Sauber C32 Ferrari

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ESPImperium
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What inspired the C32:

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However the car looks a good bit like the C30, whitch was a good looking car!

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foxmulder_ms
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Most beautiful car this year. Great paint job. Loved it.

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Holm86
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I agree. Such a beauty of a car. Also like the new paint scheme.

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Blackout
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Some more details...
-The bulge (yellow rectangle) isthat a vortice generator ? reminds me of the R26 and other cars... (below the ''elf'')

-Bargeboard seems to have a smaller bargeboard next to her (little red rectangle)

-Force India/E20 bulge under the nosecone

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bucker
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Is it possible that this is a hole for cooling?

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Blackout
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Mclaren and Force india use it for Kers cooling...

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korzeniow wrote:Hard to compare because of diffrent angles, but from this comparsion the nosecone of C32 seems to be lower:

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It is lower, if you make a line from nose tip to wheel you can find a reference point. They were the other way around.
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One picture is centered vertically, the other shot from near ground level.

(compare rear wing endplates)
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Red Schneider
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Maybe they stuck a 1.5 liter engine in there so they could pull one over everyone with their small side pods. :wink:

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Blackout wrote:Some more details...
-The bulge (yellow rectangle) isthat a vortice generator ?
IMO it's just to make place for the driver's erm.... lower body :)

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C32 launch
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Owen.C93
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That's what I expected the rumored McLaren fighter style sidepods to look like.
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Blackout
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timbo wrote:
Blackout wrote:Some more details...
-The bulge (yellow rectangle) isthat a vortice generator ?
IMO it's just to make place for the driver's erm.... lower body :)
:mrgreen:

A different angle

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Anyone got any idea what we're looking at here?

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beelsebob wrote:[img]http://f.cl.ly/items/1F0r0U0m0J3J0N3c2K ... el.png[img]
Anyone got any idea what we're looking at here?
A reflection? I can't see it in any other shots.
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