150°'s is about 2-3 times the size. So if anything, it's on the small side.

[aleks_ader]

What's strange about it?

I got a feeling is just to big for normal air intake? Maybe is the black colur make a some sort of visual ilusion...

Look at it relative to the size of the driver's head supports – it actually looks about 1.5 times the size, compared to the F150°'s is about 2-3 times the size. So if anything, it's on the small side.

No is just the same

[Richard]

Could someone explain what is going on in that picture please?

I presume they have a helmet, cockpit and airbox on the engine in order to simulate air flow into the engine?

[aleks_ader]

That exhaust manifold?

Have quite strange aglet exit?