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F1 2010
2010 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Round 3 , 04 April, 2010. Sepang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Lap : 5.543km/3.444 miles | Offset : 0.000km | Race : 56 Laps - 310.408km/192.887 miles
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CHANGES TO THE CIRCUIT SINCE 2009
• Other than routine maintenance no significant changes have been made.

Lap record: 1:34.223 (Juan-Pablo Montoya, Williams-BMW, 2004)


03 April 2010

Red Bull RB6 - front brake-rim attachment

In both the first two races Red Bull suffered problems with their front wheel upright's brake-rim attachment - on Friday morning in Bahrain on Vettel's car, and on his again in Melbourne when the front-left wheel came loose. For Malaysia the team have worked hard to avoid the problem, checking the assembly of the components (hub, wheel nut and rim) after nearly every run. As you can see in the drawing, Red Bull don't have the locking pins (arrow) in the hub plate but instead in the inside of the rim.


03 April 2010

Ferrari F10 - new floor

Ferrari tested a new floor in Malaysia that included an opening in front of the rear tyres, something only McLaren have had from the beginning of the season. Its purpose is to feed air to the side channel of the rear diffuser in order to increase its efficiency. This solution was taken off the Ferrari on Saturday at Sepang, but we will probably see it again in China. The team also introduced cooling vanes beside the cockpit due to the hot conditions, but again these were not used on Saturday.


03 April 2010

Forthcoming ban on outboard mirrors

Three races into the season the FIA have declared outboard mirrors too dangerous and have banned them. The ban was to come in at the forthcoming Chinese Grand Prix, but after the teams complained of time constraints, it will instead be introduced from May's Spanish race. Ferrari were the first team to place their mirrors on the extremities of their car's sidepods back in 2006 (see drawing). Since then several teams have designed similar solutions, and currently six - Ferrari, Red Bull, Williams, BMW Sauber, Force India and HRT - are using mirrors attached to the vertical turning vanes in front of the sidepods. Mirrors don't usually have a good aerodynamic shape, but by putting them in the flow of air coming from the front tyres - an area already disturbed by drag - their negative influence is reduced. The difference they make is thought to be approximately half of one-tenth of a second per lap.


04 April 2010

Toro Rosso STR05 - modified exhaust

To improve the cooling of the Toro Rosso in Malaysia's high temperatures, the team have modified the bodywork around the exhausts. Unlike the exhaust used in Melbourne (see inset), the exhaust opening is no longer visible from the side (see main drawing). This solution was also used in Bahrain.


04 April 2010

Mercedes MGP-W01 - revised rear bodywork

Here you can see how Mercedes have evolved the bodywork around the MGP-W01's exhausts. In Melbourne (see inset) there was an additional gill linked to the exhaust opening (highlighted in blue), which respected the single-opening rule. In Sepang they have modified the bodywork (see main drawing) to create a wider opening around the exhaust to aid cooling. The team have also opened two small windows at the point where the bodywork meets the car's floor (highlighted in blue).

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