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Old 11-17-2008, 08:12 AM   #11
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Re: F1 2008-2009 Winter Testing
Why is that rear wing on the BMW so much narrower than everyone else's? What could they possibly testing.

Ugh I'm still too full from last year's season. I think I'll keep watching soccer and american football for a few more months
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Why is that rear wing on the BMW so much narrower than everyone else's? What could they possibly testing.

Ugh I'm still too full from last year's season. I think I'll keep watching soccer and american football for a few more months
The 2009 aero regulation restricts the width and the height of the rear wing, so I guess they are trying to recreate a similar rear downforce level to a 09 spec rear wing.
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Old 11-17-2008, 08:23 AM   #13
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The 2009 aero regulation restricts the width and the height of the rear wing, so I guess they are trying to recreate a similar rear downforce level to a 09 spec rear wing.
Geez, that narrow? These cars are going to end up looking like F2 cars

I'm excited about next season though. Can't wait to see the R&D come into play.
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Old 11-17-2008, 08:27 AM   #14
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Geez, that narrow? These cars are going to end up looking like F2 cars

I'm excited about next season though. Can't wait to see the R&D come into play.
Probably, they are trying to minimise the turbulence generated by the rear wing, which right now is the reason why cars cannot follow each other closely on the track.
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Old 11-17-2008, 08:29 AM   #15
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Testing gets underway at Barcelona



Testing for the 2009 F1 season got underway at Barcelona this morning with a few new faces and looks in the paddock.

Red Bull Racing, using this year's RB4, put World Rally Champion Sebastian Loeb through his paces while Honda made use of 2008 Renault tester Lucas di Grassi.

But while Loeb is just testing for fun, di Grassi is hoping that his run this weekend lands him a 2009 Honda race-seat.

BMW are also in action with a interim car that was fitted out with several 2009 specifications. These included a new wide front wing as well as a much smaller rear wing.

Likewise Williams are running using next year's rear wing spec while Ferrari have two cars present.

One, which has the new 2009 aero package, is fitted

with ballast that simulates the weight of a KERS device while the other is set to this year's specs.
Testing gets underway at Barcelona - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com
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Re: F1 2008-2009 Winter Testing
while i have to say it maybe looks dumb and ugly, this is no beauty contest. i'm just sick and tired of every lap being a parade. the fun is just the 1st corner, then it's done.

remember Valencia? or Spain? Malaysia? SIngapore? Australia? the only fun GP was Canada, year in year out, and now thats gone too.

so, i'm willing to take the risk, no matter how the car looks like.
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..............or they are out early simply because they are the team that need most improvements for the 2009 season.
No, they are ahead, you cannot just make such a car just to verify things. In term of Kers BMW and Honda are miles ahead of everyone and now it appears that BMW is ahead in term of the complete 2009 package. They sure had a slow progress rate in the 2nd half of 2008 but that was partly du to the fact that they focused on 2009 earlier than others.
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Old 11-17-2008, 01:00 PM   #18
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Re: F1 2008-2009 Winter Testing
Man, that BMW is fugly. I can make cardboard models that look better! And while I hope BMW is ahead I wouldn't jump to any conclusions based on first few tests.
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A first taste of what the '09 spec cars will look like, from Barcelona testing 17th to 20th November.
Yuck. Besides the slicks, wings, etc. what exactly are the new specifications for the cars this season? The car looks really narrow here

The cars last season were proportioned beautifully.
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Re: F1 2008-2009 Winter Testing
Can't wait to see Bruno join F1. There's will be a massive battle between him and Hamilton over who loves Aryton more. Peep the guys helmets:


Ayrton


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