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scarbs
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Sam,
Nice shot, any pics of the gearbox or rear suspension?

Cheers

Craig...
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Craig - yup - what do you want em for?? If its for you email me...

otherwise I'll tease y'all with this Spykers race bay.

There are 4 2007 spec cars 2 in this pic are test cars - one with the '08 electronics on - the other off for a run at Santa Pod today - dunno what for.

the two race cars are being switched to B spec - you can see one in the first pic.

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FLC
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:arrow: Spyker forced to delay B-spec car debut

Failed to pass the rear impact test and so will be postponed to Monza.
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kurtiejjj
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FLC wrote: Failed to pass the rear impact test and so will be postponed to Monza.
Oh god!
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Thats going to cause Spyker some real headaches, they have four chassis only. 2 race cars a test car and fourth car is fitted with the 2008 FIA electronics. When I was there the two race cars were well on the way to being converted to B spec. So I assume that the test car and 08' mule will be prepared for racing whilst the B spec is sorted.
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mx_tifoso
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Will introducing the B-spec so late in the season be worth while?
I presume that it has taken quite a strain on the financial side of the entire business firm, so is developing and racing this new spec with just five races left likely to provide a "good return on investment" :?:

Especially seeing how many of the smaller teams have been having financial troubles as of late, including rivals SA.

Hopefully they will be better off reliability-wise as well. Sutil had a DNF one lap from the finish, and I believe Yamamoto had troubles earlier on as well.
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I do believe the rear suspension is going to be used in there 2008 racer, so some pre-pre-seaon testing going on
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m3_lover wrote:I do believe the rear suspension is going to be used in there 2008 racer, so some pre-pre-seaon testing going on
I believe the gearbox is their intended 2008 model aswell, and they'll stick with the current monocoque with an option on a lighter version.
It's somewhere between a late B-spec and an early 2008 car :).
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Is it possible to find more pics in the web about the B-Spec ? Are there any links for this ?
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unlikely - I'd suggest we have the only pics on RCE.
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Principessa
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:arrow: http://www.f1technical.net/news/6852

In the picture database of Spyker, the team launched these 4 pictures. But this is not the finalised B-spec, so a lot of things will still change, especially as they made the pictures at the Turkish GP weekend and they didn't made it through the crash test. Normally the team will start testing with the B-spec at Monza tomorrow or Thursday. So we'll see more than :wink:
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The news suggest that the tommorow's test day is to be postponed to friday due to the rain to use the testing limit more efficiently :wink:
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Who thinks this new spec chassis will hold up at Monza? With the new gearbox and several other components only being tested on track for 2 days or so.

Another race with DNF's for Spyker perhaps? Hope not.
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Front end of Yamamoto's B-Spec chassis. Monza
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Just now I noticed how tight the sidepods are!!! :shock:
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