Misc. Racing Hall of Shame

by RealRacer4 Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:17 am

These F1 cars these teams have been coming out with this year (except for McLaren) have the most ridiculous-looking noses ever.

Caterham:
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Ferrari:

And Force India:
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My thoughts: WWWHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY????????????????????????

by flyingturns89 Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:18 am

They look like I could the noses with a tennis racket and they'd break off. And I'm a weakling.

by Mother of Invention Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:37 am

flyingturns89 wrote:They look like I could the noses with a tennis racket and they'd break off. And I'm a weakling.

You accidentally your grammar.

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by tommykl Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:27 pm

Mother of Invention wrote:

Is that Zandvoort?

by Mother of Invention Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:55 pm

yes, I had no where else I could put that pic, so it's here.

by RealRacer4 Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:34 pm

Mother of Invention wrote:yes, I had no where else I could put that pic, so it's here.

https://efr1.forumotion.com/t873-racing-video-picture-thread

by RealRacer4 Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:39 am

More retarded F1 noses Fail

Lotus:

Sauber:

Red Bull:

by **Cynon** Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:57 pm

Gator noses. First unveiled on the Gatorham. ;]

by BWard Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:19 pm

F1 noses just got even worse, this is Toro Rosso

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by pepsibottle1 Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:16 pm

Cynon wrote:Gator noses. First unveiled on the Gatorham. ;]

Just curious, what's the aero advantage supposed to be with those? Looks more bulky than anything IMO and they're ugly as hell. If anything, aren't those creating excess drag?

First the Walrus....now the Gator

by RealRacer4 Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:56 pm

Cynon wrote:Gator noses. First unveiled on the Gatorham. ;]

by Mother of Invention Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:21 pm

RealRacer4 wrote:
Sauber:

resemblance is canny.

by Mother of Invention Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:48 am

I was just reminded of this.

The Future of F1 Ladies and Gents. skip to 12:00

by PYLrulz Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:50 am

Mother of Invention wrote:I was just reminded of this.

The Future of F1 Ladies and Gents. skip to 12:00

Worse than when NASCAR started the Winston in 2001 right as a rainstorm hit. These guys COULD dive right into the pits, and yet they keep on going?!? Yeah... if I was a team owner of one of those cars, there would probably be pink slips being handed out, for lack of common sense being used

by Nextelracer Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:40 am

pepsibottle1 wrote:
Cynon wrote:Gator noses. First unveiled on the Gatorham. ;]

Just curious, what's the aero advantage supposed to be with those? Looks more bulky than anything IMO and they're ugly as hell. If anything, aren't those creating excess drag?

First the Walrus....now the Gator

They channel air over the cockpit and onto a specific part of the wing, as opposed to over the sidepods and engine cover. I hope it's a flop, because it's FUGLY.

by pepsibottle1 Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:33 am

Nextelracer wrote:
pepsibottle1 wrote:
Cynon wrote:Gator noses. First unveiled on the Gatorham. ;]

Just curious, what's the aero advantage supposed to be with those? Looks more bulky than anything IMO and they're ugly as hell. If anything, aren't those creating excess drag?

First the Walrus....now the Gator

They channel air over the cockpit and onto a specific part of the wing, as opposed to over the sidepods and engine cover. I hope it's a flop, because it's FUGLY.

Well that would make sense. Lowering the nose would help with drag but still, wouldn't it be more worthwhile to try to get more air into the airbox with these new noses (more horsepower, would be feasible since since there's a giant bump on the nose now) or continue work on channeling air down into the diffuser instead of focusing on an area on the exterior of the car? With the lower noses, it's going to be harder to get all of that air under the car and I really think that these new designs are going to handle noticeably different than those in previous years.

The Ferrari nose just strikes me as not only ugly as sin, but also fundamentally flawed. If you are going to have that huge bulge, at least channel it out instead of having it flat.

Here's what I would propose. I would take that Ferrari nose, channel out a smooth, round channel (sort of like how Lotus has theirs,) in the middle of the bulge and in that channel, create a small inlet that is flush with the nose allowing some of that air flowing over the nose to be piped into the diffuser. Red Bull has done something similar but theirs is not on the surface of the nose but rather on the bottom of the tip. Correct me if I'm wrong Coop or Nick but after looking at the 2012 F1 regs, I don't see anything saying that you can have an air inlet on the surface of the nose. If it was indeed legal, that would certaintly be a way to help for the lack of exhaust blown diffuser. Then again, I'm not exactly a aerodynamic engineer although I will be going to school for it starting next year.

by BWard Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:54 am

Still, could be worse...
The Williams FW34
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by **Cynon** Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:58 am

Nextelracer wrote:
pepsibottle1 wrote:
Cynon wrote:Gator noses. First unveiled on the Gatorham. ;]

Just curious, what's the aero advantage supposed to be with those? Looks more bulky than anything IMO and they're ugly as hell. If anything, aren't those creating excess drag?

First the Walrus....now the Gator

They channel air over the cockpit and onto a specific part of the wing, as opposed to over the sidepods and engine cover. I hope it's a flop, because it's FUGLY.

The positioning of the gator nose leads me to think it also does something for additional front downforce as well.

by GamerAzuzu Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:43 pm

I couldn't resist

by pepsibottle1 Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:09 pm

GamerAzuzu wrote:

I couldn't resist

Poor Perry Mccarthy....

by RealRacer4 Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:36 pm

These cars don't even need any explanation:

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by pepsibottle1 Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:46 pm

When did that Sauber run? I'm guessing it was a C16 or C17. Never knew that Peter tried a 4 wing design. Puts the MP4/10 to shame, haha! Very Happy

by RealRacer4 Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:04 pm

Double post

by RealRacer4 Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:07 pm

pepsibottle1 wrote:When did that Sauber run? I'm guessing it was a C16 or C17. Never knew that Peter tried a 4 wing design. Puts the MP4/10 to shame, haha!

It was in 1998. I'm glad those small wings are gone.

by RealRacer4 Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:45 pm

If someone asked you what Dario's rookie season was like, what would you say about it?

by **Cynon** Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:43 am

RealRacer4 wrote:If someone asked you what Dario's rookie season was like, what would you say about it?

Suicide watch. Razz

It's interesting to note how some really great drivers started their top-level careers as complete noobs who were a hazard to themselves and everyone else.

by Alpineopossum Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:46 am

I was waiting for someone to mention the walrus nose Williams. I believe Ralf Scumacher [or was it Juan Pablo? I forget] Said that the car was "as brutal to look at as it was beautiful to drive"

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by **Syzygy** Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:47 am

Alpineopossum wrote:http://www.f1wolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/2001-arrows.jpg

ORAENGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

by Nextelracer Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:03 am

I was just about to post the tray table Arrows. That was quite the interesting design, if I may say myself. Laughing

I'm sure most people remember the smokestacks on the Sauber back in 2006.

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by RealRacer4 Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:12 am

Alpineopossum wrote:

Good lord. And I thought the '96 McLaren and '98 Sauber cars looked bad.

by BWard Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:17 am

Jenson Button is a fast driver, but this is just a priceless moment...

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by RealRacer4 Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:52 pm

I like Simona De Silvestro, but WHY does this paint scheme have to look so god damn awful??
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by **Cynon** Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:12 pm

The yellow engine cover looks like they just took one from a yellow car and stuck it on. In other words, really awkward looking. Other then that it looks okay.