15, 16, 17 March 2013
AUSTRALIA

http://www.formula1.com/

Sauber have announced that they will launch their 2013 car - the Ferrari-powered C32 - on February 2, three days before the start of pre-season testing.

http://sports.sina.com.hk/f1.html

http://www.youtube.com/user/NextgenAutoVideos

http://as-web.jp/f1sokuho/

レッドブルの新車『RB9』、冬季テストに間に合わない可能性

[ 本帖最後由 alexlee2 於 2013-1-6 11:28 PM 編輯 ]

Mercedes reveals 2014 Formula 1 engine
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105080


http://www.gpupdate.net/en/series/1/formula-1/

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013-f1-season/


http://f1.sina.com.cn/f1newsall/

视频-俄罗斯索切F1赛道介绍 赛道零起伏极速321KM
http://video.sina.com.cn/p/sport ... 5/115761966081.html

[ 本帖最後由 alexlee2 於 2013-1-13 03:17 PM 編輯 ]

bye bye step nose

Stepped noses
Teams have the option of tidying up the aesthetics of their cars in 2013 with the introduction of new regulations aimed at improving the look of ‘ugly’ stepped noses first seen in 2012. A small piece of laminate - nicknamed a ‘modesty' or 'vanity' panel - may now be used to smooth the nose section.

http://www.formula1.com/inside_f ... _regulations/12877/

Lotus E21
點解咁似 E20 o既? 點解仲用step nose o既?

我估係蓮花掛住 "抯櫈仔呀頭位" 急於見報, 匆忙間唔記得加上塊新蓋吧?!
2013新例好似只限外表, 不是結構.
http://formula1techandart.wordpr ... e-to-stepped-noses/

以上網站內有圖解釋較易明白

[ 本帖最後由 獅象 於 2013-1-29 01:02 PM 編輯 ]

我到宜家都唔太明果1級有乜作用?

你啱架!!  果一級根本係冇用架!!

故事的由來是**安全**

F1 空氣動力學最最最主要是在**車底**!!!  不是觀眾重視(視覺享受)的表面.

早在70年代, 原裝正版的蓮花車隊創辦人兼當代天才設計師 Colin Chapman 的 ground effect (79T) 已展示出車底才是主角. 勁到要被FIA禁用, 原因是過灣速度太快構成危險!! 那時的頂級車手真係搵命搏架!!!

這次的情況大同小異.

自從1990年 Tyrrell 的019首創高車鼻設計, 便使F1進入高鼻時代. 因為高車鼻提供更多空間容許更多空氣擠入車底==>令車底空氣流速更快<=== 這就是下壓力產生的根源. (=飛機翼原理, 只不過掉轉吧 )

咁, 車鼻的設計便越來越高, 這是設計師 "最緊要快" 的dna
不過, 近年的車鼻高到接近cockpit裡的車手的頭部!!!

試想一吓, 如果撞車發生在 T-bone 狀況, A車鼻撞到B車手的頭.....唔使再描述落去嘞掛!

所以FIA不得不出手修例, 便在2012限制車鼻最前部份的高度. 但FIA沒想到設計師們的思維 : 有幾盡, 用幾盡. 再加上車身其餘部份的尺碼也分別有不同賽例限制e.g. cockpit 高度有一套尺寸規例.....結果便出現了stepped nose.

道高一尺, 魔高一丈 ==> 走火入魔 ==> 道高一尺, 魔高一丈 ==>...........

謝謝獅象兄的詳盡的解釋~   我依家明白了

車鼻其實根本冇改低到，只不過係變薄左咁大把……

你用唔同角度看事物, 好. 不過........

當你查返2012年之前一季的2011年關於車鼻高度的例時, 便得知 :-

車鼻最高高度由2011年的  **650mm** along its ****entire lenght****
轉為:
2012年的 **550mm**只限於所謂 nose cone, 之後的一段所謂 front bulkhead 則限為625mm.

即係賽例對整個車頭高度都有減低!!!
仲有, 2012例只是開始, 預算2014年張會限制nose tip不高於250mm!!!

我估你所指的"高度".....是由鼻底至地下? 致會說 "nose cone變薄左" 吧?

FIA 只管最高的高度, 話之你把nose cone改到紙咁薄從而反為增加空氣流入車底!  又不過
咁樣的設計要好高功力, 因為, nose cone 又要乎合賽例要求的撞擊測試!!! 而家咁"薄"的nose cone已經好勵害

原來 "消滅stepped nose" 新例並非強制性! 哈!!

FIA 官方網頁 : http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2013/0/1033.html

".... 2)Stepped noses - to mask the step in the car's nose (thought unattractive by many), teams are now **allowed to** place a non-structural 'vanity panel' over this area, the shape of which is strictly controlled by the regulations.

好一句 "allowed to" 我之前都以為 "改例" 即表示一定要改.....原來.... 我估see why都要向FIA "深造"吓嘞.

都係 Craig Scarborough 醒, 早在2012年10月已寫左 :-
"...... Teams do not have to run the fairing, some teams might be happy to simply keep their existing stepped nose design for 2013. The new rule maintains the safety aims of the original 2012 nose, but offsets the negative image it has presented to the cameras."   
估唔到第一隊 launch 就已應驗

Ferrari have today revealed their their new 2013 car, which is to be launched this Friday at the team's headquarters in Maranello, Italy, will be called F138. The team has opted to name the car as a reflection of this being the last year in F1 with a V8 engine.

"The name of the fifty ninth car built by Ferrari to compete at the highest level of motor sport derives from a combination of the current year and the number of cylinders, partly to mark the fact that this will be the last year that the V8 engine configuration will be used in Formula 1, bringing to an end what will be an eight year career."

http://www.youtube.com/results?q ... amp;sa=N&tab=w1

F1 2013 - Lotus E21 launch - Laser light show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCHtITscM3o

MP4/28   

more MP4/28

http://motor.geocities.jp/formura1_model/gallery.html  

好似話今年隻銀同往年果隻又唔同左。
但我真係睇唔出有啲咩唔同……

Sauber C32

Force India VJM06