Updated Ferrari is new car - Tost

[nejcdolinsek]

The media-pleasers at the Barcelona test this week were McLaren and Honda's wacky wings. But the real revolution roared out of the Ferrari garage, according to the more astute members of the press; including Germany's Sport Bild.

The magazine quoted Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost as observing: "What Ferrari is testing is basically a new car."

Most obviously, the revised F2007 - strictly not a 'b'-spec, according to team sources - features a noticeably reshaped engine cover and smaller sidepods.

The controversial under-body, meanwhile, has been totally redesigned to withstand the FIA's new flexibility tests.

But it is the engine's cooling system that is the newest, allowing Maranello based engineers to run a more aggressive bodywork setup and dominate the opening three days of the ultimately four day test.

"We are at least half a second faster than before," Bahrain Grand Prix winner Felipe Massa stated.

Sport Bild estimates that Ferrari's advantage over McLaren ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix may have blown out to more than one second per lap.

http://www.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/070504100820.shtml


I CAN'T WAIT FOR SPAIN!!!! :D

[TopGearNL]

^^ I bet you can't! :P

But anyway sounds good, the competition is doing stuff so they need to keep up!

[5vz-fe]

I just wanna see Alonso's loser face :mrgreen:

[nejcdolinsek]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR SPAIN!!!! :D

Me neither :wink:

Are you going this year? :?: :o

[TopGearNL]

^^ LOL!

[saadie]

i always knew there would be a new engine cover because of cooling problems .. but never knew about the new car :? ..

pics anyone ?

[dons5]

if this is accurate info then this is insane

[blue8]

Ferrari dominated the practice sessions in Barcelona. But, frankly, I don't care about that, it's the actual race that matters. BTW, I also heard that McLaren's car is slightly revised with a new front wing attached

[bmagni]

pics anyone ?

Old http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4108/008tw0.th.jpg (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=008tw0.jpg)

New
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/2712/f12007bnu9.th.jpg (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f12007bnu9.jpg) http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2630/f12007b1dz1.th.jpg (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f12007b1dz1.jpg)

[sentra_dude]

Time will tell if the 1sec a lap is true. Hopefully its a good year for Ferrari :D

blue8 that sig pic is fucking awesome, do you have a bigger version? 8)

[nejcdolinsek]

Heres some further clarification from another board:

http://0rz.tw/b72C7

[nejcdolinsek]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR SPAIN!!!! :D

Me neither :wink:

Are you going this year? :?: :o

The track is 20km from my place... so obviously - YES.

:P

:D :D :D :D :D

I'll be keeping an eye out... you shouldn't be to hard to spot considering you'll probably be the only Spaniard to have a "A l o n s o is a douchebag" t-shirt on :P :wink:

[saadie]

fanboy :P

[ferrarif1fan89]

its very hard to spot the differences, until you see the frontal shot of the new car, and then it is all clear. hard to believe a little add-on lowers laptimes so drastically.

Oh well! FORZA FERRARI! 8) :D