|Nuno|
02-07-2005, 08:49 PM
Apparently the reason for the F2005 being introduced later than the other cars is because Ferrari are building a new ultra-quick gearbox.
Ross Brawn has told AMuS that Ferrari's new gearbox has titanium insides and a carbon casing. Due to the gearbox taking its time in any case, this has also handed some 672 hours of extra time to Aldo Costa and Rory Byrne to develop the car in the wind tunnel.
McLaren's Newey acknowledges the magnitude of the challenge: "We were left with six weeks to conceptualize the car, whereas Ferrari got ten weeks using their approach. Normally we would check everything in the wind tunnel and in simulations, but now we had to rely on our experience to a large extent. If we had Ferrari's budget and resources we too would have done the same. We tried that approach in 2003 but were forced to admit it was a too big a project for us." Kimi Räikkönen commented: "In recent years Ferrari have been more often right than wrong in their choice of approach." But Kimi also thinks McLaren are in a good position with their own new car. While the new carbon gearbox has caused some problems due to overheating, structural problems have been pinpointed. "This is the only problem area. One year ago we had problems everywhere," Kimi said.
Credit goes to HSJ at the atlasf1 forums for the translation.
Taken from thescuderia.net
Ross Brawn has told AMuS that Ferrari's new gearbox has titanium insides and a carbon casing. Due to the gearbox taking its time in any case, this has also handed some 672 hours of extra time to Aldo Costa and Rory Byrne to develop the car in the wind tunnel.
McLaren's Newey acknowledges the magnitude of the challenge: "We were left with six weeks to conceptualize the car, whereas Ferrari got ten weeks using their approach. Normally we would check everything in the wind tunnel and in simulations, but now we had to rely on our experience to a large extent. If we had Ferrari's budget and resources we too would have done the same. We tried that approach in 2003 but were forced to admit it was a too big a project for us." Kimi Räikkönen commented: "In recent years Ferrari have been more often right than wrong in their choice of approach." But Kimi also thinks McLaren are in a good position with their own new car. While the new carbon gearbox has caused some problems due to overheating, structural problems have been pinpointed. "This is the only problem area. One year ago we had problems everywhere," Kimi said.
Credit goes to HSJ at the atlasf1 forums for the translation.
Taken from thescuderia.net