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13 Jan 2005, 11:45 (Ref:1199758) | #1 | ||
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Sauber reveals the C24
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Today Sauber has released pictures of it's new C24 car. The car will run for the first time at the valencia test starting on Friday (14th January) Pictures. (large images) http://www.sauber.ch/images/home/upload/SP_ET8443.jpg http://www.sauber.ch/images/home/upload/SP_ET8465.jpg Sauber Press Release. SAUBER PETRONAS C24 with refined aerodynamics Hinwil, 13 January 2005SAUBER PETRONAS today released the first pictures of the C24. Tomorrow the new Sauber racing car will have its baptism of fire during the roll-out in Valencia. On Friday and Saturday Felipe Massa will be testing, and on Sunday Jacques Villeneuve will relieve his team-mate at the wheel. For the aerodynamicists in particular the C24 represents a great challenge as new technical regulations result in a marked reduction of downforce. "Of course, this has made us focus special attention on aerodynamics," says Technical Director Willy Rampf. "Our experience with the C23 had clearly shown the significant influence of the sidepods and the rear bodywork on aerodynamics. That’s why the continuation of our development was consistently directed towards these areas, in which we have designed the car to be even more compact and harmonious." Conspicuous about the C24’s design is its sidepods, which have an extreme undercut to achieve optimum air flow. The same objective was pursed with regard to positioning the exhaust tailpipes, which have been integrated harmoniously into the bodywork. "In the course of last year the C23 revealed major development potential, so it was a logical step to base the C24’s concept on that of its predecessor. Changes were made wherever we were able to identify opportunities for improvement," Rampf added. The C24 will be powered by the PETRONAS 05A engine. This power unit corresponds to the V10 to be used by Ferrari as well. The new regulations now require the engine to last two weekends. With regard to the gearbox, Sauber has returned to a design of its own, which has been made lighter, stiffer and more compact yet again. An important change for SAUBER PETRONAS has come about in the tyre sector as the team was able to win Michelin as a partner. "We expect a measurable improvement from this change and have certainly seen the first indications of this during initial test drives last year," Team Principal Peter Sauber says, explaining his decision. Looking towards the upcoming season full of optimism are the two drivers. "During the tests at the end of last year, I got a very good impression of both the C23 and the team. I’m extremely motivated and determined to support SAUBER PETRONAS in moving ahead further," says Jacques Villeneuve, who recently joined the team. The former World Champion signed a two-year contract with SAUBER PETRONAS. His team-mate, Felipe Massa, can hardly await the season opener: "No other team improved as much during the course of last year as SAUBER PETRONAS did. If we manage to take this momentum with us into the new season, a few people will be in for a surprise." After a successful year of 2004 showing a clear upwards trend in the second half, Team Principal Peter Sauber is full of confidence as well: "Our goal is to further reduce the gap between ourselves and the front runners. Yet to what extent this will impact on the results cannot be predicted at the moment. We won’t have any indications as to how well the individual teams have managed to adjust to the new regulations until after the season opener at Melbourne." http://www.sauber.ch/en/presse/index...rchive=0&id=29 Last edited by Super Tourer; 13 Jan 2005 at 11:50. |
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Thank you for the link. Mmmh...No sponsor to replace Red Bull....Ouch!
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13 Jan 2005, 11:54 (Ref:1199769) | #3 | |
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Hmmm, looks tasty!
And it doesn't look exactly like the F2004, which is good! Lots of blue space though... |
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Lovely looking car though! |
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13 Jan 2005, 12:02 (Ref:1199773) | #5 | |
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Yeah, i must admit, i think Sauber do need to attract another major sponsor. It has that same look as the 2001 Prost, and i dont want to think about Sauber going the same way
Having said that, it looks like a Beautiful racing car. The curves, and the blue... it looks really sexy. |
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13 Jan 2005, 12:04 (Ref:1199775) | #6 | |
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Looks impresive. Engine packaging is just outrageous these days, isn't it? See how far forward the exhausts are, and how little "hump" there is where the motor is. It's like there is not engine at all in there.
A bit worrying about the lack of sponsor though - they simply cannot compete without the money to drive development through the year. And Toyota will be gunning for them forst and foremost. Still - good luck to them... nice looking car. |
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13 Jan 2005, 12:51 (Ref:1199792) | #7 | |
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Great looking car,not so bland as the C23,the wind tunnel certainly seems to have paid off as far as looks are concerned,lets hope it's not just skin deep,they are using the new motor even before Ferrari can which should see them right up there with the top teams.
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The Michelins look good.
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looks good . i hope is just as fast
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13 Jan 2005, 13:38 (Ref:1199813) | #10 | ||
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Hope so too.
Judging by other teams who have switched Michelin, should be some improvement. We'll see. It's a good looking car. |
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his a hot tip I think it will be hard to find a better looking car for 05
it just looks great and the paint job matces it perfectly. I'll be surprized if there is a better looking car in 05 |
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13 Jan 2005, 13:42 (Ref:1199821) | #12 | |
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I just read a few days ago that a new and major sponsor would be announced on Friday. I hope that still stands.
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13 Jan 2005, 13:45 (Ref:1199825) | #13 | ||
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On the Red Bull point - according to the figures that I have Red Bull's 2004 input into Sauber was around $20M, whcih was just ahead of Credit Suisse's $17M. Petronas contribute $38M - $18M in direct cash to the team and $20M picking up the engine tab from Ferrari.
Sauber also have a huge number of small sponsor and trade support suppliers that don't make it onto the car, but add up to a sizeable sum. The team also got around $30M in FOM benefits in 2004. Losing any sponsor has an impact but in context, Red Bull was $20M out of a $130M budget, and Peter Sauber knew it was only a matter of time before they left and was expecting it. I thought we may see more Credit Suisse/Petronas branding in the vacant space to indicate they may have plugged the gap, perhaps Sauber have plans for the space which we may see later. Agreed that the car looks good! |
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A very neat and tidy car.
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Sauber in good looking car shocker!
Certainly looks the part and is easily more attractive than the new Toyota. |
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Nice! I like it
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nice looker, i especially like the sidepods.
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13 Jan 2005, 16:48 (Ref:1199996) | #18 | |
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cant tell from the pictures but does anyone know if they've reverted to the twin keel now theres no ferrari influence?
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Does look good. Though for me the paint scheme needs a re-think, the turqoise just looks horrid next to the blue.
However despite that, its the best looking Sauber ive ever seen... |
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Thoose sidepods are a packaging marvel by the looks of it, they are tiny!
I would be a little concerned that they might not be able to get enough cooling air in, looking at the 'pods inlets, there is almost nothing there. Deffiently looks liek the wind tunnel is paying off, it looks very specifically desinged to cope with the raised front wing.... I wonder if that is the '05 spec wing though... the endplates are nowhere near as big as the one on the Toyota TF105. There'll probably be an update before melbourne is my guess. Car does look good anyway. Ed |
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I wonder if they don't get much past the barge boards anyway? It seems like a bit of a leap of faith with the design, there doesn't appear to be a way of increasing the amount of air going in should it transpire they need to. Just looking at the sculpturing of the tub ahead of the sidepods, and the little extra fin on the barge board, it looks like they're deliberately trying to split the airflow either above or below the inlet. I wonder if the attempt is to turn the sidepod into another sort of barge board? I dunno tbh, just guessing really. Maybe you know better why they'd do that if it is the case? (I'm sure your degree was something to do with cars -??) Last edited by pirenzo; 13 Jan 2005 at 18:36. |
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I think most of the 2005 cars will look quite different from launch to 1st prac at Melbourne, lots of aero work and testing km's to go yet.
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13 Jan 2005, 15:38 (Ref:1199923) | #24 | ||
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Hi all, and happy new year.
Sauber C24: very nice car! The efficiency of the side pods seems (i said: seems!) very very high, and it's obviously the result of the new wind tunnel. It's an extreme development of the concept introduced by Ferrari with the F2003GA. I do not see the exhaust pipes: are they cleverly hidden into the bodywork? I'm very curious to see them. Maybe they've found the way to project them in a very innovative way, i think integrated with the internal hot-air airflow from the radiators. These, also, should have a very complex shape and installation, shouldn't they? Then, the front wing is clearly not the 2005 one. I think we'll see more evolutions in this part of the cars after the static presentations. Secrets to keep! :-) And, comparing the new C24 to the Toyota F105... it seems Toyota is still behind, watching the aerodyinamics... I expected Gascoyne to do some more... although i hope the japanese team could prove me wrong on the tracks... Ciao, G |
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