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24 Jan 2012, 23:58 (Ref:3016537) | #1276 | |
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I'm sure they realize this. But Toyota is Toyota. Regardless of how much it costs, the benefits could outweigh the costs and risks. It's not like they have rookies in the car that can't navigate through traffic. Most all of the guys they have lined up have Prototype experience, or SGT experience.
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I meant in LMP, but I was wrong.
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Hydraulic gearbox sytem? Seems like asking for trouble especially if the system starts to leak. The Audi R18 uses an electronic system which would be ligher I think while the Puegeot used an electrohydraulic. The Toyota is certainly not short on battery power if theyre upset that one can only harness 500kJ in a brake zone so why did they not choose the Audi route?
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25 Jan 2012, 00:10 (Ref:3016547) | #1280 | |
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What gains could be made from the exhaust solution they're running? More downforce on the rear end? A lower rear maybe leading to less drag?
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Not really - hydraulic is pretty much standard in F1. They are running the boxes to 10,000km - I would not expect problems there. Don't forget unlike Pug or Audi the Toyota box is all in house
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Inerters are completely legal in F1 and they are still being used.
Professor Malcolm Smith licensed his patents to Penske Racing Shocks (see here) and Penske sells inerters to almost all F1 teams. At the moment Penske is trying the commercialize inerters for other applications (e.g., Indycar). There is a good article about this in the November 2011 issue of Racecar Engineering. All this was already been discussed in Peugeot 908 secret=Ferrari F1's J-Damper |
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does any one know if there's any chance that Panasonic will jump on board? with the hybrid system from nisshibho this may be a conflict of interest seeing that panasonic also supplies Toyota with Hybrid systems. it would be a quite nice addition because over the last few years Toyota and Panasonic have gone hand in hand when it comes to partnerships on and off track.
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Actually mistaken on that. Looked at the while rims, 14.5". Tire widths are 360 vs 370 mm rear. So no, not front "rears". In fact, exact same rubber dims as the R18. My bad!
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Did I miss an explanation somewhere about why there are now fender holes?
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Could it be because the car was already designed before the holes were mandated? Testing in this form at least gives them some experience with the mechanical side so the aero can be tweeked later.
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I'd like to see Seiji Ara in the 'Yota. I'm not too thrilled about the Buemi signing but maybe Buemi, Ara and one ex-Peugeot driver. That would be a pretty solid car IMO.
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Ishiura is legit quick. I saw his performance in Super GT last year and he was a revelation. Buemi is fast but I don't think his temperament would suit LMPs for now. Look at Klien in Le Mans 2008, totally undoing the demonic pace of Franck Montagny and the lead by beaching it in the gravel.
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From the spy shots before the official release it looked like the holes were there. Now they're covered up, or at least they have louvers.
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