The Official 2012 F1 Thread. Spoilers possible!

[bobobob]

Originally Posted by Dilligaf0220

... tiny barbels of carbon pop up all over the car by the time the designers are done faster than the genital warts on the Ukrainian hookers at a Max Mosley garden party.

[wxwax]

I read that most cars are expected to have the stepped nose. Which makes McLaren's decision to keep a more traditional look interesting. Can't wait for these new cars to hit the track.

Very curious to see how Newey interprets the new regulation about the height of the front chassis. Given the rule's dramatic impact on design, I'm surprised that I missed the off-season chatter about it. Was there much?

[doyle]

Originally Posted by wxwax

I read that most cars are expected to have the stepped nose. Which makes McLaren's decision to keep a more traditional look interesting. Can't wait for these new cars to hit the track.

Very curious to see how Newey interprets the new regulation about the height of the front chassis. Given the rule's dramatic impact on design, I'm surprised that I missed the off-season chatter about it. Was there much?

I didn't see too much outside of the hardcore techie mentions like scarbsF1. Usually in F1 there are ways at adapting to rules changes and then there are way to adapting to rules changes. When looking at the Ferrari and Force India interpretations, I'm not expecting much from the season. The fact the Ferrari is still hanging on to Massa tells me they've written off this season too.

Wasn't it Colin Chapman that said, "if it looks right, it probably is right"? I'm thinking the Ferrari and Force India machines ain't right.

[wxwax]

Yeah, I think they say that about airplanes too.

Some of the articles I read basically predicted that other teams would also have the front bump. A popular solution, if true. Wonder if Newey took that route?

[Dilligaf0220]

Originally Posted by doyle

"if it looks right, it probably is right"? I'm thinking the Ferrari and Force India machines ain't right.

Massa? Writing off the season?

[RedRocket]

Originally Posted by doyle

I didn't see too much outside of the hardcore techie mentions like scarbsF1. Usually in F1 there are ways at adapting to rules changes and then there are way to adapting to rules changes. When looking at the Ferrari and Force India interpretations, I'm not expecting much from the season. The fact the Ferrari is still hanging on to Massa tells me they've written off this season too.

Wasn't it Colin Chapman that said, "if it looks right, it probably is right"? I'm thinking the Ferrari and Force India machines ain't right.

Jeeezus those cars are fugly

[anotherguy]

Originally Posted by doyle

Wasn't it Colin Chapman that said, "if it looks right, it probably is right"? I'm thinking the Ferrari and Force India machines ain't right.

I guess dead drivers looked "right" to Chapman.

[HarveyMushman]

Originally Posted by dugmar

2012 wheel...

[wxwax]

[Ragin Rabbi]

I prefer the Trident..

[wxwax]

I read that the current tally is Bent Nose 4 - 1 Straight Nose.

[Clem Kevin]

I'm willing to bet Adrian Newey would not built a front end like that, and that his will look more fortunate like the Mclaren.

[g®eg]

Originally Posted by Clem Kevin

I'm willing to bet Adrian Newey would not built a front end like that, and that his will look more fortunate like the Mclaren.

or not....

Red Bull have unveiled their new car with which Sebastian Vettel will bid to become just the third driver in history to win three consecutive Drivers' world titles in 2012 - the RB8.
In an online 'reveal' on the team's official website of the most eagerly anticipated new car of the winter, the latest creation from renowned designer Adrian Newey follows the 2012 trend of incorporating the already infamous 'boxer's nose' into the design to comply with the new lower nose-height regulations.
However, in characteristic Newey fashion, the slope on the RB8's nose appears on first inspection slightly different and more graceful than many of the other cars which feature the same stepped look so far.
Given last year's RB7 won 12 races and claimed pole position at every grand prix bar one, the new challenger unsurprisingly otherwise appears more evolutionary than some of the others seen so far although as with any Newey creation the devil is usually in the detail.
Red Bull have won both the Drivers' and Constructors' championships in each of the last two seasons but are braced for a fiercer challenge for the top honours from chief rivals McLaren and Ferrari in 2012.
Vettel, meanwhile, is looking to join Juan-Manuel Fangio and, his great friend and countryman, Michael Schumacher in winning three or more F1 championships on the spin, with any 2012 success also guaranteeing him the honour of succeeding Ayrton Senna as the sport's youngest ever triple champion.
But although he put together one of the most dominant seasons in history last year, Vettel is under no illusions about the likelihood of repeating the same level of supremacy again.
Asked for what his 2012 target is, he replied: "Well to do it again!
"Obviously we had a great year and I think we will always look back to 2011 and think how special it was.
"But to be honest you don't start a season having expectations to have the same or similar season again. We know how special it was and we really enjoyed that, but we know how hard it is to be that consistent, to be nearly every race on the podium.
"The target is obviously to try to do it again and try to get everything out of ourselves. So we will see how we get on with the new car, RB8."
Mark Webber stays on at Red Bull for a sixth straight season bidding to recapture the form that took him so close to the 2010 championship after winning just one race last time round.
The Australian, now 35, has been on a rolling one-year contract at Milton Keynes for several years but there has been repeated speculation that this could be his last campaign with the team with several young Red Bull-backed protégés waiting in the wings.
More to follow...

[g®eg]

new Sauber



seems McLaren is either really right... or really wrong (or it really won't matter much).

[g®eg]

Torro Rosso