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Formula 1 - 2011


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F1-2011

R*D B*LL RB7

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Get ready to see this parked in the winner's parking spot. A lot. Probably.The Adrian Newey-designed motor is an evolution of last year's championship-winning car, itself ‘an evolution of 2009's RB5'. After all, why mess with a good recipe?Sure, because of the movable rear-wing and return of KERS, the RB7 is quite different to last year's, but expect it to be fast. World champ Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber will be the team's drivers. Whether they have kissed and made up remains to be seen...

McLaren MP4-26

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McLaren has finally unveiled its contender for the 2011 Formula One season. By building it in front of a live audience.In the most dramatic - and bizarre - F1 launches so far, Vodafone competition winners carried in bits of the MP4-26 and handed them over to Important Men from McLaren. Messrs Hamilton and Button were the last to arrive, carrying the steering wheel and headrest.Unveiled on the site of the old Berlin wall in, err, Berlin, the MP4-26 features KERS and an adjustable rear wing, as per the new rules. Don't forget, McLaren were the first team to win an F1 race with KERS when Lewis snatched a win in Hungary 2009.The MP4-26 also features an unusual ‘U'-shaped sidepod arrangement which McLaren says is to direct air to the rear of the car more efficiently.Looks good, right? The new McFormulaOne motor will undergo a private test in Spain next week, followed by team track testing in Jerez on Thursday.

Ferrari F150

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Named to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the F150 - codenamed 662 - is the 57th single-seat Fezza to race in F1.New regulations mean the double-diffuser is out, the blown rear-wing makes way for a hydraulically controlled adjustable one, KERS makes a return and brakes are courtesy of Brembo.Ferrari hasn't modified the engine, but has worked on improving reliability, while the introduction of KERS has rerouted the cooling system, new air exit ducts and changed the front of the engine.

Mercedes-Benz W02

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"The new Silver Arrow for the 2011 season has little in common with its predecessor," explains Merc motorsports' vice president Norbert Haug. "Our engineers have taken a fairly ruthless approach." Yikes.The new car will hope to set seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher back to his winning ways, alongside ‘team-mate' Nico Rosberg.Mercedes has implemented ‘a raft of technical innovations' and even given the old girl a fresh lick of paint to make sure it carries none of last year's disappointment.

Renault R31

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The classic gold ‘n' black Lotus livery returns! Renault - together with backers Group Lotus - has revealed its R31 racer for 2011, which, says Renault, features '92 per cent' worth of new parts compared to last year's.Vitali Petrov and Robert Kubica will pilot the car, with drivers Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean as third drivers.

Williams FW33

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The Man Who Was Faster Than Old Stig returns alongside new partner Pastor Maldonado in the Cosworth-powered FW33. Currently shod in blue, the car will adopt a new livery - and new aero upgrade - before the first race in Bahrain in March. Williams has adopted KERS for 2011.Williams' tech director Sam Michael said there'll be many more upgrades during the course of the year.

Sauber C30

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The metamorphosis from works to privateer continues as Sauber launches the C30, with the team hoping to better their 8th place in last year's constructors' championship.The C30 uses a Ferrari engine, new Ferrari transmission and the KERS system, courtesy of, erm, Ferrari. Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi - a man, it seems, with little knowledge of ‘fear' - will pilot the Sauber C30 this season.

Toro Rosso STR6

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The ‘other' R*D B*LL has a specific aim for 2011 - 8th in the constructors' championship.Toro Rosso's sixth year in F1 comes with the admission that this year's car is ‘unconventional'. They've made some 14 changes since last year and have used ‘more mature' wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamic tools.Jaime Alguesuari and Sebastien Buemi will once again drive for TR, along with reserve driver Daniel Ricciardo.

Force India VJM04

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The VJM04 was created by the team's new technical director, Andrew Green, who 20 years ago helped build the Jordan 191. New FIA regs means KERS is back this year, and although the team tested out a system in 2009, it was never used, so this year will be the first time they use the Mercedes unit - both smaller and lighter than its first incarnation.They've also recruited a new tyre engineer (Jun Matsusaki) to help develop the car for the new Pirelli tyre compounds. The moveable rear wing - changed from the double diffuser - has also necessitated some changes, all of which will be put into the car's first test at Bahrain.

Team Lotus T128

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No, not a new Terminator, but a car hoping to tussle with the midfield. This, the Lotus T128, is now powered by Renault and uses R*D B*LL transmission systems.Chief techy Mike Gascoyne reckons this motor will take Team Lotus (the green one from last year) ‘back to the front of the grid', and confirmed the team's unchanged driver line up as Heikki Kovaleinen and Jarno Trulli.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/formula-one-2011-cars-revealed-2011-02-01?imageNo=8

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2011 Season Rule Changes

With moveable rear wings, a new tyre supplier, the return of KERS, a 107 percent qualifying rule and more, there are plenty of regulation changes that will have a major impact on the Formula One field in 2011…

Adjustable rear wings

Under new moveable bodywork regulations, drivers of suitably equipped cars can adjust the rear wing from the cockpit, altering its angle of incidence through a set range. (The moveable front wing, used in 2010, has been dropped.) The system’s availability is electronically governed - it can be used at any time in practice and qualifying, but during the race can only be activated when a driver is less than one second behind another car at pre-determined points on the track. The system is then deactivated once the driver brakes. In combination with KERS, it is designed to boost overtaking. Also like KERS, it isn’t compulsory.

No F-ducts or double diffusers

Any system, device or procedure which uses driver movement as a means of altering the aerodynamic characteristics of the car is prohibited from 2011 - that means no F-ducts. Tightening of the regulations on stepped floors means double diffusers in their original sense are also banned.

KERS

A badge of honour for some, a bugbear for others on its debut in 2009, KERS - or Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems - have been reintroduced in 2011 after the teams mutually agreed to suspend their use in 2010. KERS take the waste energy generated under braking and turns it into additional power. This is then made available to the driver in fixed quantities per lap via a steering wheel-mounted ‘boost button’. The systems are essentially the same as those seen in ’09, with no increase in the maximum permitted power (though that could change in subsequent seasons). The challenge for the engineers this time round is packaging. Last time KERS was run, refuelling was legal. Now, with it banned, fuel tanks are larger and finding room to accommodate battery packs etc is not as easy. Hence don’t be surprised if bodywork has grown in places, relative to 2010. On the plus side, minimum car weight has been upped by 20kg to 640kg, meaning larger drivers don’t pay the weight-distribution penalty they once did in a KERS-equipped car.

Wheel tethers

In response to several stray wheels over the course of the 2010 season, teams must now place a second tether on every wheel to improve safety. The two tethers must be contained in separate suspension members.

Tyres

Following Bridgestone’s decision to withdraw at the end of 2010 after 13 years in Formula One, Pirelli take over as the sport’s sole tyre supplier. The Italian company, last part of F1 in 1991, will provide all teams with rubber for the next three years.

Tyre allocation has been reduced for 2011, with 11 rather than 14 sets of dry-weather tyres available to each driver per race weekend. Drivers will receive three sets (two prime, one option) to use in P1 and P2 and must return one set after each session. A further eight sets will then be at their disposal for the rest of the weekend, although one set of each specification must be handed back before qualifying.

If a driver fails to use both specifications of dry-weather tyres during a (dry) race, they will be excluded from the results. If a (dry) race is suspended and can’t be restarted, and a driver has failed to use both specifications, 30 seconds will be added to the driver’s race time.

Gearboxes

As part of the sport’s cost-saving and environmental initiatives, gearboxes now need to last for five race weekends, instead of the previous four.

107% qualifying rule

During the first phase of qualifying, any driver who fails to set a lap within 107 percent of the fastest Q1 time will not be allowed to start the race. However, in exceptional circumstances, which could include a driver setting a suitable time during practice, the stewards may permit the car to start.

Team curfew

A clampdown on long working hours has been introduced, with a curfew on team personnel connected with the operation of the cars. They will not be allowed into the circuit between midnight and 6am when practice is scheduled to start at 10am the following day, or between 1am and 7am when practice starts at 11am. Each team is permitted four individual exceptions to this rule during the season.

Penalties

Stewards now have the power to impose a wider range of penalties for driving and other rule transgressions. Added to their armoury are time penalties, the right to exclude drivers from race results, or suspend them from subsequent events.

Team orders

The clause in the sporting regulations banning team orders has been removed.

http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/sporting_regulations/8692/

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They really need to stop bending over for "Fernando is faster than you". Just let them race.

Well actually with the ban on team orders lifted they can just ask Massa to move out of the way. Makes sense really - A 'Team' should always work for the best overall result for the team, Drivers come and go..

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Well actually with the ban on team orders lifted they can just ask Massa to move out of the way. Makes sense really - A 'Team' should always work for the best overall result for the team, Drivers come and go..

From a team point of view, it would, but not from a spectator point of view, which is what the F1 organisation should be thinking of. After all, the money is generated by the fans. And when teams are willing to do things like Renault did in Singapore (Nando again :rolleyes:) thats really not for the good of the sport. Its like that spot fixing thing in Cricket. Whats to prevent a bigger tech supplier like Ferrari to lean on a smaller team that they supply engines/GB/KERS to and asking them to do something to change the course of a race? Or have a back marker hold up a driver to allow another driver to either catch up or extend their lead? It might generate a good result for a team, but thats not something we'd like to see. Left to it by themselves, teams will try to get an advantage even by unfair means.

Witness the BMW GTRs entry and exit from ALMS due to Porsche. Witness the racing history of the Skyline GT-Rs. Teams with push in the motorsports bodies always try to cut the other teams off.

Besides, your wrong, Fernando is faster than you works only in favor of a driver. For the team, it wouldn't make a difference which one finished in front. F - 1 and M - 2 will give the team the same points as M - 1 and F - 2. And ordering that switch only breaks team morale. Teams have a constructors championship to fight for, sabotaging one driver so the other can win the drivers championship doesn't give them the best shot at the constructors.

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...Teams have a constructors championship to fight for, sabotaging one driver so the other can win the drivers championship doesn't give them the best shot at the constructors.

what if one driver has no chance to make it to WDC and the other has? which clearly was the case between massa and nando at the time. besides recent statistics show that it is actually benefitial for teams to have a clear no.1 driver. ferrari and renault policy and success during the last decade speaks volumes. mclaren's apparent inability to establish a clear no. 1 at various points in history also caused trouble to the team.

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Ferrari and R*D B*LL had issues due to having designated number 1s too. And in the middle of McLaren's last issue was (surprise surprise) Alonso.

I mean, I know he's a really good driver and all, but no denying the man is a drama queen.

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From a team point of view, it would, but not from a spectator point of view, which is what the F1 organisation should be thinking of. After all, the money is generated by the fans. And when teams are willing to do things like Renault did in Singapore (Nando again :rolleyes:) thats really not for the good of the sport. Its like that spot fixing thing in Cricket. Whats to prevent a bigger tech supplier like Ferrari to lean on a smaller team that they supply engines/GB/KERS to and asking them to do something to change the course of a race? Or have a back marker hold up a driver to allow another driver to either catch up or extend their lead? It might generate a good result for a team, but thats not something we'd like to see. Left to it by themselves, teams will try to get an advantage even by unfair means.

Witness the BMW GTRs entry and exit from ALMS due to Porsche. Witness the racing history of the Skyline GT-Rs. Teams with push in the motorsports bodies always try to cut the other teams off.

Besides, your wrong, Fernando is faster than you works only in favor of a driver. For the team, it wouldn't make a difference which one finished in front. F - 1 and M - 2 will give the team the same points as M - 1 and F - 2. And ordering that switch only breaks team morale. Teams have a constructors championship to fight for, sabotaging one driver so the other can win the drivers championship doesn't give them the best shot at the constructors.

Peri, the "Fernando is faster than you" comment was made because Ferrari at the time was worried of Alonso being backed into Vettell (I think) who was in third place and closing in, and possibly leap frogging both of them. I wasn't happy about it since I was cheering for Massa, but unfortunately the drivers are employees of the teams. I think rather than fans its the betting industry that has made things like team orders very complicated !

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Adjustable rear wings

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No F-ducts or double diffusers

Any system, device or procedure which uses driver movement as a means of altering the aerodynamic characteristics of the car is prohibited from 2011 - that means no F-ducts. Tightening of the regulations on stepped floors means double diffusers in their original sense are also banned.

And then Lotus comes in forward-exit exhaust!

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More pics: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/02/01/renaults-radical-front-exit-exhausts-pictured/

More info: http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/renault-r31-front-exit-exhausts-fee-explained/

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I hope this helps Renault to be more competitive this year.Kubica is one of those guys I really want to see doing well.But as of now the other teams are a bit weary to adapt this because of the overheating issues mentioned in your second link.

BTW its great to see the old lotus livery back eh...

edit:Mclaren,Force India,HRT,Virgin are yet to launch their cars.I'll update the first post when they do.

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Peri, the "Fernando is faster than you" comment was made because Ferrari at the time was worried of Alonso being backed into Vettell (I think) who was in third place and closing in, and possibly leap frogging both of them. I wasn't happy about it since I was cheering for Massa, but unfortunately the drivers are employees of the teams. I think rather than fans its the betting industry that has made things like team orders very complicated !

I'll agree on the betting, and I didn't say the fans complicate things. It'll depend tho, are you a fan of racing, fan of a team, or of a driver, so its debatable.

I propose something radical. If you want team orders, scrap the drivers championship and just have a constructors. Then it becomes a team sport.

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Ferrari and R*D B*LL had issues due to having designated number 1s too. And in the middle of McLaren's last issue was (surprise surprise) Alonso.

I mean, I know he's a really good driver and all, but no denying the man is a drama queen.

were these supposed R*D B*LL and ferrari prolems > the suceess they enjoyed?

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were these supposed R*D B*LL and ferrari prolems > the suceess they enjoyed?

Don't remember Webber and Vettel having a rather public thru the media spat and Massa not being very happy last year. Did you read the OP? The comments refer to the issues between Webber and Vettel. Thats the sort of thing that affects team morale.

More for the benefit of others, coz I really don't expect you to understand about team morale.

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Don't remember Webber and Vettel having a rather public thru the media spat and Massa not being very happy last year. Did you read the OP? The comments refer to the issues between Webber and Vettel. Thats the sort of thing that affects team morale.

More for the benefit of others, coz I really don't expect you to understand about team morale.

but didn't RB win the chamipionship eventually? besides it was team's favorite that won the wdc. are you trying to suggest that R*D B*LL is suffering from low morale now?

bdw are these heart-breaks by these disadvantaged drivers worth the kind of success that ferrari, renault achieved under strict no. 1 policies? every policy has a price and the price of a no.1 driver policy is worth it.

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From a team point of view, it would, but not from a spectator point of view, which is what the F1 organisation should be thinking of. After all, the money is generated by the fans. And when teams are willing to do things like Renault did in Singapore (Nando again :rolleyes:) thats really not for the good of the sport. Its like that spot fixing thing in Cricket. Whats to prevent a bigger tech supplier like Ferrari to lean on a smaller team that they supply engines/GB/KERS to and asking them to do something to change the course of a race? Or have a back marker hold up a driver to allow another driver to either catch up or extend their lead? It might generate a good result for a team, but thats not something we'd like to see. Left to it by themselves, teams will try to get an advantage even by unfair means.

Witness the BMW GTRs entry and exit from ALMS due to Porsche. Witness the racing history of the Skyline GT-Rs. Teams with push in the motorsports bodies always try to cut the other teams off.

Besides, your wrong, Fernando is faster than you works only in favor of a driver. For the team, it wouldn't make a difference which one finished in front. F - 1 and M - 2 will give the team the same points as M - 1 and F - 2. And ordering that switch only breaks team morale. Teams have a constructors championship to fight for, sabotaging one driver so the other can win the drivers championship doesn't give them the best shot at the constructors.

Peri, while its difficult to define- there is something like 'spirit of the game' - I mean deliberate crashes, back marker blocking, man handling smaller teams- are not things that will ever be allowed, even with the lift of the team orders ban- thats just plain cheating!

Yes teams will keep pushing for the 'unfair advantage' - but the sport does draw the line when it comes to cheating. And who is to say that the fans were treated unfairly? at the end of season, they had the drama of very tight push for the Drivers title- that stretched until the last moments of the final race of the season.

I dont know about other the other racing series- but from a F1 team perspective its better to have at least one Championship (be it the Driver's) rather than nothing.

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Kubica conscious, moving fingers

" Renault’s Robert Kubica was able to talk to relatives and move the fingers in his injured right hand on Monday morning, after being briefly awoken by doctors at Italy’s Santa Corona Hospital (Pietra Ligure).

Kubica was placed into an artificially-induced coma on Sunday after undergoing seven hours of surgery to reconstruct his right forearm, following a high-speed crash whilst competing in the Ronde di Andora Rally.

The Polish driver spent the night under constant observation and on Monday Professor Mario Igor Rossello, Director for the Regional Centre of Hand Surgery at San Paolo Hospital in Savona, encouragingly reported that there is no swelling or infection on the right forearm, though it will be several days before it is known if the operation has been 100 percent successful.

In order to avoid further physical stress, Kubica will be put under gentle medication in order to sleep for the next 24 hours at least. In the meantime doctors will decide how to treat his elbow and shoulder fractures. Kubica may have to undergo surgery once again for this, but not for a few days "

Source F1.com

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This is very sad news, as apart from being a great fan of Kubica, the sport needs a competitive Renault team and he was their best chance of being on the front row (no disrespect to Petrov who drove very well last year). I hope he recovers well to be able to compete again !

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The article mentions Senna

With all due respect- it would be a crime to run Senna with them looking so competitive this year... they need someone with proven ability.

Likely options? I'd love to see the Hulk running for them :)

Update- front runners for the seat seem to be Nick Heidfeld & Kimi R

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