Comments on: Brazilian Grand Prix technical review

By: AP

AP — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00:24 +0000

?? I have seen BMW, Williams, Renault, Toyota and FI all have altered nose cones…

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:40:12 +0000

No, he was brought on board at Honda too late to have any significant input into the basic design of the RA108.

When he saw just how bad it was he elected to focus the, not insignificant, resources of Honda onto this year’s car instead…

Seems to me that he was right!!

By: m0tion

m0tion — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:40:42 +0000

I was interested in how much the wet factor comes into play alongside mechanical v aero tracks. RB choices on aero certainly had them a huge advantage even in straight line speed and there must be a reason for it starting at the nose and finishing at the rear suspension.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:32:30 +0000

I’m pretty sure that was at the European GP and Lewis was running a shorter wheelbase than Heikki, who was running the normal one.

By: John Beamer

John Beamer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:34:05 +0000

Yes – that’s right – my bad. Through Rory though he remained very close to the OWG and almost acted as an informal advisor. As Patrickl mentioned he did propose to tighten up the rules somewhat!

By: John Beamer

John Beamer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:30:47 +0000

Yes that’s right. Teams have moved the sidepods back a little to give more space for flow conditioners like bargeboards.

They don’t create downforce directly but DO condition flow around the sidepods to the coke bottle zone, which does create downforce elsewhere.

By: John Beamer

John Beamer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:30:44 +0000

Yes that’s right. Teams have moved the sidepods back a little to give more space for flow conditioners like bargeboards.

They don’t create downforce directly but DO condition flow around the sidepods to the coke bottle zone, which does create downforce elsewhere.

By: Harv's

Harv's — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:54:50 +0000

im supried at just how fast that brawn has fallen off the pace advantage that it had at the begining of the year! i watched the australian gp and malaysian gp yesterday and that car was so much faster! if button it would have been almost impossible for button to loose the championship because of that car!

if the brawns continual slide in terms of car development continues as it has over the last 10 races then i fear that it will be a very long year next year for Mr. Brawn and Jenson

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:44:24 +0000

True. Red Bull realised that this might be their one and only chance at a world championship so they went full out for this season. With even a major update for the last few races. Even with that they didn’t get even close though.

Must be frustrating for the designers. They built by far the best car of the season, but it just doesn’t seem to happen for them.

By: mm

mm — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:35:19 +0000

Would be great to see like for like views of the different cars – especially profiles.

Its fascinating how different some elements are when you look closely – the Redbull front is beautifully different to the rest.