Ferrari still struggling with wind tunnel

Development of the F138 has been slow at recent races
Ferrari has admitted it is still struggling to gather accurate data in the wind tunnel to help it develop the F138.

Ferrari's latest upgrades have not had the desired effect, leaving Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa off the pace at recent races and forcing the team to revert to older parts on the car. Ferrari is currently using Toyota's wind tunnel in Cologne to develop its car while its own facility in Maranello is updated, but F138's chief designer, Simone Resta, says the data is still not correlating with the car on track.

'We were struggling [last year] and we are still struggling,' he said. 'We are working in an external wind tunnel as we improve our one, which will take the rest of the summer. So it's been a problem, but we are working on sorting it out.'

Resta said a series of updates would continue to be added to the car at the next three races as Ferrari tries to put Alonso's championship challenge back on track.

'The reason for us struggling at the last few races is us not bringing to the car parts that are working,' he added. 'If anything we have brought parts that are not working better than the others were. There isn't anything specific, but we have a lot of components for Spa, Monza and Singapore so we continue to work race by race.'

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Ferrari still struggling with wind tunnel

Development of the F138 has been slow at recent races
Ferrari has admitted it is still struggling to gather accurate data in the wind tunnel to help it develop the F138.

Ferrari's latest upgrades have not had the desired effect, leaving Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa off the pace at recent races and forcing the team to revert to older parts on the car. Ferrari is currently using Toyota's wind tunnel in Cologne to develop its car while its own facility in Maranello is updated, but F138's chief designer, Simone Resta, says the data is still not correlating with the car on track.

'We were struggling [last year] and we are still struggling,' he said. 'We are working in an external wind tunnel as we improve our one, which will take the rest of the summer. So it's been a problem, but we are working on sorting it out.'

Resta said a series of updates would continue to be added to the car at the next three races as Ferrari tries to put Alonso's championship challenge back on track.

'The reason for us struggling at the last few races is us not bringing to the car parts that are working,' he added. 'If anything we have brought parts that are not working better than the others were. There isn't anything specific, but we have a lot of components for Spa, Monza and Singapore so we continue to work race by race.'

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Ferrari still struggling with wind tunnel

Development of the F138 has been slow at recent races
Ferrari has admitted it is still struggling to gather accurate data in the wind tunnel to help it develop the F138.

Ferrari's latest upgrades have not had the desired effect, leaving Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa off the pace at recent races and forcing the team to revert to older parts on the car. Ferrari is currently using Toyota's wind tunnel in Cologne to develop its car while its own facility in Maranello is updated, but F138's chief designer, Simone Resta, says the data is still not correlating with the car on track.

'We were struggling [last year] and we are still struggling,' he said. 'We are working in an external wind tunnel as we improve our one, which will take the rest of the summer. So it's been a problem, but we are working on sorting it out.'

Resta said a series of updates would continue to be added to the car at the next three races as Ferrari tries to put Alonso's championship challenge back on track.

'The reason for us struggling at the last few races is us not bringing to the car parts that are working,' he added. 'If anything we have brought parts that are not working better than the others were. There isn't anything specific, but we have a lot of components for Spa, Monza and Singapore so we continue to work race by race.'

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Ο χρήστης chemic έγραψε:
κ άλλες ομάδες χρησιμοποιούν τη σήραγγα στη κολονία. Αυτές δεν έχουν πρόβλημα?

Και η McLaren έχει το ίδιο πρόγραμμα με την Κολωνία. Το εξοργιστικό στην περίπτωση της Ferrari είναι πως έχει χρόνια πρόβλημα corelation σε διάφορες σήραγγες.

Δεν είναι έτσι. Αν δεν μπορείς να βγάλεις άκρη από τα δεδομένα είναι δικό σου πρόβλημα επειδή κάτι κάνεις λάθος. Άλλα δεδομένα σου δίνει η σήραγγα και άλλα βλέπεις στην πίστα. Πρέπει να βρεις που είναι το λάθος στους υπολογισμούς σου. Δεν έχει να κάνει με γκαντεμιά και δικαιολογίες.

Ο χρήστης Hellenic tifosi έγραψε:
'τα έχω γράψει όλα στ' @@ μου'

Προφανώς και δεν συμβαίνει κάτι τέτοιο σε καμία ομάδα της F1, ακόμα και στην Marussia!

Αστο στα αγγλικά κατι λέει.................

Σοβαρά;

Καλα ουτε ακριβως ετσι ειναι... Το correlation ειναι αρκετα περιπλοκο απο μονο του. Τα οποια data εχεις απο τη σηραγγα πρεπει να τα τσεκαρεις με πραγματικες μαθηματικες σχεσεις οι οποιες ειναι εμπειρικες (και φυσικα μετα να τις υλοποιησεις στη δικη σου διαταξη ).Εχουν προκυψει δλδ απο αλλους για σενα με απειρες οριακες συνθηκες.Ακριβως επειδη μιλαμε για Φ1 ομως και παιζεις παντα στα ακρα καπου χανεται το παιχνίδι. Για μενα αυτη ειναι η πιο πιθανη εξηγηση, σε περιπτωση που οντως δεν τα εχουν σκατωσει απλα.

Τόσα χρόνια που κυριαρχούσαν πως και δεν είχαν θέμα με το corelation? Άλλαξαν μεθοδολογία;

David Coulthard says it is 'unlikely' that Fernando Alonso will swap Ferrari for Red Bull, leaving it to Kimi Raikkonen or Daniel Ricciardo to replace Mark Webber.

Rumours emerged last month claiming that Alonso was considering a move to Red Bull Racing as Webber's replacement for next season.

The speculation was given some weight when his manager Luis Garcia Abad met with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner in Budapest.

However, former Red Bull racer Coulthard believes Alonso won't be walking away from Ferrari any time soon.

'I think the Fernando story is unlikely but I do think it's normal that all of these guys and their managers talk to all the teams,' he said in an interview with GPUpdate.net.

'He wouldn't be a manager if he's not talking to the team that's winning races. The name Ferrari is a wonderful name but winning grands prix and World Championships is more wonderful.

'I think Fernando has already shown that he's a great driver, he's won two World Championships with Renault. He clearly wants to win with Ferrari and Ferrari are consistently frontrunners, so you have to expect them to be strong at different points over Formula 1's history.'

As for Raikkonen and Ricciardo, Coulthard says both have positives going for them and only time will tell which of the two succeeds Webber as Sebastian Vettel's team-mate.

'Kimi is a World Champion; he's unbelievably consistent in his delivery of points and race results. So you cannot not look at him as a real contender to deliver what Red Bull really want, which is not winning the Drivers' Championship but the Constructors'.

'Daniel is known well to Red Bull and is a lovely guy. He'd be very popular within the team. He isn't really known to the public but that's because he hasn't been finishing on the podium and all of the things that really allow people to get to know someone. It would be a great validation of the Red Bull young driver programme to have another driver like Sebastian who came up through that scheme.

'I don't know who it's going to be. I know a little bit of what the process is; in time we'll all find out.'

http://www.planet-f1.com/driver/3213/88 ... -unlikely-

Δεκαετία δεν νομίζω να τραβάει, δεδομένου ότι η F2004 ήταν το καλύτερο μονοθέσιο της F1 και ότι το τελευταίο πρωτάθλημα ήρθε το 2008.