2012 Sauber C31

[S4Sonny]

Peter Sauber has suggested that his team's new F1 challenger will feature a stepped nose similar to that seen on Caterham's CT01 when it was revealed last week.

New regulations, which limit the height of the car's nose for the season ahead, saw the Caterham feature a noticeable bump in the nose.

The new Sauber, named the C31, is set to feature a similar design at the front end with a number of teams expected to take the same approach to the new regulations.

“For reasons of aerodynamics, this step in the nose is almost inevitable," Sauber was quoted as telling Sonntagsblick.

Sauber also confirmed that the car will feature a new livery for the season ahead, which will be revealed when the car is launched at Jerez ahead of the first test of the year.

"All I can say is that the basic colour is white, but the overall impression is dark, with red,” he said. “In short, it is different. I remain a friend of the colour white, although often on television some cars cannot be well distinguished."

Finally we'll see a new livery from Sauber, instead of the plain one they've been running for the past 2 seasons.

Although the stepped nose feature may ruin the whole livery.

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[GAIAjohan]

I wish Peter Sauber would go back to the black days or the Red Bull/Petronas colours days...
Especially the Sauber C19 or C20.. Or the C12...

 

[Hampus Andersson]

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Ooh, more black! I like, I like...

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Oh, oh, oh, I think that is the same wing like all the other teams went for,

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Front or rear wing?

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Front or rear wing?

Hahaha I thought wrote front.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Hahaha I thought wrote front.

Ok I can´t see anything at all here but are you talking about the nose cone or the front wing?

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Ok I can´t see anything at all here but are you talking about the nose cone or the front wing?

LOL, Nose cone.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

LOL, Nose cone.

Wow you are on a roll today Georgios Ok glad we know what you were talking about

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Wow you are on a roll today Georgios Ok glad we know what you were talking about

 

[Ivo Simons]

Hmm from what i can see. This car can be my favorite for next season.

 

[Ivo Simons]

Hmm from what i can see. This car can be my favorite for next season.

Guess not..

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Guess not..

The front wing seems photoshoped to me. same goes for the majority of the car TBH. (The blur effect makes me think in that way. (Specially since I can't see a 100% visable NEC logo)

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Guess not..

That is the C30 with a very badly done photoshop-fix.

 

[Ivo Simons]

Ah oke. Didnt really look good at it yet. Still possible then, the C31 looks good.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Ah oke. Didnt really look good at it yet. Still possible then, the C31 looks good.

And I thought you were trolling us.

 

[Ivo Simons]

Nah i was just not paying attention hehe.

 

[Markus Neumann]

With James Key gone, I fear the worst for Sauber. He was the reason they the car was so gentle on its tyres. The C31 may (or may not) look nice, but with their technical director gone, they may run into serious trouble developing it throughout the season

 

[S4Sonny]

2 hours 15 minutes until the Sauber C31 is unveiled.

Was really happy about the livery change, but now seeing those images, kinds of puts me off the design of their new livery... hope it looks decent.