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Pre-Season Testing Comparison: 2008 vs. 2009 » BlogF1 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:23:38 +0000

[...] Post-Season Tests Comparison: 2007 vs. 2008 [...]

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:47:11 +0000

It’s obviously very early days but BMW’s ‘09 ‘mock-up’ doesn’t look too shabby.

It doesn’t does it!? It is very early to start any comparisons, but I think later in the testing season it could get a lot more interesting.

Still not sold on the looks though!

No, me neither. The Williams didn’t look so bad, but maybe that was because of the lower nose and darker paint scheme.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:42:54 +0000

Cool comparison – nicely done. It’s obviously very early days but BMW’s ‘09 ‘mock-up’ doesn’t look too shabby. Apparently it’s not as quick in a straight line, so if the cars can actually get a tow off each other and follow more closely through the corners, we might get some racing next year.

Still not sold on the looks though!

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:13:20 +0000

Thank you!

My pleasure!

Indeed interesting how much mechanical grip helps the car go faster than aero.

Heh, all those twiddly little flick-ups and knobbly bits and none of them really helped. Slap a set of slicks on the thing and boom! There you go, there’s your grip.

By: Haplo

Haplo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:09:41 +0000

Thank you!

Indeed interesting how much mechanical grip helps the car go faster than aero.