Ferrari 2014 Car Pre-launch Speculation

[blokkie]

power unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRu9Zs6NbZk

pics are from the video
http://i.imgur.com/KNN8Czf.jpg

http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/presen ... power-unit

Why these pics on 3 forum topics already ... a link is sufficient as reference if it's on-topic anyway .. sigh

[muelte]

At least from those rendered pics, it seems they've dropped the vertical radiator layout.

[turbof1]

head post updated with engine video

[hollus]

The pics are allright, blokkie. They are in the relevant topics and they are relevant to all three. Not everyone reads every topic.
But let's see how much they resemble what the car has in it come next february.

[turbof1]

engine talk normally doesn't directly fit in the 2014 car discussions. I think it's best to try to keep small, minor things without any source out of the car discussion. If something from a reliable source pops up, it's actually for the best that it gets posted in all 3 car -powered by a ferrari engine- discussions. It might be "just" a Marussia or Sauber car, but they do run the exact same engine. Any news about the ferrari engine is also news to those cars, not just the 2014 Ferrari car.

[hollus]

But this is the speculation thread, Turbo. I'd approve of the links being posted in the Sauber and Marussia 2014 car's speculation threads as well.
I think (IMO only) that we can wait for the actual car and the actual car thread to get scrupuously clean. In the meantime, the size, shape and heat rejection needs of the engine/powertrain do define the size, shape and aerodynamic possibilities of the car. Never mind its power level...

[CBeck113]

So, I managed to stop the video where they show a bit of the outline of the car, and made this screen shot:

I saw four intersting things:
1. There seems to be an opening below the engine air intake, behind the driver's head (blue)
2. The sidepods do not seem to be very undercut (red)
3. The sidepods seem to begin dropping toward the back almost immediately (yellow), and have a very squared off edge (red) => they will try to get the air from over the sidepods down to the diffusor (my guess), and around the engine seems to be very compact - pods like RBs, but more square at the upper corner, should be possible
4. After looking at the pic for a while, the sidepods seem to be quite compact, in the direction of the Sauber C32...
Could be very interesting...too bad we couldn't see the nose

[astracrazy]

theres no way that is the 2014 car. it will just be a mock up

[Rikhart]

You´re nuts if you think thats actually their 2014 car. Thats just what some renderer put together in 10 minutes, in all certainty.

[Holm86]

Apparently the name of the 2014 F1 car will be decided by fans. Just heard this. No source.

[turbof1]

2 pictures of the life engine preview from f1fanatic:

[mkable1370]

I don't see a turbo....

[Thunder]

I don't see a turbo....

It's just the bare engine. No ERS, Headers, Turbo.....

[SectorOne]

We can forget guessing the name of the Ferrari since Ferrari plans to let fans decide through a poll.

Ferrari has revealed that it will let fans decide the name of its latest Formula 1 contender.

At the Italian manufacturer's traditional pre-Christmas party with international media, President Luca Di Montezemolo said an online vote is to be organised ahead of the car's launch early next year.

During the 2013 season, the car driven by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa was entitled the F138

[radosav]

I don't see a turbo....

It's just the bare engine. No ERS, Headers, Turbo.....

It is probably V8, surrounded by cars that used it!