[Training] Pre-season Testing 2012

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Ferrari aren't sandbagging. Apparently the front suspension system doesn't work and it maybe a fundamental design flaw....

This 2012 Ferrari pull rod suspension always had one major concern for me:

With a carefully designed push rod systems, the force vectors of the push rod can be aligned with the tyre contact patch in both the fore-aft and lateral planes, therefore no bump input will result in moments which act to change camber and caster angles. With pull rod suspension it is not possible to align the force vectors in this way, so the result might be that the tyre contact patch effectively moves around with suspension movement and - although I haven't done a mathematical check - I suspect with roll angle too.

This would give a very un-nerving feeling to the driver and may cause tyre wear issues too, particularly with the softer tyres and heavily grooved wets. We shall see.

[Truenorth]

My first post here is not my first post. I have appeared on Speed, Ferrari, and a private Tifosi board. Some of us got dumped from the Speed chat, formed a new group and they told me about this site.

If the fall is the silly season, then the pre-season might be called, with respect rather than derision, the Lying and Deceiving Season. Apart from building fast cars, deception of everyone is one of the great skills of our heroes.

Forza Scuderia Ferrari

[Zico]

Originally Posted by Truenorth

My first post here is not my first post. I have appeared on Speed, Ferrari, and a private Tifosi board. Some of us got dumped from the Speed chat, formed a new group and they told me about this site.

If the fall is the silly season, then the pre-season might be called, with respect rather than derision, the Lying and Deceiving Season. Apart from building fast cars, deception of everyone is one of the great skills of our heroes.

Forza Scuderia Ferrari

I hope they are just deceiving everyone but there have been a lot of reports that the ferraris were showing very inconsistant behaviour through the corners.... maybe these so called 'eyewitnesses' are also on Ferraris payroll?

[Born Racer]

Welcome to Ten-Tenths, Truenorth. I hope you enjoy posting here. It's a great forum.

As someone who doesn't like Ferrari, I know you'd be foolish to ever write them off pre-season. This is a stagnant time for us viewers who can only speculate. When the flag drops..

However, Ferrari said they were going to make a more revolutionary car (or words to that effect) and they've got a complicated one. Perhaps they just haven't unlocked its pace yet.