Ferrari F138

[axle]

Nice evolution of the endplate...wonder if it will make it to Oz...

[otbsti]

In the second photo, ignore the hole. Look at the amount of narrowing caused by the pylons!

That was noteworthy, but I'm talking about the interior of the nose cone and the obvious electrical connection running to something inside. Wonder if Ferrari truly went after this idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJybR-uW ... e=youtu.be

[nhojekim]

In the second photo, ignore the hole. Look at the amount of narrowing caused by the pylons!

That was noteworthy, but I'm talking about the interior of the nose cone and the obvious electrical connection running to something inside. Wonder if Ferrari truly went after this idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJybR-uW ... e=youtu.be

I can see two holes... What do you think they are doing?

[Richard]

Laptimes
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Why you posting stuff about f2012 last years car?

Because someone asked bout last year. Or am I getting insane?

Thank you for that comparison. You are not insane just in the wrong place.

As a general note, there have been a lot of posts about laptimes and "wow Alonso is fast", they have been moved to a better place. For now I mean that literally, but it is tempting to use it as a euphemism

Remember the mantra - if it isn't on the car, then it isn't in this thread!

• Testing & race threads for timing info & race chatter
• Car threads should be about the physical features of the car
• Team threads for conversations about the team - people, sponsorship, management etc.
• We have a special fanboy thread for cheering on your team, prophecies, and trolling http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... f=3&t=7520

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[miguelalvesreis]

Since the cameras are installed there....

[aral]

In the second photo, ignore the hole. Look at the amount of narrowing caused by the pylons!

That was noteworthy, but I'm talking about the interior of the nose cone and the obvious electrical connection running to something inside. Wonder if Ferrari truly went after this idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJybR-uW ... e=youtu.be

That is just the camera cable. The other idea mentioned by you is fanciful!

[otbsti]

Camera connection could make sense, but 2 things come to mind: 1. They aren't running any cameras in there during testing. They are dummy pods for aero purposes I thought. 2. Why would it be a cable that has to be un-plugged carefully by a mechanic ? Everyone else has cameras on the nose cone, but they seem to be a quick connect or something similar as they certainly don't carefully unplug and plug them back in during a nose change during a race (for example).

Just throwing it out there... I'm most likely wrong, but I thought it was an interesting set of photos.

[outsid3r]

Anyone noticed that the vents on the driver's side were only installed on the right? exit for the nose intake and making comparisons maybe?

[zonk]

And the cooling "towel"

[amouzouris]

Alonso mentioned that they were improving reliability so they were maybe intentionally trying to get components to overheat slightly and check were the 'weak' spots are and improve reliability

[Froggolo]

watching the photos, is visible that they are testing different levels of rake,
but the higher F138 rake seems still quite far from Rb9 rake
what probably implies that Ferrari diffuser isn't still as sealed as Red Bull's one

[aral]

Camera connection could make sense, but 2 things come to mind: 1. They aren't running any cameras in there during testing. They are dummy pods for aero purposes I thought. 2. Why would it be a cable that has to be un-plugged carefully by a mechanic ? Everyone else has cameras on the nose cone, but they seem to be a quick connect or something similar as they certainly don't carefully unplug and plug them back in during a nose change during a race (for example).

Just throwing it out there... I'm most likely wrong, but I thought it was an interesting set of photos.

All noses have to be wired for cameras, whether or not a camera is fitted. We do not know if cameras were installed or not. If they aren't, then there has to be ballast in the pods.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

What's good is Fer *seems*(projects) that the team is very happy with all data correlation & feel like they know what to expect from Oz updates. Very good sign for this year.

[radosav]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-tLVITdLk[/youtube]

Not sure that Alonso is happy, but he isn't too sad. Interview from 2:20.

[hairy_scotsman]

Some shots of the nose duct Mark got:

Thanks Matt & Mark for all your great photography and your contributions to these threads...Love your work!

-@austin_f1