F1 nieuwtjes #95:Op naar de presentaties

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Op donderdag 15 december 2011 18:50 schreef Schunckelstar het volgende:
das snel
zat je er op te wachten?

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Op donderdag 15 december 2011 19:27 schreef Sinister-D- het volgende:
Ik denk dat je het gedeelte ''onze boyz'' (wie heeft dat ''boyz'' eigenlijk verzonnen ) wel mag wegdoen. Niet echt toegevoegde waarde meer mijn inziens. Of de coureurs wijzigen naar de jonge gastjes zoals Melker, Frijns, Maxje en De Vries, oftewel de aankomende NL'se rijders.

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Entry list staat nu nog op 2011 (die nog dateert van eind 2010). Die van 2012 is ook al vrijgegeven, ook al is deze nu al niet meer up-to-date.

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Racefreaks.nl bij de nieuwssite links, linked tegenwoordig door naar www.formule1.nl. Die tevens ook in dat lijstje voorkomt, en dus overbodig is.

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Misschiens bij de namen van de teams een kleine klikbare avatar maken van hun logo, om de boel wat ''grafisch aantrekkelijker '' te maken.

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Lijstje van de live-BBC uitzendingen, zodat men niet altijd moet zoeken welke nu wel of
niet uitgezonden worden op de Beeb.

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Meest actieve user lijst van het nieuwstopic maken?

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En natuurlijk de Banner veranderen met de 6 WDC's volgend jaar, al zal dat wel gebeuren bij de 2012 banner (wie deed dat meestal ook alweer ?)

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edit: en de technische en sportieve regels zijn ook nog die van 2011. Die van 2012 zijn volgens mij ook al vrijgegeven.

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Op vrijdag 16 december 2011 18:32 schreef Tarado het volgende:

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Het was Amstel uiteindelijk, maar ik moet het zelf maar wat gaan minderen want ik kan me echt niet herinneren van wie ik die weddenschap heb verloren

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Op vrijdag 16 december 2011 18:55 schreef Tarado het volgende:

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Ja je hebt gelijk dank je

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Mike Coughlan says Williams has right ingredients to produce successful F1 car

Williams's technical director Mike Coughlan believes the team has identified all the key elements to ensure it can now build a successful car every year after struggling during the 2011 season.

The Grove-based squad had endured its worst campaign in Formula 1 this year, having scored just five points on its way to ninth place in the championship.

Coughlan has taken over as technical director following Sam Michael's exit.

Coughlan believes Williams has all the right ingredients to return to the sharp end of the field, and he is confident the team is now moving in the right direction after the struggles of 2011.

"The facilities here are absolutely first-rate, and the only thing we haven't done is utilised them correctly," said Coughlan in the team's official magazine.

"There has been a forensic look at what we've been doing wrong and where we need to improve, and we've come to the conclusion that some strategic errors were made in the past.

"We've identified the key elements we need to put in place, not just for next season but forever, to make a successful car every year.

"We need both performance and reliability as those factors in unison are what win you races and championships, and we feel that we're now moving in the right direction."

Coughlan is also optimistic the new car will be ready in time for the first test of 2012, with an upgraded version making its debut in the final test before the start of the new season.

"The car is slated to be delivered to the race shop in mid-January and we'll be ready to go to the first test in early February," he said.

"The aim is that by the end of January, all the parts that can possibly have been verified have been, and the track testing is purely a verification of that work.

"There should be enough mileage on the major parts so that if the car stops on track with a fundamental problem, it comes as a surprise. Other than that the testing will focus on improving reliability and the overall aerodynamic performance of the car."

He added: "As we stand at the moment our gearbox and engine installation programme has finished and been tested on the dyno, and will run twice more before Christmas to have covered in excess of 6,000km. All of the rear suspension has been completed so we'll also run that as well.

"The first chassis is completed with a second one not far behind, and we'll shortly start our FIA crash test programme, and all of those tests have been passed already in private testing.

"We now have a fully-defined car that will be used for system checks, it has a reasonable improvement in downforce and will carry all of the systems that will enable us to go to the first test and be launched. Our aim is then to have an upgraded car for the final pre-season test."

Coughlan reckons the team's problems during the 2011 season were not exclusively down to the aerodynamics of the car, but also by the development route the outfit took during the course of the year.

"I don't think it's just aerodynamic, I think we made some decisions where effectively we gambled on something which would have cost us performance from a vehicle dynamics point of view, but which would have been outweighed by the aerodynamic gain," he said.

"That obviously didn't pay off - had it done so we would have looked much better this season. You've also got to take into account that the blown floor became more and more prevalent.

"We spent a lot of development time in the wind tunnel looking at how much time a blown floor might have gained us, but ultimately we couldn't blow the floor, so we could say in hindsight that time would have been better spent working on an un-blown floor.

It's a difficult one because you don't know at the outset what the gains will be, and a lot of time is spent getting to the answer, at which point it might turn out not to have been worth the effort."

The team has retained Pastor Maldonado for next year, with the second driver yet to be announced.

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Ferrari boss Domenicali confident of 'no surprises' with 2012 F1 car

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali is confident his team has taken the right measures to make sure there are no surprises with its new car when the 2012 season starts.

The Maranello-based squad was upbeat about its chances for the year after a very strong pre-season testing, but it was off the pace when the racing started.

In the end, the team managed just one win and finished a distant third in the championship.

Domenicali is confident the steps the team has taken to address the situation will pay off in 2012.

"From one side we tried to react from the organisational point of view, to do some changes," Domenicali said during a video conference with fans. "And we have done quite a lot of changes and we will have some more changes at the beginning of next year.

"Secondly of course we want to make sure that, with a humble approach, we don't underestimate any area of development.

"With the new regulations there is no such a big effect on the so-called blown diffuser, so we need to make sure that the car, from a general point of view, is very efficient and is able to create downforce because that was the main problem that we had this year.

"And I have to say that we need to be realistic and I believe in the choices that our technical people have taken to make sure there are no big surprises when we start the season.

"I'm confident about the job of the people who are here day and night because there is a great will to the place where we should be."

Domenicali confirmed the new car will be ready for the first test of 2012, with a launch expected to take place the week before.

"We are targeting the first week of February," Domenicali said of the launch date. "We don't know the day exactly but that's when we should be ready with the new car."

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Op vrijdag 16 december 2011 19:02 schreef Tarado het volgende:

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Ja die waren met testen heel snel en ik dacht dat ze iets illegaals hadden gedaan om sponsors aan te trekken en dus als het racen zou beginnen ze gewoon weer ergens in het middenveld te vinden zouden zijn, tja je kan het weleens fout hebben .

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Maar ik ben ervan overtuigd dat als McLaren of Ferrari dat Brawn diffuser systeem hadden ingevoerd Mosley ze illegaal had verklaard, maar zoals gebruikelijk is F1 nooit zonder politiek