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Formula '1' they should rename it formula pretty fast but could be faster because we're not allowed to do anything innovative anymore.
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I like that title; certainly has a nice ring to it!
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Well at least Williams have their super-invisible gearbox (albeit from 2011 really) and Sauber have their slim-fast sidepods.
But yeah...we're not far from F1 being a spec series already, the differences are beginning to get fairly minute.
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And I hope it gives them hell!
Perhaps the FIA feels it is returning the sport to the 'good-old days', in it's attempt to improve the racing, by making the cars more and more equal. Mind you what they should have realized by now is that in the 'good-old days', they didn't have to limit technical regulations to this extent, for the racing to be good.
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Why? I wouldn't mind seeing Hulkenburg get that win he deserved last time around at Brazil.
I also like seeing Peter Sauber's team get some success because they're a solid team who know how to run on a small budget efficiently.
I also want to see Williams do well too. Although I think the only team I don't really get any satisfaction from seeing win is Red Bull.
I also like seeing Peter Sauber's team get some success because they're a solid team who know how to run on a small budget efficiently.
I also want to see Williams do well too. Although I think the only team I don't really get any satisfaction from seeing win is Red Bull.
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It'll take me a long time to forgive them for dropping Kamui, if I can forgive them at all. As to why? Well that would be going a long way off topic. If you want to discuss it though, leave a message on my profile or something?
I'm hoping we'll see Williams back winning races and fighting for championships in the not to distant future, but of course, it's one step at a time. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that they continue to build on their progress from last season.
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Oh geez! 
Please tell me that's Photoshopped? 
Please tell me that's Photoshopped? 
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Why? It's not like the FIA suddenly changed their mind about something and amended the regulations. Article 5.8.4 has existed for some time.
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'twas merely a joke.
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Too funny!
Other than a funny hawkeye122 sticking it to PM buzz killington, the car looks nice, I like the Ferrari nose on it more so than the ferrari, and am still impressed with the tight rear package.
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Brilliant. Just brilliant!
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If you can do anything to reduce drag in a place you can't create downforce, you do it. It's just to improve airflow back there. And if you'll notice the airbox/horn outlet is profiles a lot more like a slot than a hole back there, maybe due to the distinct amount of free area on the floor.
The entire car is just a stunning revolution, aggressive, and elegant package for them. So much good stuff going on, I think it'll be one of the better cars for sure, now to see if the drivers can deliver.
Only slightly weird thing is that you would expect them to have covered their driveshaft with a wing, must've had to stop short there.
And I'm talking extreme solutions everywhere!
Look at their exhaust vane interpretation:
They're going RB with it, very clever approach, notice how it's not connected so it can't be considered to be joining the body work over the exhaust channel, which is the main stipulation in the rules.
They came prepared, there's still a chance this may be legal. If it is allowed, while the Lotus one probably won't, then expect teams to design their own asap.
Also, somehow, Williams came up with a novel solution to a problem RB tried tackling back before. They tried letting air out through channels leading to the rim's lug nuts from the axel for an aero benefit but it was banned because it was considered to be a part fitted to the nut, not inherent. Well, good old Coughlan designed a lug nut with integrated channeling in order for it to be legal.
That's right people, freaking blown LUG NUTS. Which is nuts.
Red Bull that was banned due to holes being in the axle and because wheel "fairings" have always been against the rules. A fairing is anything that is attached or auxiliary to the car that reduces drag. They were originally banned after those weird wheel covers popped up in '09.
And here's the Williams, which is flush, and thus legal:
The aero benefit comes in the form of reducing wash and tidying up the flow up around the front. Small advantage but a brilliant one.
Damn, is Williams back to its old self?
The entire car is just a stunning revolution, aggressive, and elegant package for them. So much good stuff going on, I think it'll be one of the better cars for sure, now to see if the drivers can deliver.
Only slightly weird thing is that you would expect them to have covered their driveshaft with a wing, must've had to stop short there.
And I'm talking extreme solutions everywhere!
Look at their exhaust vane interpretation:
They're going RB with it, very clever approach, notice how it's not connected so it can't be considered to be joining the body work over the exhaust channel, which is the main stipulation in the rules.
They came prepared, there's still a chance this may be legal. If it is allowed, while the Lotus one probably won't, then expect teams to design their own asap.
Also, somehow, Williams came up with a novel solution to a problem RB tried tackling back before. They tried letting air out through channels leading to the rim's lug nuts from the axel for an aero benefit but it was banned because it was considered to be a part fitted to the nut, not inherent. Well, good old Coughlan designed a lug nut with integrated channeling in order for it to be legal.
That's right people, freaking blown LUG NUTS. Which is nuts.
Red Bull that was banned due to holes being in the axle and because wheel "fairings" have always been against the rules. A fairing is anything that is attached or auxiliary to the car that reduces drag. They were originally banned after those weird wheel covers popped up in '09.
And here's the Williams, which is flush, and thus legal:
The aero benefit comes in the form of reducing wash and tidying up the flow up around the front. Small advantage but a brilliant one.
Damn, is Williams back to its old self?
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What, you mean having the low gearbox? A lot more air can reach the diffuser, which produces a large amount of the car's rear downforce.
These days its all about channeling the air into the diffuser area to re-gain the lost rear downforce from regulation changes. The teams can produce plenty of front downforce, so they're always having to balance the car by taking front downforce off (relative to the best car) when they can't get the diffuser to work.
This is the same reason for Sauber's uber small sidepods and the recent obsession with exhaust gases (plus those funny devices like the fins that you see on top of the Caterham sidepods). Its all to do with directing airflow and manipulating the hot/cold air and pressures to generate the rear downforce at the diffuser area.
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I have high hopes for the new Williams. But I said the same thing in 2011, after their good performance at the end of 2010. Their car does look good, hopefully they can battle for wins on a more consistent basis this year. I also hope that Maldonado matures and doesn't crash into anyone deliberately this year.
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The incident with Hamilton at Spa was pretty close in 2011. Can't say there was any deliberate action last season, but there was some boneheaded moves IMO.
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There is no evidence that he hit Perez intentionally. If it wasn't for the incident at Spa in 2011, most people wouldn't have cared about the collision at Monaco.
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