Renault R31

[madly]

Please let this topic will be without offs. Let it be in 2 digits but about R31...

[BreezyRacer]

Aside from it's inability to take a landing this car has no weak points anywhere. It just needs a little here and there to compete for the pole. Of course the season is a moving target. We'll have to see what happens when the circus arrives in Europe ..

[bot6]

which do you think is more beneficial the front facing exhaust or the flat ones redbull use?

I think the FEE shows more potential, and I think it's efficiency is probably less dependent on car setup

[Robbobnob]

at the moment, based on the last two Gran Prix, i would have to go with the flat exhaust, purely because the McLaren and the Red Bull both have a version, and they both out performed Lotus Renault.

but that could also be to do with other aspects of the cars

[mx_tifoso]

Posts about the team in general and how they will fare in Monaco and future races have been split off into a separate thread:
Renault 2011

[korzeniow]

at the moment, based on the last two Gran Prix, i would have to go with the flat exhaust, purely because the McLaren and the Red Bull both have a version, and they both out performed Lotus Renault.

but that could also be to do with other aspects of the cars

This is rather simplyfied analysis. What about Ferrari then? Why arent they fighting at the top? Ferrari have RBR style exhaust since winter tests.

[govind112]

anybody got the cars floor pics from when it was sitting in the pits in china?

[Formula None]

[govind112]

these guys are a bunch of idiots why wait until that last minutes to release the cars? they had a good chance of getting top 5 or even 3. and any news on the petrov scenario ?

[PaulB]

MGU? Motor-generator-unit?

[adrianjordan]

Did we ever clear up what the bottle in the sidepod was for?

Because on the BBC Qualifying coverage they mentioned that they have a 1 shot clutch release using a gas release system so that they are supposed to be able to get the car out of gear if they lose hydraulic pressure...I know it's a way from the gearbox, but seems like the sort of bottle that would fit this use...

[FW17]

Battery:

That says Williams F1 on it.

[PlatinumZealot]

That's a big motor!

Though then again for 80hp it's quite small!

[flynfrog]

Did we ever clear up what the bottle in the sidepod was for?

Because on the BBC Qualifying coverage they mentioned that they have a 1 shot clutch release using a gas release system so that they are supposed to be able to get the car out of gear if they lose hydraulic pressure...I know it's a way from the gearbox, but seems like the sort of bottle that would fit this use...

it might be for fire suppression

[bhall]

The brake ducts appear to be turned backwards or something. Or are my eyes simply playing tricks on me?