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Illegalities on the F60 ?

  • 19-01-2009 3:40pm
    #1
    vectra
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    Ferrari's newly launched F60 challenger is 'illegal' according to Auto Motor und Sport.

    The car, revealed last week at the Mugello circuit in Italy, features rear exhaust outlets that reportedly contravene the sweeping new technical regulations.

    The magazine said some of the Italian team's rivals have noted that because of the new rules cracking down on bodywork appendages like aerodynamic winglets, exposing the exhausts in the way the F60 is designed is not allowed.

    A glance at the other new cars revealed so far - the Renault, Williams, McLaren and Toyota - shows that their exhausts have all been mounted in-board.

    Auto Motor und Sport said it should not be too much of a problem for Ferrari to redesign the exhaust housing, but it may help to explain the team's retreat from the Portimao group test this week to Mugello.


    Officially, Ferrari decamped to Mugello because of adverse weather forecasts for this week, but the magazine said the F60 also showed a significant problem with its front wing when tested last week.

    It is suggested that, in light of these challenges, Ferrari concluded that it should be conducting the car's first major test as close as possible to its Maranello base.

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Comments

  • #2
    Scober11
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    Nice one the season hasn't even started and Ferrari are cheating.


  • #3
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Scober11 wrote: »
    Nice one the season hasn't even started and Ferrari are cheating.

    :rolleyes:


  • #4
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    i thought they were going to slicks this year or is it just that photo?


  • #5
    Robbo
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    staker wrote: »
    i thought they were going to slicks this year or is it just that photo?
    They're wets.


  • #6
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,593 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Scober11 wrote: »
    Nice one the season hasn't even started and Ferrari are cheating.

    No
    It just goes to show how much the other teams fear Ferrari and are constantly watching them ;)


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  • #7
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,330 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    It depends if the exhausts are considered bodywork or not. If you consider an exhaust to be bodywork then they are clearly against the new regulations. The new regulations state:

    3.8.5 .....single apertures either side of the car centre line for the purpose of exhaust exits. These apertures may have a combined area of no more than 50,000mm2 when projected onto the surface itself.

    The regs, as far as I can see, don't say whether the exhaust pipes can or cannot stick out of the exhaust hole, although I'm open to correction.

    Again it comes down to the definition of what an exhaust pipe is: is it bodywork or not?? I'm sure Ferrari will say that it's not and that it is part of the overall engine.

    Source: F1 2009 Regulations


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