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What’s up With the BMW Sauber Sponsors?
Posted by: | CommentsBMW Sauber has lost 2 major sponsors, Dell and Credit Suisse. That’s a lot of sponsorship money lost with those two companies, close to 20 million euros. Just one look at the car and it’s easy to see a lot of white. Not only is Dell and Credit Suisse missing altogether, but Intel is strikingly hard to see. Last season Intel had their logos on the engine cover, front wing, and side deflectors and now have a look, Intel is only on the side of the rear wing. I haven`t heard anything about Intel`s contract yet, but clearly they have downsized their sponsorship.
Mario Theissen has said all along that the team is in no financial trouble but they do need to fill a few sponsorship spaces on the surprisingly bare F1.09. Timing is everything they say and when the economic crisis hit, it just happened to be the same time some sponsorship contracts BMW Sauber had came to an end.
BMW Sauber F1.06 – F1.08 Series: F1.08
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The 101 points in 2007 with a very good F1.07 once again had the designers and engineers working overtime to produce an even better car and aerodynamics and balance were once again at the top of the list.
“Our aim was to build a car with impressive aerodynamic efficiency, but which also boasted a very stable aero balance,” he said. “This means that it hardly loses any downforce when the wheels are turned in, and thus gives the driver a lot of confidence.”
Looking at the Evolution of the BMW Sauber F1.08
Posted by: | CommentsThere is a rule of thumb in Formula 1: Standing still means going backwards. Vehicles change from race to race. The engineers are continually modifying the vehicles depending on the characteristics of the different circuits – the extremely long straights in Monza require a different aero package than the tight and slow corners in Monaco.
Willy Rampf, the Technical Director of the BMW Sauber F1 Team, uses a selection of technical drawings to describe the constant change undergone by the BMW Sauber F1.08.
BMW Sauber F1.08, Car Launch, Munich, January 2008.
Willy Rampf:
“The elimination of traction control meant that the cars would be more difficult to drive. Our goal was therefore to build a stable car with precise feedback at the front axle and lots of grip at the rear axle, in order to make the driver’s job easier. As far as aerodynamic efficiency was concerned, we wanted to take a significant step forward by comparison with the F1.07. We were able to achieve this objective by a number of measures including a special, compact engine cover. We opted for a very dominant front wing, the great potential of which allowed us to compensate for the entire range of different weight distributions. The vent chimneys combined with the lamellar outlet vents to permit good cooling without significant disadvantages for aerodynamics even under extreme conditions. By contrast with the rim covers, the Tomcat wings on the car’s nose and the vertical sidepod reflectors were not fitted to the car for the presentation.”
Is Third in Constructors the Only Possibility?
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I find myself wondering where the team is heading the rest of this season. Let’s face it, races since Canada haven’t been what anyone would call that great and Hungary was certainly not the BMW-Sauber team I saw earlier. Back then there were great improvements that really did scare Ferrari and McLaren especially, but those days seem gone now Read More→