Renault R30

[woohoo]

I think that so far in most cases two #1 drivers in one team led to the unhealthy rivalry than fruitful cooperation.

Prost & Senna
Prost & Mansell
Hamilton & Alonso
etc.

Alonso and Kubica also have different driving styles.
Also It might be a good tactical move to delay the shift, so Kubica's value might increase.

But lets discuss his car!

[Carlo's]

http://www.renaultf1.com/Eric-Boullier- ... oving.html

Boullier is expecting similar pace to the race in Spain, perhaps even better thanks to new improvements.

Keep pushing RF1, what a development war with Mercedes

[madly]

Watch this interview with Petrov and the cars behind him. Are they re-branded cars for roadshow, or completely new R30 aero for Turkey?

http://my.renaultf1.com/profiles/blogs/ ... h-vitaly-1


EDIT: Sorry, too early post, RF1 Paddock Pass said: "the cars in the background are the demo cars - two R29s. The R30s will be in Istanbul by now and almost at the circuit."

[Carlo's]

[madly]

In Turkey R30 will have updated front wing. On the pictures Vitaly has the old one, but a new one will arrive soon from factory.

No F-duct in Turkey. Some other updates (but not specified).

[cravenciak]

[madly]

It's old front wing.

[madly]

Missing camera wing from left of the airbox inlet, compare to photo below (black small wing on the left side of inlet). Could it be attached later, when car will be fully assembled?

[Rogerek]

Missing camera wing from left of the airbox inlet, compare to photo below (black small wing on the left side of inlet). Could it be attached later, when car will be fully assembled?

Istanbul is anticlockwise track (like Interlagos) as opposed to the rest of the tracks. Camera mount could be on the other side merged with black background.

[Blackout]

The new wing:

with three vertical fences !
the long upper winglet is gone. Now a shorter and split winglet takes its place (with a higher AOA + a gurney flap)

[BreezyRacer]

Boy, that's one nice wing. I'm quite impressed with the Renault aero dept this year .. a big improvement over the past!

[H.Lyoud]

Awesome front wing.

[madly]

EDIT: by mistake - the old wing. Removed.

[madly]

[madly]

Apex speed at turn 8:

1.M. Webber 260,7
2.S. Vettel 258,1
3.R.Kubica 257,2
4.K.Kobayashi 246 !!!!