[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 97

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Jacky Eeckelaert has left the HRT team, where he was heading up the design work of its new 2012 challenger.

The Belgian was appointed to the role last October after Geoff Willis left during the summer, but HRT has opted not to give him a new contract after his existing one expired at the end of January.

"It is part of the restructuring of the team and the decision was taken some time ago," a spokesperson told AUTOSPORT.

Chief designer Jean-Claude Martens is now in charge of overseeing work on the new car, which it is hoped will make its debut at the first Barcelona test that kicks off on February 21.

Martens joined the team in the latter part of 2011.

Simon Jenkins, formerly head of production, has also left the team after his contract expired. His role has been taken by Dave Campbell.

The team will start testing tomorrow at Jerez with its 2011 car, hoping the new one makes its debut at Barcelona later this month.

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Op maandag 6 februari 2012 13:07 schreef nils7 het volgende:
nou nou... pics

ooh was pas om 14.00u hahahah

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jakehumphreyf1 twitterde op maandag 06-02-2012 om 14:03:33 Red Bull RB8 has been revealed...thoughts?? Another title winner? I think the battle will be hotter than ever... reageer retweet

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Op maandag 6 februari 2012 14:08 schreef nils7 het volgende:
aah wel een bobbel of zie ik dat verkeerd?

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Op maandag 6 februari 2012 14:19 schreef nils7 het volgende:
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Het is alleen wel een aparte render hummzz

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Op maandag 6 februari 2012 14:33 schreef ari_zahav het volgende:
Maar wat een zielige presentatie. Een anderhalve minuut durend filmpje waar je nauwelijks iets ziet. Dan doet Mclaren het toch wat beter met anderhalf uur en tegelijk foto's vrijgeven.

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Op maandag 6 februari 2012 14:44 schreef Sinister-D- het volgende:

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hoe vaak heb je deze post al gewijzigd?

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How have you coped with the removal of the exhaust blown diffuser for RB8?

RB7 was designed around the exhaust, this year knowing that the exhaust position from last year would be taken away, we’ve had to go back and look at how we developed the car through the last one and two years with the side exit exhaust and try and, if you like, make sure that the routes we had taken that were only suitable for that exhaust position we now had to re-evaluate. Probably one of the key things there is the rear ride height. The exhaust allowed us to run a high rear ride height, it’s much more difficult without that to sustain a high rear height so we have to go back down and have to redevelop the car around that lower ride height.

The other major change is the height of the nose. Did that present difficulties?

The restriction nose height which is a maximum height just in front of the front bulkhead hasn’t really changed the chassis shape very much. We’ve kept more or less the same chassis shape, but had to drop the nose just in front of the front bulkhead, which, in common with many other teams, has led us to I think I’d probably say a slightly ugly looking nose. We’ve tried to style it as best we can, but it’s not a feature you would choose to put in were it not for the regulation.

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Op maandag 6 februari 2012 14:55 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:
Testtijden van vorig jaar op Jerez (ter vergelijking)
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Op maandag 6 februari 2012 14:56 schreef nils7 het volgende:

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Zijn dat totaaltijden over alle testsessies van Jerez in 2011 gezien?