F1: Ferrari the first to show '09 car.

[Ferry_vO]

Called the F60 to celebrate sixty years of participation in F1, the F60 is fitted with a KERS system but it's not yet decided if the team will use the system from the first race. Have to admit it looks much better than the BMW hybrid that we saw during winter testing..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/F601.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/F602.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/F60.jpg

McLaren and Renault will show their new cars later this week.

[wombat666]

That rear wing is just plain fugly!!!!
:faint:

[demorier]

I can still see a heap of those front wings getting smashed during races. They just plain old stick out to much.

[wombat666]

Plenty of 'built-in' understeer there!!
:kilroy:

[Panther_99FS]

Hmmm...
With that tiny rear wing and huge ones in front, I'd think the car would have more oversteer...

[Ferry_vO]

BMW have tested the new aerodynamics, and according to Klien overtaking should be easier as you can now follow a car in front of you much closer without loosing downforce..

[Ferry_vO]

Some shots of the first test, from WCF:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/ferrari-f60-launch-day-1_6.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/ferrari-f60-launch-day-1_7.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/ferrari-f60-launch-day-1_9.jpg

[lefty]

Looks kinda like, er, a Ferrari F1 to me.

Will someone please tell me who Alice is ??

[demorier]

I don't know either, but it's a sponsor. Also appears on the Ducati MotoGP bikes.

[Ferry_vO]

Will someone please tell me who Alice is ??

Didn't someone write a song about that once..? :)

IIRC It's an internet provider.

[Ferry_vO]

Toyota launced their TF109 today:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/117014.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/117016.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/117017.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/117018.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/117019.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/117020.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/117031.jpg

McLaren will show their new car tomorrow, Williams and Renault on Monday and BMW on Tuesday.

[lefty]

Yet another complicated and (very)expensive nose job that'll get demolished in the first corner!

What they really need is something like this.........

[Ferry_vO]

Cheaper engines, big fat slicks, less downforce; I thought it would look more like this:

:costumes:

[wombat666]

'ALICE' are the Telecom Italia ADSL service.
:173go1:

[Ferry_vO]

The new Mac MP4/24:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/McLaren_Mercedes_MP424_001.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/McLaren_Mercedes_MP424_002.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/McLaren_Mercedes_MP424_003.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/mercedes-mclaren-mp4-24-2009-f1-car.jpg

[smoores]

I'd almost expect them to handle like front wheel drive.

[wombat666]

Oh dear!!!
A chrome plated turd is still a turd ......... :faint:
As attractive as a hatful' of ar--holes to use a good old Aussie term.

[wombat666]

Hmmm...
With that tiny rear wing and huge ones in front, I'd think the car would have more oversteer...

My first reaction as well Ed, but I think the rear end would just keep pushing the front end straight ahead ...... there is such a thing as too much front end grip!
:hand:

[Ferry_vO]

The Ferrari, McLaren and even the Toyota have some nice lines I think, but the new Renault R29 has been beaten with the ugly stick at least twice! The design itself is unattractive and messy, but the colourscheme really hurts my eyes. They say that if something looks fast, it probably is. I hope for Alonso and Piquet that is not true...:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/R29.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/R293.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/R292.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/R291.jpg

The new Williams FW31 (In a temporary livery) isn't much better looking:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/FW314.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/FW313.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/FW312.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/FW311.jpg

:isadizzy:

[smoores]

they are starting to look like bi-planes now:wavey:

[wombat666]

"The Ferrari, McLaren and even the Toyota have some nice lines I think, but the new Renault R29 has been beaten with the ugly stick at least twice!"

I think we may have come across the genuine Ugly Stick!
F-U-G-L-Y!!!!!!!!
:amen:

And FWIW, given the last few years, the Williams will probably perform like an AN-2.

[Ferry_vO]

The new BMW F109:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/bmw-f109_33.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/bmw-f109_31.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/bmw-f109_11.jpg

Next to the old F108; I must admit I do like the cleaner lines of the '09 cars. Way too many silly wings all over that old model!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/bmw-f109_29.jpg

[Ferry_vO]

Another new one: The Red Bull Racing RB5.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/2009-red-bull-f1-car.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/2009-red-bull-f1-car_2.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/2009-red-bull-f1-car_3.jpg

Interesting front wing design, a very narrow nose and I wonder what that 'teardrop' between the front wheels is? Some balance weight perhaps?

[lefty]

Very clever Red Bull video

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1529569285/bctid10497901001

[wombat666]

"Interesting front wing design, a very narrow nose and I wonder what that 'teardrop' between the front wheels is? Some balance weight perhaps?"

Probably one of Bernie's newly mandated cameras ......... or a safe place for Mark and Sebbie to stow the 'Family Jewels'.
Then again, can't be the latter, way too small!!!!!
:jump:

[Ferry_vO]

The first photo's have emerged of the Force India-Mercedes VJM02, now the only car not yet revealed is the new STR but that will be another RBR car in a different livery..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/118850.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/118853.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/118840.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/118839.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/118838.jpg

The nose is so high they had to make the front suspension angled down quite a bit, wonder how this will affect the geometry? Most team prefer to keep the suspension wishbones as horizontal as possible. The mirrors look pretty neat, but no doubt the fins they are mounted on have some aeerodynamic function. The car now carries the colours of the Indian flag, which looks.. interesting. IMHO it's slightly better than the red/gold they've had on the car last season..

[Ferry_vO]

Now that Brawn GP has unvealed their BGP001 (How do they come up with those names..?) and Scuderia Toro Rosso their STR4 (The Red Bull Racing RB5 but with a Ferrari engine) the field is now complete!

Looks like BGP could use a few sponsors..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/BGP0011.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/BGP0012.jpg

The car was fast during today's testing, but of course some claims the car was underweight to scoree some good results to interest potential sponsors..

The STR4:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/STR4.jpg

Now compare it to the RB5:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/RB5.jpg

Williams tested with these 'skate fins' as they call them:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/skatefins.jpg

Renault was driving around with an entirely new front wing:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/F1-2009/renault.jpg

McLaren was dead last during today's test, but it seems they have an entirely new aero package including a radical new underfloor, and Heikki slowed down every lap in the last corner before coming down the straight. Seems they do not want to show the potential of their car just yet..