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Post by mikael on Feb 11, 2023 11:17:48 GMT
I wonder how the collaboration between Hülkenberg and Magnussen will work out ... "No lost love" between them, that's for sure :-D
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Post by mikael on Feb 11, 2023 16:08:51 GMT
I was looking for a so-called "cutaway" drawing of a modern (up to a few years old) GP car; but virtually nothing is available. (A pity, because for me, F1 would be much more interesting if more technical details were revealed. In the "old days", very little was hidden, even regarding the brand-new things. )
However, I came across the drawing below, of a 2019 Mercedes. Apparently, the electric motor takes up approximately the same amount of space (w.r.t. length) as the combustion engine. And then, in "the end", comes the gearbox.
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Post by mikael on Feb 11, 2023 16:13:52 GMT
... was searching for a drawing like this; but to little avail ...
Ferrari, 1987
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Post by René on Feb 11, 2023 19:16:38 GMT
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Post by mikael on Feb 11, 2023 20:02:58 GMT
That's very nice and very interesting.
Thank you René  |
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Post by René on Feb 11, 2023 23:33:07 GMT
Fancy new look for the AlphaTauri AT04.    |
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Post by mikael on Feb 12, 2023 10:07:41 GMT
So ...is it correctly understood that the engine in the Alpha Tauri still is labelled as a Honda, but not in the Red Bull?
Honda deserves - and ought to make sure to get - continued PR-value of all their efforts and early tribulations, I think ...
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Post by mikael on Feb 12, 2023 16:19:55 GMT
I have not, I must admit, followed F2 at all, for several years; but I came to wonder how they compare in size with F1. Just like F1, the F2 cars are powered by a turbocharged V6 engine. Yet they are very "harmonic" in terms of their dimensions. So again, the electrics in an F1 car takes up a lot of space, for sure.
2022 Prema F2
2022 Red Bull F1
2022 Prema F2
2022 Red Bull F1
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Post by René on Feb 12, 2023 18:34:53 GMT
So ...is it correctly understood that the engine in the Alpha Tauri still is labelled as a Honda, but not in the Red Bull? Honda deserves - and ought to make sure to get - continued PR-value of all their efforts and early tribulations, I think ...
The Honda marketing regarding Formula One remains a mystery to me...  |
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Post by René on Feb 12, 2023 18:42:02 GMT
I have not, I must admit, followed F2 at all, for several years; but I came to wonder how they compare in size with F1. Just like F1, the F2 cars are powered by a turbocharged V6 engine. Yet they are very "harmonic" in terms of their dimensions. So again, the electrics in an F1 car takes up a lot of space, for sure. Yes you must be right about the electrics. I haven't really 'followed' F2 either but I have seen them in the flesh when going to F1 races of course. Last year I saw them in Spa and even more close by in Hungary and I would say the F2 cars have approximately the size of F1 cars of around 2007/8. But certainly before they went hybrid. |
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Post by René on Feb 13, 2023 11:19:08 GMT
The real Williams FW45. McLaren will follow later today, hopefully with the real thing.  |
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Post by mikael on Feb 13, 2023 11:44:24 GMT
The real Williams FW45. McLaren will follow later today, hopefully with the real thing.
Very nice with Gulf sponsorship. But a pity that Gulf didn't pay enough to have the car painted completely in the classical "Gulf racing colours".
Thinking about it, it might have been better for Williams to have offered this even free of extra charge, in the light of the tremendous press-interest this would generate. Their car might easily have become the most photographed F1 car of 2023, had this been the case ...
Le Mans 1968
McLaren at Monaco 2021
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Post by René on Feb 13, 2023 12:32:51 GMT
The real Williams FW45. McLaren will follow later today, hopefully with the real thing. Very nice with Gulf sponsorship. But a pity that Gulf didn't pay enough to have the car painted completely in the classical "Gulf racing colours".
Thinking about it, it might have been better for Williams to have offered this even free of extra charge, in the light of the tremendous press-interest this would generate. Their car might easily have become the most photographed F1 car of 2023, had this been the case ... I believe it's in the planning to do a one-off Gulf livery as was done with McLaren. That will generate enough attention... and posters and t-shirts and model cars etc....  I would have liked to see one of the new prototypes, preferably the Porsche 963, in blue/orange. That would have been really cool.  |
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Post by René on Feb 13, 2023 17:42:22 GMT
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Post by René on Feb 13, 2023 19:50:39 GMT
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