Well it seems none of the cars are going to be lookers! At least for the first time in a few years they all look very different from each other.
I have only just seen this, but the Ferrari has to go down as the ugliest of all time, I just hope for their sake it's Fuking quick!
Want a quick laugh? Watch the introduction Kimi gives included with the background music. It is like he is a news presenter. http://f14t.ferrari.com/en/#ask Of course you are happy to see us and to do more questions Kimi. #bull.
When I this saw it I thought it looked awful. Now I think its improved to very bad. It just looks plain bad, almost badly thought out. We'll have to see how it goes now. Ferrari F14T Launch Analysis
Read something interesting earlier. Ferrari appear to have small sidepods, but they're running a water-air cooling system, which adds weight. Mclaren on the other hand have the bigger sidepods, but are using the more lightweight air-air cooling. Will be interesting to see which solution works better.
Ferrari's engine is 'suspected' by La Stampa to be a total of 810hp with Renault's official of 760hp so if we ignore the likelyhood of bias by the Fiat paper the Ferrari engine could have an actual total of 780hp.
There is bound to be some disparity between the engines this year. Good. There is suppose to be a difference, that's why F1 is all about having the best package overall. What's the point in the past for Renault, Ferrari, Merc, Cosworth etc all making their own engines only for them to be 'equalised'. May as well just give them all a stock engine and let them badge it for marketing purposes.
If we consider they're all probably going to look bad, this one is ok, I think I prefer to it the anteater
Another difference I just noticed is the amount of 'MGU-H' or 'Motor Generator Unit- Heat' the Renault engine will produce compared with the Ferrari. Ferrari's version will produce 12,000rpm as pointed out by Sauber's specs but Renault's engine can produce over 100,000rpm... Now I wonder what Red Bull are up to. I sure hope Newey can't get away with a Gas turbine blowing diffuser...
That's what is says: RENAULT ENERGY F1-2014 POWER UNIT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ENERGY F1-2014 Engine Displacement 1.6L V6 Number of cylinders 6 Rev limit 15,000rpm Pressure charging Single turbocharger, unlimited boost pressure (typical maximum 3.5 bar abs due to fuel flow limit) Fuel flow limit 100 kg/hr (-40% from V8) Permitted Fuel quantity per race 100 kg (-35% from V8) Configuration 90° V6 Bore 80mm Stroke 53mm Crank height 90mm Number of valves 4 per cylinder, 24 Exhausts Single exhaust outlet, from turbine on car centre line Fuel Direct fuel injection Energy Recovery Systems MGU-K rpm Max 50,000 rpm MGU-K power Max 120kW Energy recovered by MGU-K Max 2MJ/lap Energy released by MGU-K Max 4 MJ/lap MGU-H rpm >100,000rpm Energy recovered by MGU-H Unlimited (> 2MJ/lap) General Weight Min 145 kg Number of Power Units permitted per driver per year 5 Total horsepower 600hp (ICE) + 160hp (ERS) Ferrari engine Configuration V6 90° Displacement 1600 cc Bore 80 mm Stroke 53 mm Valves 4 per cylinder Maximum revs 15,000 rpm Turbo charging single turbo Maximum fuel flow 100 kg/h Maximum fuel capacity 100 kg Injection 500 bar - direct Units per driver 5 ERS System Battery Energy (per lap) 4 Mj MGU-K power 120 kW MGU-K maximum revs 50,000 rpm MGU-H maximum revs 12,000 rpm please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Looks like an attempt to get turbo blowing diffusers...
