Ferrari F138

[Spankyham]

They are great shots and thanks for them, but, I'm not sure that is a camera.

[StrikeForceF1]

We are speaking about this cables and the possibility it's connected to an IR camera for monitoring the front tires.

http://papermodelers.sk/hostimages2013/ ... N3RkZ1.jpg

Yep I would tend to agree with that seems like that is a cable for a sensor....probably IR but we really don't know.
Also nice pic of the wheel hub without the brake disc....showing the ducting for brake cooling and some internals......there doesn;t seem to be blown wheel nuts as speculated earlier.

Any other news on whats happening in Malaysia.....can't wait for this weekend and the practise sessions......

[Low_drag]

Ok, I agree it's not a bolt, but a sensor of some sort, yes. Is it an IR camera, No. Is it an IR sensor for pin point measure ment on tire temp, plausible. I wonder where the sensors are for rear tire temps if they are collecting real time temp's.

[Nomore]

I have a question guys..
How on earth can Ferrari let us to see those photos guys??...The last time Mclaren had those photos they paid 100 000 000 $...
@stefan_ you brought those photos here, so you are the Nigel Stepney of the Spy story... ...we others, we are all innocent...:D

[joalma]

Here are a few more images of the camera that I found, these are from the last Barcelona test and Melbourne GP. It does look like a visual sensor.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77620/ferrari_1.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77620/ferrari_2.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77620/ferrari_3.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77620/ferrari_4.jpg

This image of the F138 of Massa on the last day of Barcelona test

Regards

[elFranZ]

I have a question guys..
How on earth can Ferrari let us to see those photos guys??...The last time Mclaren had those photos they paid 100 000 000 $...
@stefan_ you brought those photos here, so you are the Nigel Stepney of the Spy story... ...we others, we are all innocent...:D

McLaren had the entire "blueprint", 1:1 scale, complete of measures and weight distrubutions.
Different from some shots taken during a race week end.
And every team has some photo guy to shoot and analyze solutions from the others, so nothing new.

Back to the car, I noticed the stiffening bar over the engine has gone. Marmorini is rumored to have redesigned and fixed the chassis-engine link, so, given McLaren's problem with their car, I was wondering if a pull rod front suspension requires a stiffer chassis than the push rod solution.

[wesley123]

I have a question guys..
How on earth can Ferrari let us to see those photos guys??...The last time Mclaren had those photos they paid 100 000 000 $...
@stefan_ you brought those photos here, so you are the Nigel Stepney of the Spy story... ...we others, we are all innocent...:D

I just hope you are joking...

[Nomore]

I have a question guys..
How on earth can Ferrari let us to see those photos guys??...The last time Mclaren had those photos they paid 100 000 000 $...
@stefan_ you brought those photos here, so you are the Nigel Stepney of the Spy story... ...we others, we are all innocent...:D

I just hope you are joking...

no no I'm serious..

[wesley123]

I have a question guys..
How on earth can Ferrari let us to see those photos guys??...The last time Mclaren had those photos they paid 100 000 000 $...
@stefan_ you brought those photos here, so you are the Nigel Stepney of the Spy story... ...we others, we are all innocent...:D

I just hope you are joking...

no no I'm serious..

[Nomore]

I just hope you are joking...[/quote]

no no I'm serious..[/quote]
http://www.pc-helpforum.be/attachments/ ... cepalm.jpg[/quote]
LOOL

[Crabbia]

Ok, I agree it's not a bolt, but a sensor of some sort, yes. Is it an IR camera, No. Is it an IR sensor for pin point measure ment on tire temp, plausible. I wonder where the sensors are for rear tire temps if they are collecting real time temp's.

One possible location for the rear tyre temp sensors is here:[img]http://www.formule1.nl/media/uploads/me ... 296.94.jpg[/img]
On the floor, ahead of the rear tyre there is a elliptical "bubble" with the rear face of the bubble cut out. I think the rear face is cut out cause the sensor pointing out of that face. I haven't seen a shot of it with that face front on to confirm though.
This pic is a bit grainy but it you can see what I mean:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BEbUqldCMAA2b6g.jpg:large

And agreed I will call it a IR sensor from now on. Although i still think it is giving them 2D images in real time of the heat buildup and dissipation across the outer face of the tyre and not just point temperature readings but we can agree to disagree on that one no?

[Forza]

F1 Malaysian GP - Thursday - 21/3/2013















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[SAEED]

Have you seen this reply by @scarbsf1:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ScarbsF1/sta ... 188161?p=v

[Maxion]

Have you seen this reply by @scarbsf1:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ScarbsF1/sta ... 188161?p=v

Ahh yeah, I asked him that, forgot to post the answer here, sorry.

[Just_a_fan]

Back to the car, I noticed the stiffening bar over the engine has gone. Marmorini is rumored to have redesigned and fixed the chassis-engine link, so, given McLaren's problem with their car, I was wondering if a pull rod front suspension requires a stiffer chassis than the push rod solution.

Pullrod suspension has different load paths to pushrod so it's just differently stiff rather than stiffer, if that makes sense.