Spot the difference!

Marbot · 16 Feb 2007, 15:57 (Ref:1843233)

Things are a bit slow just of late,so have a go at this if you like.

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...fes_gal_id=692

Baritone2400 · 16 Feb 2007, 16:02 (Ref:1843237)

i guess the nose on the toro rosso is slightly at a lover angle than the RB3.

Marbot · 16 Feb 2007, 16:12 (Ref:1843246)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baritone2400

i guess the nose on the toro rosso is slightly at a lover angle than the RB3.

Err....no.

Differences I spotted include:Slightly different air intake,and additional winglet behind sidepod chimney on RB3.

Julio · 16 Feb 2007, 16:18 (Ref:1843251)

Yes I see the winglets on the side pods, but I can't see any differences with the air intake myself! I suppose its quite reasonable they could be slightly different because of the different requirements for the different engines.

Marbot · 16 Feb 2007, 16:19 (Ref:1843252)

The RB3 also seems to be going quicker,but they're not at the same corner.

Marbot · 16 Feb 2007, 16:41 (Ref:1843266)

I think that they're taking the **** by putting the Bridgestone sticker in the same place.

venturi · 16 Feb 2007, 16:47 (Ref:1843270)

Um , one's a Renault and one's a Ferrari powered chassis , let the lawyers fight it out

Bluewolf · 16 Feb 2007, 18:19 (Ref:1843326)

Wow - This is obviously the same car with the one winglet change -- The question is whether this is enough to satisfy the rules. But I think the spirit of the "build your own chassis from the ground up" rule has definitely been violated. But what would happen if F1 did disallow the chassis -- would Toro Rosso have to write off the whole season??? Would they run last years chassis and scramble to fit the Ferrari somehow??? Hmmmmm.

Rushy · 16 Feb 2007, 18:35 (Ref:1843337)

but dont they actually have to buy the car from the other team to be a customer...they could of just used the same design..

Marbot · 16 Feb 2007, 19:12 (Ref:1843361)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluewolf

Would they run last years chassis and scramble to fit the Ferrari somehow??? Hmmmmm.

They shouldn't have too much trouble fitting a V8 where a V10 once was.

Spot any more differences?

kartracer41 · 16 Feb 2007, 19:38 (Ref:1843373)

I don't know a lot about the rules, but to me "constructing" is building a car. As smart as the people involved with F1 are, I would assume all of the cars would look more alike than they currently do. Are they not allowed to share or steal wind tunnel data? So you have two "constructors" that contract the same designer for the aero package. I don't see a problem there, but I could be wrong.

-Steve

Francis Albert · 16 Feb 2007, 20:25 (Ref:1843387)

And one of the antennas in the RB3 seems to be thinner! Different car.

motorsportfan · 16 Feb 2007, 20:59 (Ref:1843401)

The Toro Rosso's blue is darker. Ah, wait, that car has a completely different livery

icemachine · 16 Feb 2007, 21:17 (Ref:1843411)

The Bull on the Toro Rosso is definitely got his head at a different angle

I think the RB might be a quarter inch lower to the ground too

Marbot · 16 Feb 2007, 23:10 (Ref:1843464)

Quote:

Originally Posted by icemachine

I think the RB might be a quarter inch lower to the ground too

It's going faster,so it should be lower to the ground.....or it's braking....or something.Aren't we just nit-picking here.

Marbot · 16 Feb 2007, 23:13 (Ref:1843466)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis Albert

And one of the antennas in the RB3 seems to be thinner! Different car.

Yes,I seem to remember Gerhard Berger saying as much in one of his interviews.

Senna05 · 17 Feb 2007, 16:13 (Ref:1843763)

The whole engine cowl looks to have various different angles and bulges and intakes and holes....etc

Thats about it though..

Rockmunky · 17 Feb 2007, 16:40 (Ref:1843777)

You've all missed out the most obvious one!

The paint!!

Marbot · 17 Feb 2007, 18:10 (Ref:1843817)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockmunky

You've all missed out the most obvious one!

The paint!!

Nope...the paints the same....just a different colour that's all.

Rockmunky · 17 Feb 2007, 18:17 (Ref:1843826)

Quote:

Originally Posted by martyn bott

Nope...the paints the same....just a different colour that's all.

>.<

Trust me to even mess up with that one...

ss_collins · 17 Feb 2007, 20:44 (Ref:1843938)

right y'all - the RB3 and STR2 pretty much identical - many differences people have mentioned are down to camera angle - this one will go to court and either RBR or STR will end up with no constructors points.

Marbot · 18 Feb 2007, 00:31 (Ref:1844080)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ss_collins

- this one will go to court and either RBR or STR will end up with no constructors points.

Which will be a bit wierd considering that STR took advice from the FIA on the matter.

JeremySmith · 18 Feb 2007, 01:14 (Ref:1844093)

This is of course the same car with a different livery.. I do not understand why this chap has two teams in the first place to be honest? Maybe someone could explain the logic behind this to me..

Marbot · 18 Feb 2007, 02:05 (Ref:1844096)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

This is of course the same car with a different livery.. I do not understand why this chap has two teams in the first place to be honest? Maybe someone could explain the logic behind this to me..

Well they're going to get lots more data out of the combined 60,000km's of testing they're going to be doing for a start! Lots of opportunities to try different things on each car.

Ryan_Briscoe1 · 18 Feb 2007, 02:59 (Ref:1844104)

Well done to red bull for doing their bit to ruin f1. Disgraceful.

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