Toyota's carbon wheel ring

Tp · Post 04 May 2006, 21:45

[IMG:320:214]http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2508/toyota5rj.png[/img]

This is on the Toyota

Sawtooth-spike · Post 04 May 2006, 22:09

nice find Dude,

so everybody is jumping on the band wagon. Odd shape for the hole? anbody got any ideas why?

zac510 · Post 04 May 2006, 22:52

Looks more like some kind of transport protection than an actual race part. Lets wait till Friday before jumping to conclusions.

johny · Post 05 May 2006, 16:51

it looks quite crap to be an update, no they aren't using that

Tp · Post 05 May 2006, 16:59

[IMG:640:427]http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2743/f ... 2602jh.jpg[/img]

Seems they are using a carbon ring similar to Ferrari

Sawtooth-spike · Post 05 May 2006, 17:00

i think they only come on for quaifying, cus ferrari are not using them ether

kkobayash · Post 06 May 2006, 01:25

Here you can clearly see the black CF rim on the rear wheels.

But i cant seem to find the ferraris using it

Plus they got an explanation at Formula.com:

http://www.formula1.com/insight/technic ... 5/269.html

manchild · Post 06 May 2006, 03:16

Oh yes they are

tomazy · Post 06 May 2006, 10:56

http://www.formula1.com/race/technical_ ... 5/269.html

johny · Post 06 May 2006, 11:07

f1.com wrote:An imaginative new feature for Europe

yes it's the most imaginative thing i've seen ever

Sawtooth-spike · Post 06 May 2006, 11:45

have they always only been on the rear?

wazojugs · Post 06 May 2006, 13:27

hhhmmmm Ferrari 1-2 with ralf in third place is this something to do with the cool temps allowing the bridgestones to work better or is it the aid of the wheel rim!!!!

but to throw that on its head JV is 4th.....

yelowca · Post 09 May 2006, 05:45

Does any body know what the purpose is of the carbon reall rim on the Ferrari and on the Toyota

Tp · Post 09 May 2006, 16:55

yeloca wrote:Does any body know what the purpose is of the carbon reall rim on the Ferrari and on the Toyota

I think it justs helps to extract hot brake air to the outside on the wheel.

Post 09 May 2006, 18:43

Tp wrote:
yeloca wrote:Does any body know what the purpose is of the carbon reall rim on the Ferrari and on the Toyota
I think it justs helps to extract hot brake air to the outside on the wheel.

I personally would be quite surprised it this actually increased cooling performance. At Imola for instance you could see how Schumacher's brakes were suffering as a lot of dust came off. Alonso's on the other hand didn't wear so much apperently.

The real gain is probably just the reduced drag created by air passing aside of the wheel.