F1 Fanatic

De La Rosa’s car IS a simulation of an F1 racer! (Ok, sorry, too easy.)

If Sauber doesn’t have a simulator, you can bet HRT doesn’t. But you would think that every driver at least take the opportunity to do a […]

“For the last time, Flavio — I cling to the walls, but I won’t drive into one for you!”

True that leading air forward (in a closed environment with the exits pointing leeward) is unproblematic. But you might be right about the challenges of “folding” the air in such a short/confined space. However, […]

Glad you asked! Here is Scarborough’s great analysis of the (alleged) Mercedes blown front wing in 2011. (I link to the update blog, as this links back to the very detailed original post.) I won’t try to summarize […]

McLaren is simply following last year’s design philosophy. They don’t have a stepped nose because the front of the bulkhead is already lower than the 55cm maximum height for the nose. See Scarborough’s typically […]

I still think you guys are smoking the curtains. Is Racecar Engineering a more reliable source for you?
Red Bull’s RB8 immediately caught the eye in the paddock with a large nose mounted duct. It is though to […]

Sorry, here are the photos: http://www.formula1onlive.com/2012/02/2012-red-bull-rb8-launched-first.html

Um, how do get from “showing us what they’re comfortable with” to “textbook cheating”?
First, try thinking all the way back to last week, when McLaren launched a car with something like a piece of plywood in […]

I don’t think it shows at all clearly that it’s not an air intake. For one, if it isn’t an intake, it’s just a dead-end indentation — and even I know enough aerodynamics to tell you that’s not going to make the car faster.

It’s not your typical hook nose if it’s an *openning*. And it raises the very interesting question what Adrian is doing with that air. Check out @ScarbsF1 on twitter.

It’s clearly an intake, which is allowed by the rules for “driver venilation.” But you can bet that’s not the only benefit Newey is going to get out of it.

By the way, the teaser video dissolves the mystery of […]

Predictably, the redbullracing site is not responding as of 2:05 CET.

Are (any of) the launches on live stream today? There’s not a word about it on Sauber’s site.

Seems like they could have tracked down many other appropriate (or appropriate-looking) cars. A couple of years ago at a classic’s event at the (new) Ring, I saw an Ensign, a Tabatip Shadow, and a Wolf that could […]

Actually, many barriers were in place in 1976. Niki crashed into one of them.