wdf2 commented on the post, Mercedes break Ferrari's record as F1's longest-running constructors' champions 1 year, 7 months ago
Why does the graphic indicate a two year span? Brawn won in 2009, not in 2009-2010.
wdf2 commented on the post, How Zandvoort will change to host its first F1 race for 35 years 2 years, 11 months ago
What they do to the track is not very important. If there’s not much passing (likely) we can just call it Max’s Monaco and be done with it. What MATTERS is how they are going to deal with the spectators. I was […]
wdf2 commented on the post, Alonso: I can choose where I want to go 7 years, 7 months ago
Reads like pure bravado to me. In light of Vettel’s announcement, and the virtual certainty that he’s headed for Ferrari, Alonso says, “No one is pushing me out. I can decide where and when I go, I’m the key to […]
wdf2 commented on the post, F1 drivers have positive first impression of COTA 9 years, 6 months ago
De La Rosa’s car IS a simulation of an F1 racer! (Ok, sorry, too easy.)
If Sauber doesn’t have a simulator, you can bet HRT doesn’t. But you would think that every driver at least take the opportunity to do a […]
wdf2 replied to the forum topic Current F1 driver 'is chain smoker', says Rosberg in the group
F1 9 years, 6 months ago
Pedro it is! The pipe was obviously photoshopped out of this picture: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rosa_perez-sala_jere_2012.jpg
wdf2 replied to the forum topic Current F1 driver 'is chain smoker', says Rosberg in the group
F1 9 years, 6 months ago
I remember reading that Alessandro Nannini consumed an unbelievable amount of espresso (40 cups a day?) and smoked something like 60 cigarettes.
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wdf2 commented on the post, Caption Competition 6: Jarno Trulli 10 years, 2 months ago
“For the last time, Flavio — I cling to the walls, but I won’t drive into one for you!”
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
True that leading air forward (in a closed environment with the exits pointing leeward) is unproblematic. But you might be right about the challenges of “folding” the air in such a short/confined space. However, […]
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
Glad you asked! Here is Scarborough’s great analysis of the (alleged) Mercedes blown front wing in 2011. (I link to the update blog, as this links back to the very detailed original post.) I won’t try to summarize […]
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
McLaren is simply following last year’s design philosophy. They don’t have a stepped nose because the front of the bulkhead is already lower than the 55cm maximum height for the nose. See Scarborough’s typically […]
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
I still think you guys are smoking the curtains. Is Racecar Engineering a more reliable source for you?
Red Bull’s RB8 immediately caught the eye in the paddock with a large nose mounted duct. It is though to […]wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
Sorry, here are the photos: http://www.formula1onlive.com/2012/02/2012-red-bull-rb8-launched-first.html
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
Um, how do get from “showing us what they’re comfortable with” to “textbook cheating”?
First, try thinking all the way back to last week, when McLaren launched a car with something like a piece of plywood in […]wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
I don’t think it shows at all clearly that it’s not an air intake. For one, if it isn’t an intake, it’s just a dead-end indentation — and even I know enough aerodynamics to tell you that’s not going to make the car faster.
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
It’s not your typical hook nose if it’s an *openning*. And it raises the very interesting question what Adrian is doing with that air. Check out @ScarbsF1 on twitter.
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull RB8 launch – first pictures and video of Red Bull's 2012 F1 car 10 years, 3 months ago
It’s clearly an intake, which is allowed by the rules for “driver venilation.” But you can bet that’s not the only benefit Newey is going to get out of it.
By the way, the teaser video dissolves the mystery of […]
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull, Sauber and Toro Rosso car launches today 10 years, 3 months ago
Predictably, the redbullracing site is not responding as of 2:05 CET.
wdf2 commented on the post, Red Bull, Sauber and Toro Rosso car launches today 10 years, 3 months ago
Are (any of) the launches on live stream today? There’s not a word about it on Sauber’s site.
wdf2 replied to the topic Peugeot suspends its endurance racing program with immediate effect in the forum World Endurance Championship 10 years, 4 months ago
Now I’m definitely not going to buy that Peugeot I wasn’t planning on buying.
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