2012 Ferrari F12

[Hampus Andersson]

Is that a camera hanging down?

Good question, i have no idea myself.

I wonder where the exhausts will actually be. As the back of the side pods indicate an illegal exhaust exit.

The exhaust is that small "rod" sticking out of the sidepod with ACER written on it.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Then that's illegal surely?
They have to be angled upwards between 10 and 30 degrees.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Then that's illegal surely?
They have to be angled upwards between 10 and 30 degrees.

Don't they exit just like the Mclaren exhausts? (seems so to me )

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Don't they exit just like the Mclaren exhausts? (seems so to me )

On the McLaren there's a hole ontop of the 'bulge' in the side pod, where I'd imagine the exhaust exit will be.
I can't see that on the Ferrari. All I can see is the Acer pipes angled downwards, which is illegal.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

On the McLaren there's a hole ontop of the 'bulge' in the side pod, where I'd imagine the exhaust exit will be.
I can't see that on the Ferrari. All I can see is the Acer pipes angled downwards, which is illegal.

I just found Hampus post on the Mclaren MP4-27 topic. (Once again, WOW! :o )

 

[Hampus Andersson]

On the McLaren there's a hole ontop of the 'bulge' in the side pod, where I'd imagine the exhaust exit will be.
I can't see that on the Ferrari. All I can see is the Acer pipes angled downwards, which is illegal.

Yea you can see the body work pointing down but you don´t know what angle the exhaust tip has.

The Mclaren exhaust is a dummy. It´s just a hole in the body work covering the exhaust.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Not mine, picture from F1Technical.

Edit: Decided to line it up with the onboard camera mount to get an even better idea of the front and rear section of the car.

I´m probably the only one but i think the new car is drop dead gorgeous.
Especially compared to last years car..

 

[Hampus Andersson]

CHASSIS

• Carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure
• Gearbox: Ferrari longitudinal gearbox
• Differential: Limited-slip differential
• Command: Semiautomatic sequential electronically controlled gearbox – quick shift
• Number of gears: 7 +Reverse
• Brakes: Brembo ventilated carbon-fibre disc brakes
• Suspension: Independent suspension, pull-rod activated torsion springs front and rear
• Weight with water, lubricant and driver: 640 kg
• OZ Wheels (front and rear): 13"

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ENGINE

• Type: 056
• Number of cylinders: 8
• Cylinder block in sand cast aluminium: V 90°
• Number of valves: 32
• Pneumatic distribution
• Total displacement: 2398 cm3
• Piston bore: 98 mm
• Weight: >95 kg
• Electronic injection and ignition
• Fuel: Shell V-Power
• Lubricant: Shell Helix Ultra

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[Hampus Andersson]

RBR-style skirt on the diffuser.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

It´s getting hot

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Very interesting pictures on their bump on the nose. More accurate then the picture posted before.
Done in a program called Fluent apparently. Just under 180mph.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Which one is at 180mph and what speed does the other one have?

 

[Chris Jenkins]

I still don't know how they're allowed to have exhausts that are angled downwards towards the diffuser?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Which one is at 180mph and what speed does the other one have?

Good question, nobody knows. But i would guess the one above is 180 and the other is at a higher speed.

Not sure, i´ll update when i know more. It´s all from F1Technical so i just c/p it to here

 

[Hampus Andersson]

I still don't know how they're allowed to have exhausts that are angled downwards towards the diffuser?

It´s an illusion. The exhaust tip itself is pointed 10 degrees up but the bodywork points down for aero.

Here they are trying an even more extreme angle. Probably around 20-30 degrees.

 

[S4Sonny]

Haha.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Some RD members trackside i see

 

[Chris Jenkins]

It´s an illusion. The exhaust tip itself is pointed 10 degrees up but the bodywork points down for aero.

Here they are trying an even more extreme angle. Probably around 20-30 degrees.

That picture looks different to the "getting hot" one from yesterday.
Looks like they've cut a bit out of the top of the Acer exit. You couldn't see the exhaust yesterday.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

That picture looks different to the "getting hot" one from yesterday.
Looks like they've cut a bit out of the top of the Acer exit. You couldn't see the exhaust yesterday.

Yea they have sawed out a piece of the bodywork
It looks like they have just tried a more aggressive angle. Like 20 or even 30 degrees.
Or just moved all of the exhaust "up", check illustration below.

This is how i think they manage to create an illusion that the exhaust is pointing down when in reality it is exactly 10 degrees up.
I might be wrong though.

If all of the hole was filled with the exhaust we would have seen burnt paint around the exit.

Updated with horizontal plane.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

From F1Technical:

AMuS is reporting Whiting has been to each teams paddock, inspected their exhaust & deemed all legal.​

and another version from Ferrari