CaterhamF1 CT-01 Renault

[ESPImperium]

My prediction for this car is P9 in the constructors table, with 10 points on the board as well. They will be in the Williams-Toro Rosso-Sauber battles at most tracks but there will still be some tracks they still lack.

Unless they find 2 seconds in time, i think they will be in that mix. I recon they will be on target to get that 0.9 seconds they need to join the established mid feild.

[shelly]

What I am pointing at is that rb7 was the fattest in an area, and now ct-01 seems as fat as rb7 ther, and fatter than t128

But way way way way way tighter than the T128 pretty much everywhere else. I don't think there's any issue with the lack of a significant undercut there, in fact, the RB7 proved there really isn't a significant one.

I agre with you on that. What I mean is that mabe in that section the fatter the better, whereas before and after that an undercut is better. Usually one says the thinner the better everywhere, but maybe it is not always like that.
They seem to have changed packaging philosopy, maybe having dicovered a advantage in that that they did not exploit last year.

[theblackangus]

Hello
It's look like agricultural material, don't it ?
... certainly the colors... [-o<
i'm thinking for JOHN DEERE sponsoring ...

Honestly I always thought John Deere made a great motorsport fit.
1. They manufacture engines.
2. Motto - Nothing runs like a Deere!

[PlatinumZealot]

My prediction for this car is P9 in the constructors table, with 10 points on the board as well. They will be in the Williams-Toro Rosso-Sauber battles at most tracks but there will still be some tracks they still lack.

Unless they find 2 seconds in time, i think they will be in that mix. I recon they will be on target to get that 0.9 seconds they need to join the established mid feild.

Ah.. but remember there are teams that will loose time and come back down to earth because of the EBD ban and KERS adoption. With aero regulations very similar to 2009, excluding the DDD, it is going to be very close across the grid. That 2 seconds they need to find could surely have diminished to 1 second.

[Lurk]

I find this more interesting:

It's not quite as tight as the RB7, but it's very close.

Could high exhausts have lead to less tighten sidepods?
Plus, I think RB7 sidepods (and also cockpit) start more ahead.

[sesku]

from autosport forum.

[horse]

That just looks like such a steep transition. It's hard to believe it's that efficient.

[beelsebob]

My prediction for this car is P9 in the constructors table, with 10 points on the board as well. They will be in the Williams-Toro Rosso-Sauber battles at most tracks but there will still be some tracks they still lack.

Unless they find 2 seconds in time, i think they will be in that mix. I recon they will be on target to get that 0.9 seconds they need to join the established mid feild.

I think your prediction is reasonable – they should be a bit ahead of Willams, and battling TR/Sauber. FI I recon may be a bit beyond their range though. This seems pretty much in line with what they stated they would do as they joined F1 – IIRC they stated that they would be battling the mid field in their 3rd year, fingers crossed it's true.

[Caterhamrules]

Caterham's website re-launched : http://www.caterhamf1.com

[Coefficient]

Can this verticle step be good for airflow? Surely not.


http://www.caterhamf1.com/gallery/2012/ ... g-the-nose

[PlatinumZealot]

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Ferrari sidepods.

[Lurk]

[PaulB]

The one guy's drinking coffee.

[Terrible3]

Official caterham launch video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ycejyi2t4A

[danardif1]

Hi there, new member but have been watching this forum for ages.

I was just thinking about the new-style F1 noses and was wondering if there was any way a vent or set of turning vanes could be incorporated into the step between the chassis bulkhead and the nose itself? Or does the bulkhead have to be solid in that area?

So instead of the step you'd have a hole, with the bottom of that 'tunnel' being in line with the height of the nose. The top would be solid and would close off that, perhaps giving an opportunity to channel some air in a more favourable position?

Not an engineer so forgive me if it's completely stupid or ignores key points of the regs in any way, it was just a thought.