WEC 2014

Mark Pringle @TWITTER
Toyota built a car to win 6 hrs. Audi built a car to win Le Mans. Porsche built a car and are learning

PrimozR je 24. maj 2014 ob 00:25 izjavil:

Tudi če motor kupiš in ves svoj keš v primeru Zyteka vržeš v Aero, še vedno ne prideš blizu vložkom, ki jih v to področje mečejo Audi, Toyota in Porsche.

Problem regeneracije je tudi da očitno prekleto težko nabereš tistih 8 MJ, vsaj glede na trenutne tovarniške ekipe. Toyota se ni nikoli matrala in je šla na 6 MJ, Audi je itak svojevrstna klasa na 2 MJ, Porche je pa moral 'priznati poraz' in se zadovoljiti s 6 MJ namesto prvotno planiranih 8 MJ.

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“We want to win in a very different way to that of our rivals. We won’t be turning up in a vehicle which is a basically another hybrid that looks like another Porsche, Audi or Toyota – they all look the same to me – our intention is to do something that is a little bit different.”

“Nissan would not be in LMP1 without [Garage 56] as a stepping stone,” Cox said. “While we don’t have as much freedom in LMP1 as we have with Garage 56 and the Nissan ZEOD RC, the new rules package for LMP1 provides us with significant opportunities to do things differently.

“You don’t go to Le Mans to just turn up,” Palmer said. “The brief to the team is to go with something different, go with something that brings new technology which is transferable to the road car technology and an approach that is innovative and exciting and of course, go to win.

“Believe me, I think this is the car that will go down in the annals of time and be one of those cars which will be long remembered, not only for the fact that it will have won Le Mans but also that it reset the real meaning of NISMO as a link between success on the track and success on the road.”

PrimozR je 28. maj 2014 ob 12:05 izjavil:

6-kolesni Tyrell je deloval odlično, problem je bil, da je Goodyear (mislim da) nehal razvijati gume zanj.

PrimozR je 1. jun 2014 ob 23:37 izjavil:

Čez gleda že statično. Sam to je itak đabe, vzameš v roke žago in odžagaš. Bolj je problem preprečiti upogibanje.

PrimozR je 2. jun 2014 ob 21:40 izjavil:

BT52 je 2. jun 2014 ob 19:27 izjavil:

Sicer pa se FIA nekaj trudi z merjenjem do točke plastične deformacije ipd.

Kompoziti nimajo ravno plastične deformacije...

Aja, Toyota sandbagga. Najitrejši krog ima Vmax pod 300 km/h, najvišji Vmax, na outlapu, je pa nekih 330 km/h.

S tem da so trenutno par desetink od lanskega pole časa.

Dear Members,

It is Le Mans week and I tell you about myP1 design...
Don't hesitate to circulate this message in the media and invite your contacts to join myTeam!

myP1 has taken 3 years to design.

How many of us were actually involved in the design process? I was on my own for 1 and 1/2 years, then Antoine joined me and took on the mechanical design aspect. We also had 3 motivated students joining to look at specific analysis. But indeed we can say that myP1 has been designed by 2 experienced people. Other manufacturers put a minimum of 20 people and up to 100 designers to do such a job.

So how does that work?

The key has been a very clear vision and direction of what I wanted for that car. Then spending the required time.... hours and hours in front of the computer. Sometimes at night, sometimes during weekends. And all the time designing was going on in my head of course. Designing in my head actually saved me a lot of time!

I wanted to be on my own initially to sort the architecture and the aero. So when Antoine joined he could pretty much design only 1 version of what we needed rather than iterate too much. Still he had to design 3 different front suspension systems and 2 different rear ones. Life is not perfect... :)

In Formula 1, they were letting us design and try pretty much every thing we wanted in the wind tunnel, hoping for some gains to be made, hoping for the best as we say... That led to a very low efficiency level because we were trying stupid things sometimes.

I did the opposite with myP1 by limiting myself in the number of directions to try. Still CFD has been running full time for 3 years, and 2300 full car solutions were tested!

I have also noticed that successful F1 teams were all led by a very strong designer with a vision, someone who was not allowing his designers to diverge too much from his idea.

To win Le Mans we need speed and reliability. Some say it is a compromise. I found that by keeping things simple, you can achieve both. Less things can go wrong, and it is always lighter and faster. Don't get me wrong, it takes a lot of effort to achieve a simple design.

To keep things simple, I had most of the time to complexity first, and then understand how to remove that complexity but keeping the essence of what is needed.

Do we need a car that you can repair quickly to win Le Mans? My answer is NO. That's why myP1 is the only LMP1 without a quick release diffuser tail. That saves probably 1 or 2 kg, hours of design, and guarantee a perfectly sealed and performant floor / diffuser.

myP1 has probably the smallest number of body panel that you will find in LMP1. The same goes for the number of mechanical parts.

That's what I love about Le Mans: It has become a true sprint race that lasts an eternity: 24 hours. It is not about making the car quick to repair. It is ultimately our drivers that will have the pressure to drive fast without crashing... That's what we pay them for...

Look at the statistics over the past 10 years. You have no chance to win if you go in the garage to repair anything...

To ask your questions, reply to this email. La suite demain!

Nicolas

Race organisers have released a statement about Duval's accident. It confirms that the Audi driver was conscious when he was extracted from the car, and it adds "his condition is encouraging".

Dr_M je 14. jun 2014 ob 08:40 izjavil:

Uf, komi cakam danes start. Koncno so se tudi pri nas spomnil na to dirko in bomo lahko vsaj nekaj spremljali po tvju.

Naj najboljsa toyota zmaga

BT52 je 14. jun 2014 ob 06:19 izjavil:

Fašejo #17?

Kaj misliš s tem?

Drugače pa ja. Čist možno, da bo dirka zelo podobna tej iz spaja. S to razliko, da bo Audi zelo konkurenčem še posebej čez noč.

SIcer pa, nekaj se je jamralo o izbiri naših komentatorjev. Pa še prenos ne bo cel. Eurosport ima kompletnih 24 ur prenosa in odlične komentatorje, a je sploh treba razmišljati?