Ferrari F14T

[mclaren_mircea]

Hopefully a more accurate comparison.

http://i.imgur.com/qDY4GeL.jpg

Makes you realise just how much Mclaren is valuing front suspension/tyre management this year rather than the aero benefit of the higher wishbones - wonder how that will work out given the tyres are supposedly much more robust this year.

So, bad aproach or good aproach by Mp4-29 compared to F14T?

[FrukostScones]

If this is al Lotus style nose, then look low it goes, that will be one obcenity if true!

[idiot]

3rd consecutive year Ferrari opting for that kind of radiator exits..I just dont like them..I think it was the main reasson for the aerodynamic problems Ferrari had the past few years ..The rest of the car boodywork/packaging looks promising to me..

[Redragon]

The still doesn't show the real width of the gap but few stills later you can really appreciate when in angle that it might be the Lotus style nose

[daveyrace]

So in the Intro Video, at Second 55, is that a mold for a Lotus type Nose?

I saw that the first time I watched it through, just had another look. Maybe it is the shape of the current crash structure without the vanity panel/fairing? A double prong but it doesnt look asymetrical so requires the vanity panel to meet regs. Maybe we could see Ferrari try out a Lotus type nose if theirs is that close underneath.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

i dont understand, that high chassis and then the air blocked with that front, quess thats why im no engineer

Have you actually looked at the two designs & compared them?




The McLaren isn't going to much more air under than the F14 T. And the Ferrari nose seems quite rounded to help facilitate air under front bulkhead along with help from camera pods. Armchair aero isn't going to tell us how good this nose is or isn't compared to other designs.

[muelte]

No way that's a lotus style nose. Clearly a cockpit surround.

[SectorOne]

It might be a cockpit surround. But for ants.

[acosmichippo]

i dont understand, that high chassis and then the air blocked with that front, quess thats why im no engineer

Have you actually looked at the two designs & compared them?

http://f14t.ferrari.com/static/src/asse ... ntview.jpg
http://gpupdate2.ed5.nl/news/236662.jpg

The McLaren isn't going to much more air under than the F14 T. And the Ferrari nose seems quite rounded to help facilitate air under front bulkhead along with help from camera pods. Armchair aero isn't going to tell us how good this nose is or isn't compared to other designs.

to me, McLaren's nose looks just as rounded, if not more so, than Ferrari.

[techF1LES]

[Jersey Tom]

i dont understand, that high chassis and then the air blocked with that front, quess thats why im no engineer

Have you actually looked at the two designs & compared them?

http://f14t.ferrari.com/static/src/asse ... ntview.jpg
http://gpupdate2.ed5.nl/news/236662.jpg

The McLaren isn't going to much more air under than the F14 T. And the Ferrari nose seems quite rounded to help facilitate air under front bulkhead along with help from camera pods. Armchair aero isn't going to tell us how good this nose is or isn't compared to other designs.

Would be interesting to compare those two at the same scale. Sidepod inlet area between the two, looks like Ferrari's is much more closed up. Could be the scale screwing with my eyes though.

[mclaren_mircea]

http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/34129/ ... estrattore

Some sort of aero purpouse of the rear-suspension, something like on the Mclaren, but slightly different.

[smlbstcbr]

Hmmm... small sidepods, their engine could possibly have less power than the Mercedes.

[Richard]

The still doesn't show the real width of the gap but few stills later you can really appreciate when in angle that it might be the Lotus style nose

Its shown at 1:30 on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... WhHDwPI4Z0

I suspect its the mould for the rear wing support.

[Greenish]

Engine from tech specs page, don't know if this is old or new image: