2012 Ferrari F12

[glight]

Can someone explain why they have the massive microphone thing on top of the T? (I know it must be for testing since we don't see them anywhere else, but I'm still curious).

OT: It looks like everyone is spinning the same story: "We have some secret that everyone else doesn't". It's nice to see them playing mind games but we will see at Melbourne who has the secret and who doesn't.

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

Can someone explain why they have the massive microphone thing on top of the T? (I know it must be for testing since we don't see them anywhere else, but I'm still curious).

OT: It looks like everyone is spinning the same story: "We have some secret that everyone else doesn't". It's nice to see them playing mind games but we will see at Melbourne who has the secret and who doesn't.

Microphone? You mean the big black stucture in the top of engine air intake? It houses the advanced telemetry package, don't know what is in there but no doubt a stronger antenna (for better signal quality and possibly for larger bandwidth) plus what looks like air speed indicators that's located in the free undisturbed airspace. There could be microphones but not to record audio, a moving membrane that registers rapid pressure changes is techincally a microphone Signal quality in the first tests is so much more important; they don't want to miss a single bit of data. I have no facts to back me up, just speculations, i'm sure some of the information gurus here can find additional info..

 

[Knut Omdal Tveito]

Could also be a Pitot tube to measure relative airspeed.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

The black blade is what Kennett is on to. And like Knut says it´s probably a pitot tube on it.

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Ferrari nose don´t look that bad compared to the Mercs

Someone forgot to tell Schumi it wasn´t raining

 

[glight]

Kennett, Knut, Hampus thanks for the info

Agree that Mercedes nose is making the Ferrari's look very pretty

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Kennett, Knut thanks for the info

Agree that Mercedes nose is making the Ferrari's look very pretty

Fixed

 

[Kevin Cordice]

Someone forgot to tell Schumi it wasn´t raining

Not the first time for schumi doing something like this, I think he did that in on of the qualifying event last year

 

[Michael Brown]

Hey those inters Schumi is on are the 2011 inters

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Hey those inters Schumi is on are the 2011 inters

Probably some form of testing where you don´t want to use a set of slicks.

Good call, i forgot they were green this year

 

[GAIAjohan]

 

[William Levesque]

This one is better looking actually

 

[GAIAjohan]

But the nose cone and front wing is strikingly similar. it just doesn't have that hump..

 

[Hampus Andersson]

The little people looks just like humans as well! Just that they are not LEGO

 

[Hampus Andersson]

New exhaust layout again,

 

[Kevin Cordice]

Will we see drastic changes to the car before the start of the Melbourne race, me i certainly do hope so, and how much it will change be the end of the season.

Oh i like the innovation of the F1 designers, what a blast to be in the era at this time

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Yea we can expect different cars in the first race Especially wings which are rather easy to copy even though they actually have to work with the rest of the car.

Button said they have something coming that was not just about bolting on downforce but much bigger then that.

I agree, it´s a fantastic time to be in F1 and my hat goes of to Adrian Newey, once again he showed that he is indeed one of the greatest minds in the history of F1.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Massa sitting pretty high up. Is Alonso the shorter of the two?

 

[Eric Parker]

By your photos on the last page, it would seem just a bit. Or else perhaps down to seat shape, I don't know.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

I read that they designed the car with a higher seating position at Alonso's request

 

[Eric Parker]

Given the spring incident, I wonder if that makes Massa a little nervous.