Ferrari F138

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wesley123
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The slots in the main plane are nothing more than creating a 3 plane wing in the 'unregulated' outer 20cm. They have been doing that on and off since 2011, and other teams applied that loophole too. Red Bull and LRGP did, and Red Bull and merc apply this loophole to the beamwing.
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bhall
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Perhaps. But, this is a lot different than the tiny slots used before.

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wesley123
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It just look different because of the larger wing used
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amouzouris
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I agree with bhal.
Also there are no slots at the rear of the wing, that was my initial thought as well, that its just a different take on that loophole, but as it turns out its not

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Monaco 2013 - Friday (24.05.2013)

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Monaco 2013 - Saturday (25.05.2013)

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kebab
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Something went wrong as the car move left and the front locked at the entry of of turn 1.

Huntresa
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kebab wrote:Something went wrong as the car move left and the front locked at the entry of of turn 1.
The wheels doesn't actually turn right when he tries, so he just straight forward into the barriers, pretty scary

Dyanxx
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kebab wrote:Something went wrong as the car move left and the front locked at the entry of of turn 1.
Apparently it was driver error.

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"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe." Murray Walker, San Marino 1985

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Redragon
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Dyanxx wrote:
kebab wrote:Something went wrong as the car move left and the front locked at the entry of of turn 1.
Apparently it was driver error.
For me it looks as he forgot which area he was. So it cought him by surprise

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Bomber_Pilot
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Interesting nose cone/crash structure.

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turbof1
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Bomber_Pilot wrote:
Interesting nose cone/crash structure.
2 massive holes in it; for what purpose is it hollow?
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Mui
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turbof1 wrote:
Bomber_Pilot wrote:
Interesting nose cone/crash structure.
2 massive holes in it; for what purpose is it hollow?
I'm going to say to save weight but why would you want it filled?

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turbof1 wrote:
Bomber_Pilot wrote:
Interesting nose cone/crash structure.
2 massive holes in it; for what purpose is it hollow?
nosecones were always hollow i think...
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Chubbs
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turbof1 wrote:
Bomber_Pilot wrote:
Interesting nose cone/crash structure.
2 massive holes in it; for what purpose is it hollow?
I think the top hollow section is due to the vanity panel. The bottom half is the crash structure and is probably optimised to reduce weight but still pass FIA crash test.
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