The cars of 2006
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new BMW is out
the car is named... F1.06
how imaginative
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new Ferrari sneak peeks
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that BMW front looks a bit 2005 mclaren-ish
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the livery isnt nice... especially the PETRONAS logo on the rear spoilers...Originally posted by HENG@:new BMW is out
the car is named... F1.06
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MCLAREN PLANNING BARCA DEBUT
Last Updated: Thursday, 19, January, 2006, 14:37
McLaren will give its new MP4-21 challenger a first run at Barcelona some time next week.
The team is scheduled to have an official livery launch in February, and although McLaren could not confirm the exact date of the car's debut or which of its drivers would give the MP4-21 its initial run, a run-out will take place at the Spanish Grand Prix venue.
According to Autosport magazine the new car has been designed to maximise the aerodynamic advantages of the smaller 2.4-litre V8 Mercedes engine.
"The V8 engine opened up opportunities for the repackaging of the rear of the new car," the team's chief aerodynamicist Peter Prodromou told the magazine.
"We had the MP4-21 in the wind tunnel at the beginning of last July and since then we have completed thousands of hours of wind tunnel testing." -
The Ferrari 248 F1 was launched at Mugello today.
Vileneuve's BMW topped the times at Barcelona yesterday
'Peter of the Rose' in the MP4-21 on its track debut...it ground to a halt after 19 laps with an oil problem.
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smaller engine, smaller sidepod and less drag.Originally posted by SBS9828X:those sidepods are damn small... -
Here's the Honda RA106!
Button and Rubinho have their own cars, in order to maximise track time. -
Hmm - I wonder what the story is with that little hole right at the tip of the MP4/21's nose. Some kind of sensor intake?
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Looks like Honda have gone their own way in terms of sidepod design. They also seem to have traded in their barge boards in favour of those funny-looking vanes on the sidepods. This shot shows it more clearly:Originally posted by Kuali Baba:Here's the Honda RA106!
Button and Rubinho have their own cars, in order to maximise track time.
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unlikely to be sensor because the nose is detachable. I suspect it might be FIA camera or something. anyway it doesnt look like it is going to have too much aero effect on the car.Originally posted by Gedanken:Hmm - I wonder what the story is with that little hole right at the tip of the MP4/21's nose. Some kind of sensor intake?
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read from another forum, saying that this is the air vent to cool the driver.Originally posted by Gazelle:unlikely to be sensor because the nose is detachable. I suspect it might be FIA camera or something. anyway it doesnt look like it is going to have too much aero effect on the car. -
Originally posted by Gazelle:
Hey, no fair! Aardvarks don't blow up while they're running!
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Yeah, I heard that too. Seems plausible enough, although it wouldn't create all that much of a cooling effect.Originally posted by Gazelle:read from another forum, saying that this is the air vent to cool the driver. -
to prevent the iceman from melting.Originally posted by Gedanken:Yeah, I heard that too. Seems plausible enough, although it wouldn't create all that much of a cooling effect. -
finally...
i thot macca are running orange -_-! -
It first appeared on the McLaren MP4-17 (as far as my checks and memory serve me), and some mechanic remarked that it looked like 'a donkey's dick' (I'm serious!).
Might it serve an aerodynamic purpose, if the air which goes into the nose were channelled somewhere instead of building up? -
TEAM LAUNCH DATES
January 14 Toyota
January 16 BMW
January 24 Ferrari
January 25 Honda
January 27 Williams
January 31 Renault
February 3 Midland
March 9 Red Bull
March 9 Toro Rosso
TBC McLaren
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Now I know how a mule's dick looks like.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:It first appeared on the McLaren MP4-17 (as far as my checks and memory serve me), and some mechanic remarked that it looked like 'a donkey's dick' (I'm serious!).
Might it serve an aerodynamic purpose, if the air which goes into the nose were channelled somewhere instead of building up? 
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what about this hole?
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I'm sure it works in tandem with the splitter in front of it, and has been designed not to corrupt the air flowing into the airbox from above.Originally posted by Gazelle:what about this hole?
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That's all right for what it's owrth. Would have thought that cracking was his real problem, though.Originally posted by Gazelle:to prevent the iceman from melting. -
Interesting. I wonder if it violates relugations limiting the area of the airbox intake.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:I'm sure it works in tandem with the splitter in front of it, and has been designed not to corrupt the air flowing into the airbox from above. -
Think Kimi might be driving a red car next year?