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Team: Stefano Domenicali (TP), Mario Almondo (Director of Operations), Aldo Costa (TD), Nicolas Tombazis (CD), Luca Marmorini (HE)
Drivers: Felipe Massa (7), Fernando Alonso (8)
Maybe Ferrari were looking back through some old Autocourses, and saw the 1988 Ligier Judd JS31, which put the engine behind the driver, and the fuel tank behind the engine, a true classic..Confused_Andy wrote:I dont think FIA regs would allow that, the exhausts are just really short, should make this possibly the loudest car...allstaruk08 wrote:have they relocated the fuel tank towards the rear and put the engine behind the driver or do the headers have a sharp turn at the end because they look really close to the cockpit area http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... _right.jpg im asking this question looking at this picture comparing the two cars. or am i just talking a load of rubbish lol
That design really resembles a rolling fire bomb. No protection for the fuel tank whatsoever.Roger the knife wrote: Maybe Ferrari were looking back through some old Autocourses, and saw the 1988 Ligier Judd JS31, which put the engine behind the driver, and the fuel tank behind the engine, a true classic..
No, its obviously not allowed. Fuel must be protected by the driver survival cell. So unless you design this structure to enclose the engine as well you cannot change the order of fuel and engine.One and Only wrote:Is it legal to put fuel tank behind engine?
It must be in the survival cell, it must be behind the driver and in front of the engine.WhiteBlue wrote:No, its obviously not allowed. Fuel must be protected by the driver survival cell. So unless you design this structure to enclose the engine as well you cannot change the order of fuel and engine.One and Only wrote:Is it legal to put fuel tank behind engine?
You can download the rules here .... http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/f1regs.htmlFIA Technical Regulations wrote: 6.1.2 All the fuel stored on board the car must be situated between the front face of the engine and the driver's back when viewed in lateral projection. When establishing the front face of the engine, no parts of the fuel, oil, water or electrical systems will be considered.
Furthermore, no fuel can be stored more than 300mm forward of the highest point at which the driver's back makes contact with his seat. However, a maximum of 2 litres of fuel may be kept outside the survival cell, but only that which is necessary for the normal running of the engine.
6.1.3 Fuel must not be stored more than 400mm from the longitudinal axis of the car.
Gerhard, I'm with you. I wouldn't mind a limping pony instead of a prancing stallion.Gerhard Berger wrote:Even with Alonso, Ferrari's overall package is not as strong as it once was with Schumacher. They are now missing (Jean) Todt, (Ross) Brawn and the often underestimated designer (Rory) Byrne. And without the right people, soon you are lost.
How could they know its not fast when its never even been driven.
The Ferrari chief designer made the following remark on the day of the McLaren launch:djones wrote:How could they know its not fast when its never even been driven.
Sounds like a BS story to me.
McLaren's Paddy Lowe said to Autosport:Aldo Costa wrote: We were put in a very unpleasant position last year and we still think that the double diffuser is illegal. Maybe the saga will just carry on.
Ferrari are already making excuses for potentially low performance and insufficient research in diffusor design. At least that is the sound of the news from the two ex top teams.Paddy Lowe wrote:This is the first car in which we have had a clean sheet of paper to really exploit the interpretation [of diffusers] that was developed last year for a design of floors.
You will see we have produced a fairly extreme incarnation of that but we won't be alone in that. We believe you will see some pretty extreme solutions on our competitors' cars as well.
We think the interpretation is very clear. In certain aspects we have sought guidance from the FIA and they have come out with very clear interpretation, understanding and guidance - and we think that has been made available to all the teams.
We are hoping for a much cleaner start to the season then we had a year ago in terms of the teams' collective understanding of the basis from which we go racing.
FLC wrote:A few weeks ago there were very positive reports in the Finnish press about Ferrari designers being exceptionally satisfied with the car's weight distribution. Funny how these things turn...