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#251004
And did I mention, Rory's back?


Brilliant! In a full time position? Or just as a consultant?

We are talking the designer aren't we? Not some random cleaner called Rory.


It's the one and only.

I'm pretty sure he had the wood on Newey last time they went head to head and, I suspect the chance of beating him again was probably a strong incentive for him to come back.

Ostensibly he's there full time to produce a super sports replacement and a GT racer (possibly an F458 variant). But Aldo let it drop in Sepang that he's working on the F150 project. I wonder just how flexi our front wing will be :)


Think his impact wont be felt until next years car, but by the sounds of it he is mostly doing road cars?
#251005
Rory Byrne back at Ferrari??? Really?
Shouldn't there be some sort of massive news story on this or something.

Yep, he's really back. As I mentioned, officially he's working on super sports car, with a view to racing. But Aldo said in Sepang that he was working in the F150. It's been deliberately kept low key.

The Ferrari doesn't lack raw pace. If Alonso had started on pole, I'd say he could've won the race. But of course, he didn't. It could of course be set-up related though. Ferrari could lack pace because of how they run their car in qualifying. Since you can run the DRS in quali but not the race, there's the whole issue over how you set-up your gear-ratio's and what not. Also, we know Mercedes has the best DRS system at the moment. So perhaps Ferrari's lacks something.

It'll be interesting to see a race where Fernando doesn't lose loads of positions of the start.


:yes:


its not very low key now :hehe:
#251016
And did I mention, Rory's back?


Brilliant! In a full time position? Or just as a consultant?

We are talking the designer aren't we? Not some random cleaner called Rory.


It's the one and only.

I'm pretty sure he had the wood on Newey last time they went head to head and, I suspect the chance of beating him again was probably a strong incentive for him to come back.

Ostensibly he's there full time to produce a super sports replacement and a GT racer (possibly an F458 variant). But Aldo let it drop in Sepang that he's working on the F150 project. I wonder just how flexi our front wing will be :)



I just saw my neighbor's F458 italia taken away on a flat bed.
#251023
And did I mention, Rory's back?


Brilliant! In a full time position? Or just as a consultant?

We are talking the designer aren't we? Not some random cleaner called Rory.


It's the one and only.

I'm pretty sure he had the wood on Newey last time they went head to head and, I suspect the chance of beating him again was probably a strong incentive for him to come back.

Ostensibly he's there full time to produce a super sports replacement and a GT racer (possibly an F458 variant). But Aldo let it drop in Sepang that he's working on the F150 project. I wonder just how flexi our front wing will be :)



I just saw my neighbor's F458 italia taken away on a flat bed.


Nothing new there then ,Ferrari's are always breaking down.On a track day once over half over them broke down or wasn't firing on all cylinders.Suppose the same can be said for most super cars though to be fair.
#251025
And did I mention, Rory's back?


Brilliant! In a full time position? Or just as a consultant?

We are talking the designer aren't we? Not some random cleaner called Rory.


It's the one and only.

I'm pretty sure he had the wood on Newey last time they went head to head and, I suspect the chance of beating him again was probably a strong incentive for him to come back.

Ostensibly he's there full time to produce a super sports replacement and a GT racer (possibly an F458 variant). But Aldo let it drop in Sepang that he's working on the F150 project. I wonder just how flexi our front wing will be :)



I just saw my neighbor's F458 italia taken away on a flat bed.



Your neighbours got a Ferrari, you rich ****ard! :hehe:
#251027
And did I mention, Rory's back?


Brilliant! In a full time position? Or just as a consultant?

We are talking the designer aren't we? Not some random cleaner called Rory.


It's the one and only.

I'm pretty sure he had the wood on Newey last time they went head to head and, I suspect the chance of beating him again was probably a strong incentive for him to come back.

Ostensibly he's there full time to produce a super sports replacement and a GT racer (possibly an F458 variant). But Aldo let it drop in Sepang that he's working on the F150 project. I wonder just how flexi our front wing will be :)



I just saw my neighbor's F458 italia taken away on a flat bed.



Your neighbours got a Ferrari, you rich ****ard! :hehe:


It's my NEIGHBOR... not me! :wink:
#251028
And did I mention, Rory's back?


Brilliant! In a full time position? Or just as a consultant?

We are talking the designer aren't we? Not some random cleaner called Rory.


It's the one and only.

I'm pretty sure he had the wood on Newey last time they went head to head and, I suspect the chance of beating him again was probably a strong incentive for him to come back.

Ostensibly he's there full time to produce a super sports replacement and a GT racer (possibly an F458 variant). But Aldo let it drop in Sepang that he's working on the F150 project. I wonder just how flexi our front wing will be :)



I just saw my neighbor's F458 italia taken away on a flat bed.



Your neighbours got a Ferrari, you rich ****ard! :hehe:


It's my NEIGHBOR... not me! :wink:


True, but it proves its not exactly Harlem your living in!

Lemme guess your not rich cause all you got is a lotus in comparison!! :rofl:
#251038
The Ferrari doesn't lack raw pace. If Alonso had started on pole, I'd say he could've won the race. But of course, he didn't. It could of course be set-up related though. Ferrari could lack pace because of how they run their car in qualifying. Since you can run the DRS in quali but not the race, there's the whole issue over how you set-up your gear-ratio's and what not. Also, we know Mercedes has the best DRS system at the moment. So perhaps Ferrari's lacks something.


i dont think its a matter of setup issue related to the DRS. They did look out of place and out of speed in and out of the fast turns (Merc also), hinting at lack of aero-force. Ferrari never looked out of speed on the straights. It could be they're not able to tweak the car so much for qualy without sacrificing tire wear for the race, so they have to fight Q with a car better set-up for the race. i think a lot of work has gone (in all teams) into not allowing the rear tires to get trashed ahead of time, so Ferrari's solution seems to be too damaging to their 1 lap pace.

Merc also have the tire wear problem during the race, so it seems they have more work than ferrari.
#251054
Ferrari have a new front wing and nose ... interesting

Today's front wing testing day and no news about any failures, so looks like whatever Ferrari has is legal too :)

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#251084
Ferrari have a new front wing and nose ... interesting

Today's front wing testing day and no news about any failures, so looks like whatever Ferrari has is legal too :)

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Forza Ferrari! :wink:

That pic was either taken with a very wide angle lens or the wing itself bows back a bit!
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