Why the F2005 is late

[|Nuno|]

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

[SilviaEvo]

Sounds good for Ferrari but i thought they had already released their 2005 car isnt that what is in all those pics?

[ikon2003]

Nice information. Always pushing the envelope it seems. I'm looking forward to seeing some of this new tech in action.

[Toronto]

Originally Posted by SilviaEvo Sounds good for Ferrari but i thought they had already released their 2005 car isnt that what is in all those pics?

no that is the 2004m. it is the same car as last year with low downforce, and changes to meet the new rules.

[5vz-fe]

If what said about the gearbox is true then they might even start Aus GP with the 2004 engine (gearbox is an intergral part of the engine for Ferrari).

[mindgam3]

BAR were running an all carbon gearbox last year - the only team to do so and have an even better more developed one this year.

I don't see the gearbox being an advantage for ferrari, but the extra development may certainly well be

[|Nuno|]

Originally Posted by 5vz-fe If what said about the gearbox is true then they might even start Aus GP with the 2004 engine (gearbox is an intergral part of the engine for Ferrari).

Yes, they will start with a detuned 2004 engine.

[mindgam3]

Originally Posted by Ronin005 Originally Posted by mindgam3 BAR were running an all carbon gearbox last year - the only team to do so and have an even better more developed one this year. I don't see the gearbox being an advantage for ferrari, but the extra development may certainly well be yeah but BAR's gearbox actually might get banned before the season even starts. supposedly there is no break of the power when shifting gears and well thats illegal. so i guess we'll see what happens in time.

well they've still got their all carbon 'box from last year if this years is illegal

[nejcdolinsek]

I like this! This means that we'll be seeing some innovative gearboxes in future Ferrari road cars

Thanx for the news!