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[Dr. Jimmmah!]

ummm....I'm gonna need to see a diagram on this one, I have no idea what going on.

http://www.formula1....2009/0/626.html

[Nacho]

I've heard pull rods generally don't really work.

[MrHahn]

imatoyotafanthatrefusestoacknowledgeglockletthatprickhamiltonby.jpg

So what is it?

Glock let by Hamilton

or

Toyota blows

[cafcwest]

http://www.formula1....2009/0/626.html

are you claiming potential RBR suspension failures???



neveerrrrrr......

[Nacho]

So what is it?

Glock let by Hamilton

or

Toyota blows

Trulli was just as slow on that last lap, so consensus is: Dry tyres in the Wet



































And Toyota blows.

[vietlol]

Williams unveil definitive 2009 colours

By Jonathan Noble Friday, February 27th 2009, 13:34 GMT

The 2009 WilliamsWilliams have unveiled the livery for their new FW31 ahead of a season that they hope will see the outfit return to fully competitive form.

The car has run so far in winter testing in a plain blue livery, but the team used a media day at their factory on Thursday to show off the definitive blue-and-white colour scheme in which the car will contest the forthcoming season.

The team sacrificed much of last year so they could focus on their 2009 design, and team boss Frank Williams is hopeful that the efforts will pay off.

Although he admits it would be a dream to win a race, Williams thinks becoming a thorn in the side of the established top three this year would be reason enough to feel happy with their performance.

"We'd love to be a winner or in the top three all the time," said Williams. "But to be very close to the top three would be a big step for year one. It's by no means impossible, but it depends how good we've been this winter. We might get lucky with the car."

The livery unveiling of the FW31 coincided with the car featuring cockpit sails, labelled 'skate fins' by the team, for the first time. They are designed to channel air over the car and onto the rear wing.

The team believe that a big shake up of regulations this year could help them rediscover the form that has left them unable to win since Juan Pablo Montoya's victory in the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Nico Rosberg said: "The rule changes are a fantastic thing for us, definitely. A really good thing for us. There's no copying to do, nothing. It's just your own ideas.

"You start from zero, from scratch, like every other team. You have this set of rules and you need to make the best possible car for it."

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

not so if you notice the WTF panels sticking out of the bodywork... this is almost as bad as honda's dumbo-ears



looks like this, but for drivers...

[Redliner]

not so if you notice the WTF panels sticking out of the bodywork... this is almost as bad as honda's dumbo-ears

They are the radar ears to the mechanical head when the car turns into a giant robot and blows up cars with its laser guns, lol.

Ibweaktransformersjoke

[Skyliner]

So what is it?

Glock let by Hamilton

or

Toyota blows

Hamilton didn't just beat Toyota. He pretty much beat and passed everyone at some time or another.

[Skyliner]

Trulli was just as slow on that last lap, so consensus is: Dry tyres in the Wet




And Toyota blows.

See previous post.

[Skyliner]

They are the radar ears to the mechanical head when the car turns into a giant robot and blows up cars with its laser guns, lol.

Ibweaktransformersjoke

You need those because Michael Bay wanted the mass to stay the same.

I like the livery though! :biggthumb:

[vietlol]

not so if you notice the WTF panels sticking out of the bodywork... this is almost as bad as honda's dumbo-ears



looks like this, but for drivers...

They are speed panels

[mads]

Nissan to run part-season in FIA GT

By Matt Beer Friday, February 27th 2009, 12:13 GMT

Nissan GTRNissan will return to top-line European sportscar racing this season with a four-round FIA GT Championship programme in partnership with Gigawave Motorsport.

Aston Martin driver Darren Turner and long-time factory Nissan racer Michael Krumm are set to drive a new Nissan GT-R as a precursor to an entry in the proposed new GT1 world championship that FIA GT boss Stephane Ratel is creating for 2010.

A Nissan statement said the purpose of the four 2009 appearances was to "check the performance of cars to be sold to racing teams competing in the
FIA-GT1 class." The Nissan will not be eligible for FIA GT points this season.

The car has been developed by Nissan's in-house motorsport company NISMO, who will run it in partnership with Gigawave. Autosport revealed last month that Krumm had already tested the car in secret in Japan.

The project is Nissan's first major worldwide sportscar programme since they fought for outright victory at Le Mans in the late 1990s.

[vietlol]

GTR going to rape

[Nacho]

GTR going to rape

I'm interested to see how it fares without all it's electronic aids.

[MrHahn]

GTR gon' get raped

fixed.

[AErrorist]

I dunno how it is thise year, but isn't the R35 GTR Super GT car pretty wicked? I'm not up to speed on FIA GT rules, but I imagine they would just run that.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

I'm interested to see how it fares without all it's electronic aids.

no AWD in GT1 either..

i don't see the GT-R running away with it in GT1.


furthermore the GT-R in Super GT doesn't even use an engine derived from the VR38DETT. it's a V8 (VK45DE)

[kngrsll]

no AWD in GT1 either..

i don't see the GT-R running away with it in GT1.


furthermore the GT-R in Super GT doesn't even use an engine derived from the VR38DETT. it's a V8 (VK45DE)

do they even use factory chassis?

[DrDickAction]

go vettel go!

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/73494


Today's testing times:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Vettel Red Bull (B) 1:19.055 87
2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:20.330 63
3. Kobayashi Toyota (B) 1:20.699 79
4. Rosberg Williams (B) 1:21.171 71
5. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:21.292 47
6. Fisichella Force India (B) 1:21.584 31
7. de la Rosa McLaren (B) 1:21.831 94
8. Piquet Renault (B) 1:22.011 52

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

do they even use factory chassis?

not really..

Regulations in GT500 are considerably looser than most GT classifications, and teams are free to change engines with other models made by the manufacturer, change the alignment of the engine, or add forced-induction systems to models which do not normally have it. The chassis may also be heavily modified, with lightweight tube-frame "clips" being allowed forward and back of the main cockpit, although the car must overall look similar to its road-going variant.

so basically they take the main cockpit from the original chassis, reinforce the shit out of it and then build up the remainder of the car w/ a tube-frame.

example: IS350 SuperGT car

reinforced main cockpit:


and the rest is tubular:

[Skyliner]

This appears to be a directory listing of a bunch of photos from F1-live.

Edit: That's just the 2009 directory. It seems to to go back to 2004. Am I the only one that didn't know about this?

[Skyliner]

That rear wing is crazy looking. Just saying.

[mads]

That rear wing is crazy looking. Just saying.

prolli cause its a 2008 wing

[Skyliner]

prolli cause its a 2008 wing