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It's sad though when teams let their investors make the decisions due to money and not really technical facts. To me on the same level as a driver paying their way into a race car and not due to sheer skill.
First off how is CFD their only way to survive...maybe you missed it but McLaren is sharing their wind tunnel with Virgin. The announcement came out last week so this idea that they're some feable team that can only make it on 40 million isn't true. Furthermore, I don't know what if it's Euro, pounds or dollars- before you answer it's not dollars - some clarification would be nice? Also that budget was last years when they were actually coming in as the lowest team (which then turned out to be HRT) but this year the lowest budget is HRT coming in barely at 45million EUR. Which could have been false and was possibly lower considering Thesian bank bought them out also last week. So to know how much HRT's budget is now is impossible unless you're a chairmen at Thesian because they haven't said yet. This would also show why HRT missed most of winter testing and didn't qualify for Australia even after Bahrain was canceled. Virgin are not that weak they have probably one of the most developed CFD out there, they don't have other tools however that could have put their car far more out there than HRT and on the heels of Lotus. I'd like to know where you go your numbers from? Cause these numbers you've given seem far more then what was shown at the start of this year, also just cause a sponsor has certain capital doesn't mean that is what has been put into the team. Truth is yes CFD is a good tool I'm not doubting that it is great for many applications in todays world, but CFD only gives scenario for straightline speed in F1, in the end it comes down to more real world test like wind tunnels, real world simulation chambers, air strips and so forth. Anyways just like Virgin the Delta Wing seems to be a car addicted to CFD, but I wouldn't knock it too much yet seeing as it is Highcroft who's working on/with it
www.autosport.comThe revolutionary DeltaWing sportscar remains on course for a first track test before the end of the year, under the guidance of two-time ALMS champions Highcroft Racing.
The car has already secured a place of the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours grid, winning the 56th slot reserved by the ACO for advanced technology entries.
Several areas of the car have already been constructed and are soon to be crash tested by the FIA and ACO governing bodies, with designer Ben Bowlby saying the project was developing quickly.
"The progress so far has actually been better than I dare hoped," Bowlby said.
"The guys working on the design are doing an outstanding job and everything is coming together exceptionally well.
"The details of the front suspension/nose module are complete, and the tub itself actually conforms to full LMP1 chassis regulations.
"The rear suspension chassis design is also complete and we're now tooling up to building parts."
Dan Gurney, whose facility is deigning the car, said: "It is a great challenge ahead but all of us have 'been there and done that' when it comes to building racing cars.
"Now we are well underway on the DeltaWing, everyone has a great sense of anticipation about seeing it run for the first time."
I think this is still going to be one of those "I'll believe it when I see it" things...
Agreed, although I'm not going to be an armchair engineer or keyboard racing driver and say it can't be done. One of the most interesting things about motorsport is when something very different shows up to race, and I'm all for that. Push, pull, fold, spindle, and mutilate the envelope, I say.
It's not like LMP cars are designed on anything production-based; at least, there's no requirement yet.
Scott ClarkSo now it's with great pleasure that I officially announce that the Delta Wing will make its debut at the 24 hours of Le Mans next year with Michelin tyres designed specifically for this vehicle.
PS - This can't be a USGP disaster all over again. Not with all these very serious people onboard. I'm eager to see it running
You mean "US F1"?
Strakka Racing announced today at Silverstone that they will be competing in the World Endurance Championship next year in the latest creation to come out of Wirth Research, the Honda Performance Development ARX-03a LMP1. Few technical details are to be gleamed from the Strakka press release other than the engine is the 3.4 liter, normally aspirated V8 that we're familiar with (ARX-01e, and was in the -02a in 4.0 liter form) and the car will be run on Michelins, presumably wide front Michelins such as were on the ARX-01e (though not the "rear" fronts of the ARX-02a). The press release also says the ARX-03a will, "...have an entirely new Wirth Research designed chassis." Nick Wirth will only say that it is, "very different," compared to the original LC75 monocoque and that the angles in the renderings were chosen to mask the new monocoque's features. That's a bit overly dramatic, but at very least there no longer is even a vestigial connection to the ARX-01 series' Courage/Oreca monocoque.
yeah because everthing is "bullpoo" unless you have christened it fact worthy Mitch. All hail Mitch.Photos or it's bullpoo, just sayin'...