Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey has admitted to concern that the new lower nose regulations introduced in Formula One may have uninentionally made driver safety worse.
I might then move on to the 2009 regs and repeat, see the differences. )
Original: http://www.motorsport-aktuell.com/artikel_4975.htmlHonda was the first team in test KERS, Honda also tested as a first team 2009er Aero package - already in Hockenheim!
With the new chief engineer Ross Brawn, the entwicklungstechnischen space at Honda runs a sudden end: former Ferrari chief strategist has at Silverstone said that soon the whole development capacity for the 2009 season, and is a foretaste of which we have already received .
Honda was the first Formula 1 racing team with an engine KERS in trial operation, and now, the Japanese established in England the next Joker zücken: in the race transporter, one of the tests ausgerückt Hockenheim, is a completely after 2009er aerodynamics regulations equipped cars stuck .
The car will be on an English airfield tested and the test for use as has been declared fit. This laboratory vehicle based on the RA108 - according to regulations without all the extra wing - has proved contrary to the forecast of the FIA, that the new aerodynamic downforce to half the cost, was just a loss of 25 percent noted!
25% isn't all that much -- that's less than the difference between a Monza-spec car and a Monaco-spec car. Remember for 2005 they wanted to reduce downforce by 35% (and they achieved that for the first race, at least).Conceptual wrote:Hey,
25% is still ALOT to lose in one season. If Honda are to the proposed regs, and have found out that the 2009 downforce levels are still 75% of 2008 levels, I suggest seeing it test, and letting it go for this coming season. Maybe reduce another 25% for 2010, and another 25% for 2011.
I, for one, want to see how the Honda performs. If it is still at 75% DF, with slicks, and KERS, I think that it would be a pretty bad-ass car to be honest. ESPECIALLY since it has just as much ICE HP going to the wheels, and now comes with a 100HO boost button.
Can Honda test the 2009 car simultaneously this year, and have it count towards their 2009 testing miles, or will it eat into the 2008 mileage cap?
Chris
Yes, I agree it is quite bad if see laptimes that are much faster than today. However, the main goal of these regulations was to facilitate overtaking NOT to slow the cars down -- they just would like to see 5 seconds a lap slower. Now it's obvious we're not going to see that.Ogami musashi wrote:They'd better not regain too much or the slicks will go away...and that would be bad for many reasons.
That next year cars end up faster would not surprise me at all.
Well we have a margin after all we're 4 seconds off the 2004 levels.
Regulations are still not finished i've been told, some bodywork question are still in discussions.
WhiteBlue wrote:This is a very serious issue as Ogami Musashi wrote. The German article claims clearly that the car will be total to 2009 rules bodywork and was tested in strait line testing to miss the expectations of downforce reduction by half the target. I agree that the FIA will most likely not launch the slicks unless further improvements are shown. They have been duped too often by promises to play that game. In the end they could go back to just controlling the dowenforce by sensors as stipulated in the first rules proposal. That would probably be the most simple solution.
