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they've reverted to the single keel last year.
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Hopefully that holds true Kirk. I was expecting some sponsorship gains with the signing of JV. I would like to see them land some good support. They are a tidy team and do a very respectible job.
Ah yes, and I do think the car looks splendid. Last edited by jhansen; 13 Jan 2005 at 17:06. |
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That is really extreme, innit? The Renault R24 pales in comparison with these sidepods. They are very high, the inlets, it kind of reminds me of the Lola Champ Car. The rear of the car also looks interesting, extremely tight.
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13 Jan 2005, 17:20 (Ref:1200024) | #30 | ||
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The exhaust packaging on the Sauber is quite remarkable though - the exits are very well forward and have a very small fairing which is hidden behind the winglet in the side-view. I'd say this might be possible under the new regulations because the cut-away bodywork inside the rear wheels for 2005 might brovide some opportunity for venting the sidepods, and perhaps they can therefore dispense with the vent that used to be around the exhaust perimeter (another Ferrari innovation). |
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13 Jan 2005, 18:01 (Ref:1200047) | #32 | |
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Incredible for a Sauber!
Look at the sidepods from the front of the car.....they taper at ridiculous angles! I am very impressed. But then, they have got a great windtunnel so perhaps we should have expected this.... |
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They've also got a new Supercomputer (500 AMD Opteron processors ) for CFD modelling which is apparently 30 times more powerful than their old one.
Peter Sauber certainly seems to invest his dosh in the right places. Let's hope the driver's get the best out of what looks like a cracking package. |
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I wonder if they don't get much past the barge boards anyway? It seems like a bit of a leap of faith with the design, there doesn't appear to be a way of increasing the amount of air going in should it transpire they need to. Just looking at the sculpturing of the tub ahead of the sidepods, and the little extra fin on the barge board, it looks like they're deliberately trying to split the airflow either above or below the inlet. I wonder if the attempt is to turn the sidepod into another sort of barge board? I dunno tbh, just guessing really. Maybe you know better why they'd do that if it is the case? (I'm sure your degree was something to do with cars -??) Last edited by pirenzo; 13 Jan 2005 at 18:36. |
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all over the years it has been clear that the general height of the side pods doesn't mean so much: remember for example how good were the Ferrari 641/2, the 1995 and 1996 Williams, the 98/99 McLarens, the Ferrari F2001, the 1994/95 Benetton Renault... all worldchampions cars (apart the first, for a couple of points, grrr...) with remarkably high sidepods if compared to the others... Its important how they're shaped and integrated with the other parts of the car I insist on the fact that the overall fron section of the C24 sidepods should be smaller than the TF105 ones, which are a sort of "square" in section; the gain in height could be somelike 6/8cm max. while the Sauber's gain much more transversally in the section, imho. Also, if you watch the side view... it's clear the highest point of them is more advanced than the lower part reminding a sort of wing shape, too; which has never been seen before and could be interesting. What do you think? |
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What I think is that the overall height does matter - there may have been sucessful cars that had high-ish sidepods, but that doesn't mean that they wouldn't have been ven better if they could reduce the frontal area still further.
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Points of view! ;-)
As i've not studied aerodynamics engineering, I could not say where the "truth" stays. A nice talk with you Glen, anyway. My general impression is that if the sidepod begins very high and ends very low, there's more space toward the rear to let the air flow as desired, as if there's a sort of (reverse) depression, while with very low sidepods (I recall for example the Williams Fw 13 in 1990 or more recently the 2001 Jaguar) the resistance is surely inferior, but the air goes everywhere with less control (don't know if i'm clear here - my english language skills are not so good). Just an impression. Anyway it'll be interesting to compare the Toyota and Sauber performances. I bet the first one will be worst until mid season. (but it'll depends from the driver's too, as ever!) If we lived in the same country, we could bet a pizza and a beer! ;-) Ciao |
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13 Jan 2005, 21:04 (Ref:1200241) | #38 | ||
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hey... aren't they in with Certina..?
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13 Jan 2005, 21:50 (Ref:1200280) | #39 | |
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Who cares how it looks? I only care how it goes.
If it's quick, it will be a beauty and we can pore over every detail and analyse why it is quick. If it's slow, it will be like an illegitimate love child of Mother Theresa and Bill Clinton - a talking point for all the wrong reasons. Eventually everyone will just lose interest. At the moment nobody knows. |
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That's the first "sexy" F1 car in a long time! (although I think much of it on this car is the paint job) Do we know exactly how the new regs effected the front wing? Theoretically if the front wing is able to do less work, then it would produce less drag and the air flow could be "straighter" rather than bubbling up. This may be why the radiators require less open area - they're getting a direct shot of air, unlike with the previous aero regulations.
Is it just me or are the barge boards a little different than those found in the past on F1 cars? |
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Looking more at it, this is the curved sidepod taken to the extreme, I suspect the reasoning for this is the control of the airflow from under the now raised, and hence less efficient front wing. It really looks like there is a clear path for the airflow from underneath the chassis around the sides from the splitter, too the rear end. Not a new idea maybe, but a bigger evolution than anything seen before. With having non-of the inlet lower down, this should make for a much smoother flow around this section of the car, highly useful given the reduced effectivness of the rear diffuser now. All the air flow in the lower sections is really going to be very well managed to get the best efficiency, and to stop turbulent air being created/disturbing smooth air.
Regarding the bargeboards, I would guess they are having some influence on the airflow into the 'pod, for 2 reasons. One the height, they have deffiently grown in height over last years models, not that far off the tallest one's McLaren used a few years ago ('98-'01 I believe). Two, the upward sloping strake/flipup on the board itself, it's aiming directly at the 'pod inlet. Something I have just noticed too, is that the car has gills on the top suface the pod, it's only noticeable if you zoom in on the front 3/4 veiw. oh and here's the exhaust... Very very diddy exit it has to be said, looks like the exhaust is either very short, or contorts in an interesting manner in the engine bay. Same thing for the '05 ferrari maybe? Actually you can also just about see the gills in that pic too. Oh and to help out Shiny Side Up, it's a single keel Regards Ed Last edited by Try Hard; 14 Jan 2005 at 02:05. |
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It is one seriously beautiful machine. Here' s to hoping it is as fast as it looks.
I don't think I have ever seen a Sauber thread this long or glowing before either. Sauber aren't getting a personality are they? |
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Red Bull's absense has given them wings(tm).
I agree though Enemy-Ace, Sauber seem to have turned a corner in being able to get noticed instead of just being the anonymous midfield team nobody really cared about. |
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Signing Jacques will give them a headline-on-demand in '05.
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14 Jan 2005, 03:37 (Ref:1200516) | #47 | ||
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Wow. That is a really beautiful car. Best I've seen from Sauber.
Flogging a dead cliche here, but let's hope it's as fast as it looks. |
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14 Jan 2005, 04:02 (Ref:1200521) | #48 | ||
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Jus curiously pointing out... when Toyota launched their car...i hear alot of groans of how bad the new car looks due to the new regulation, especially regarding the new front wing....
And then, there are past complaints of grooved tyres and narrow car.... but now this Sauber comes along and the car is given thumbs up praise of beatiful etc etc... There's hope isn't there? Maybe the critics should give any modern regulation a break.. :P |
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Whilst the new Sauber is the best looking Sauber I have seen, it not the best looking car ive ever seen ever, that accolade has to go to either the 1991 McLaren or the 1992 Ferrari. That said, its the best looking Sauber post 1997. I don't think any car post 1997 can come close to any car pre 1998 in terms of looks, the grooved tyres and narrow track is just a plain turn off looks wise. But I guess we have to live with it, even though making the cars wider and racing on slicks would A Look better B give better racing (Sigh). |
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