Most liked posts in thread: F1 - 2011

The new Lotus Renault:

Unfortunately they'll all still have that massive front wing this year and look at all the crap on this one!

 

The new Sauber:









He almost needs a periscope to see over that nose.

 

Odd indeed. Can't wait to see the rest. Fortunately Mercedes, Red Bull, Williams and Toro Rosso are scheduled to launch 1 Feb. The other Lotus, Team Lotus, launched today but the few pics they made avail look like renderings rather than real photos so I didn't bother to post them up.

 

I have no idea, just know it looks very high to me relative to the driver's head.

 

The Lotus Renault folks were saying their 2011 design was "on the brave end of brave." Here are a few words on that "brave" design.

Renault running with radical exhausts and suspension (gpupdate.net)

 

The new Red Bull:

 

The new Merc:

 

The new Toro Rosso:

 

A little video showing the new adjustable rear wing active on Sauber C30:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNZ5KlHa-cs]YouTube - rebuas c30[/ame]

 

The new Williams (interim livery):

 

A few more words on that "radical" new Lotus Renault exhaust. No exhaust exits were to be seen anywhere they would be expected so eagle-eyed folks started looking for them. The system pipes exhaust gases forward to exit at the front of the sidepods where they're expected to contribute to aero via diffuser.

You can just see this one hiding back behind and left of a metal plate I'm guessing is there to protect the carbon from the high heat of the exhaust gases. (pic lifted from article at racecar-engineering.com)



I'd bet every other team has someone busy at the computers trying to work out the benefits and decide whether they need to copy this little innovation.

 

Here's a better shot showing the unusual forward location of one of the supposed exhaust exits on the new Lotus Renault (as above, lifted from racecar-engineering.com):