A little later than the established teams Virgin Racing has presented his first race car.
Of the four new teams Virgin Racing is definitely one of those with whom one can expect long term. First, because Richard Branson himself but not money put into it, but can ranholen money, partly because infected with Manor Motorsport team behind a deeply British. The team has existed since 1990 and since 1999 you have a few good results in the British Formula Renault series. The name of the driver's well-read: Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Jarvis & Luca di Grassi were and are excellent drivers. Associated with this Nick Wirth, a veteran in motorsport as a technical director. Its record in Formula One has not been dolle Sun He constructed in the mid 90s to unsuccessful Simtek before he moved to Benetton, where he spent more parlous state of 96 years to 99. Then he left and did not appear until 2007, again, as designed for the Acura ALMS LMPm. And there he applied for the first time on that technique, which he used for the Virgin.
The car has spent that is not a second in a wind tunnel, but is created entirely in the computer. So-called CFD ( Computational Fluid Dynamics ) technology has been used here. This is in Formula One is not so new. The big teams have been working with it, but it goes almost double layers. Only one develops a part on the computer, then you put it in the wind tunnel.
That's nonsense, says Wirth. His computer equipment and programs are so powerful that one could forget the wind tunnel safely. For one thing, because now with the computer simulations 1:1 perfect riff, partly because there is always a residue of uncertainty before and you have to do it on line then identified.
The Acura LMP is created and was successful. However, he had no competition. However, the process vielverprechend and the competition will watch closely. At first glance, one sees that the Virgin has the bent nose with the crease. Likewise, the air intakes are very narrow and the Sidepods sharply downward. The tail can be seen, unfortunately, not really, but that there should be possible to find differences in this year. The painting has succeeded, at least falls on the car. However, the new Lotus also be painted in black.
With di Grassi and Glock you have two good drivers. Luca di Grassi wish I had been in 2008 that he finally gets the chance in Formula One, Timo Glock is a good racer. I was going to his surprise decision to Virgin already, but if you look at how the courts were divided at the end, he has, and located his manager Kamps all right.
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The painting is certainly good - nice change from some boring design.
Well, the painting looks more like The Fast And The Furious ...
But let's see. Otherwise ISTS eigtl a 2009er RedBull in different packaging ...
The nose is nothing. I say sometimes.
If the CFD but says that the nose is really great and terrible efficiently ...! ;)
Anyway, the car looks so wrong is not enough. And the site is what. I also do not so much to Branson, but the rest of the team do not seem unappealing.
However, since both the new clean, and the Toro Rosso are apparently quite useful, but difficult wirds with the points. But Glock as a real racer can certainly make for highlights ...
A truly successful design. Above all, the number of black's something else and you see all the brake dust and tire wear is not so at the end of the race. Now it has to fit only with the CO values, as can be curious. Hopefully it will soon be March and go, yet I can not wait.