Team: James Key (TD), Franz Tost (TP), Paolo Marabini (Chief Designer - Composite and Structures), Matteo Piraccini (Chief Designer – Mechanical and Systems), Brendan Gilhome (HA) Drivers: Max Verstappen (33), Carlos Sainz (55)
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- Launch car is intermediate spec only.
- Old front & rear wing
- Big cooling exit's for now, to ensure a lot of running for the drivers.
- Upgrade package for Barcelona test, and then again for Melbourne
EDIT: Very tight coke-bottle area!
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Let's hope the bigger air inlets hint at more cooling because of more power from the engine and MGUH. What about a very simple calculation: power increase = ~area_inlet_2015/area_inlet_2014 ?
Dear FIA, if you read this, please pm me for a redesign of the Technical Regulations to avoid finger nose shapes for 2016! :-)
Dat airbox! interesting undercut with small sidepods,
nose that looks very similar to the Ferrari nose, just with a bit Mercedes-like camera housing.
and why is the floor scratching the track so fast?
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"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"
"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"
With the extra central cooling inlets it appears they may be trying to cool more components close to the car centre line. If they have reduced the weight of the car, especially with the increased minimum this year, any increase in CoG could be countered by ballast?