Archive for the 'Technical F1' Category

Honda - Dumbo 2.0

I can’t believe Honda is testing a new version of their Dumbo-ear wings again this week. The FIA should step in and ban the device just based on how ugly it is…  At least in white they look a bit like angel wings or something, and a bit less bulbus than Dumbo wings version […]

Pic: 2009 McLaren F1

With F1 testing resuming this week, it looks like we’ve been given a sneak peek of the 2009 grid courtesy of McLaren (picture from gpupdate.net):

I have to say, the car looks a lot better. While the rear wing is technically much less effective, it’s cleaner, and thus looks faster (important for the fans ). The […]

Claim: FIA Measured Wrong Temperature

The site below has possibly the best description of the whole fuel temperature saga in Brazil:
http://f1.automoto365.com/news/controller.php?lang=en&theme=default&month=10&year=2007&nextMode=GpNewsForm&news_id=28591
If everything in that article is true, I can’t believe how sub-standard the whole measurement process is (of both the fuel temp and the ambient temp).
In summary the article claims:

FOM measure the ambient temperature as 37 degrees Celsius, while Bridgestone […]

McLaren Radio Hacked

After a relatively boring Monaco Grand Prix, the biggest news this week is that the FIA are investigating claims that McLaren ‘fixed’ the race result in Monte Carlo. I normally wouldn’t give such a nonsense story the time of day, but Ron Dennis let one gem slip that I’d never heard reported before.
If you read […]

4-Mirrored McLaren

All I want to know is how do you get in and out of the darn thing?