Heikki Kovalainen

Yolz · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:59 am Post subject: French GP

BMW is going to use their "horse-blinders" wings.... But, hey, is it the some that were banned in Arrows by FIA in somewhat Monaco? Strange... I bet - several laps on practice and then dismounted with label "no significant advantage"...

Vera · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:07 am Post subject:

they call them Twin Towers, I assume?

wonder what aerodynamical advantages they gain from using these wings, because it doesn't seem to have any advantages and the car looks ugly! Very ugly!

Yolz · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:40 am Post subject:

Vera wrote:

they call in Twin Towers, I assume?

Don't want to be in place of a driver then some of these Twins would drop on the braking before Adelaide chicane Rolling Eyes

Vera · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:59 am Post subject:

well I suppose they call them TwinTowers meaning Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur Wink

Lady · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:22 am Post subject:

Vera wrote:

wonder what aerodynamical advantages they gain from using these wings, because it doesn't seem to have any advantages and the car looks ugly! Very ugly!

I'll try to be clever and guess that these ugly things will give more stability to the front of the car Rolling Eyes

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Vera · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:42 am Post subject:

well if they somehow cut the airflow into three separate flows and it helps the car be both quick and stable, then..

Lady · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:54 am Post subject:

I reckon they will stay until the first one falls off, and then they will be banned Laughing

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Yolz · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:12 am Post subject:

Lady wrote:

I'll try to be clever

Well, clever enough)) Now it's my turn and I'd say.... I'd say... that it weights a lot and this is another attempt to stabilize the front of the car by creating extra downforce (in the world of poor aerodinamical rules))

PS is it unnecessary to test this malasian twins in vertical crash-test? (another a la Indy GP Nick's overturn and who knows how the construction reacts)

Lady · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:59 am Post subject:

Yolz wrote:

I'd say... that it weights a lot and this is another attempt to stabilize the front of the car by creating extra downforce (in the world of poor aerodinamical rules))

So you reckon they are not made of carbon-fibre? Because they certainly look like they are, and carbon-fibre doesn't weight anything Rolling Eyes

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Yolz · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:16 am Post subject:

Lady wrote:

they certainly look like they are

because they are "white"? Rolling Eyes

StijnVSB · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject:

The system Arrows used in Monaco was still a bit different. It was quite dangerous because it had a horizontal bar on it as well...

Vera · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:03 pm Post subject:

How funny are all these thingies that make car look ugly Laughing

StijnVSB · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:21 am Post subject:

The more a car gets such things the slower it goes!

Look at Renault&Ferrari, they are not overloaded with flaps, wings,... and they are the fastest. **couch-Mclaren** Razz

Vera · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:06 am Post subject:

excuse me, but Mclaren horns didn't prevent cars from being the fastest last season Wink

KiMiFaN · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:52 am Post subject:

yeh and having the best car at the end Razz

Nah they are just experimenting with those things if it will help (remember the Whale nose of BMW Williams 2 or 1 year ago? Very Happy

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They quickened the progress for finding a better nose after a few races.