Live Toyota F1 Launch Today

[freddytin]

Probably a bit of a non event, but you never know ?

Time for launch is 11.00 am http://www.tf109-premiere.com/

[stew-S160]

really for a chuckle.

[mike360]

website overloaded

[Sixpackpert]

"The server at www.tf109-premiere.com is taking too long to respond."

Good omen, slow site, slow car!

Edited by Sixpackpert on Thursday 15th January 11:02

[freddytin]

Working for me , the coundown is at 8 min 5 sec. Oooooooh can't wait.

[JackGTA]

Count down has finished for me, but it just says "Out Now!" and nothing else.
Quick look on toyota-f1.com found this though: http://www.toyota-f1.com/en/news/2009/20090115_04....

[ajprice]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula...
http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=44927


So much for the live site!

Edit: More images from Toyota site



So conventional wing mirrors, lethal looking front wing endplates (really, who made that, Dick Dastardly?), endplates on the front edges of the sidepods. Overall I like it from these pictures anyway, seems better looking than the red car.

Edited by ajprice on Thursday 15th January 11:16

Edited by ajprice on Thursday 15th January 11:23

[stephen300o]

I see they have the same vanes as the Ferrari, must be a popular loophole.

[ajprice]

More pictures - http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&a...

[freddytin]

Not a bad looking car at all.... Now the link is up and running.

I think their strategy of starting without the confusion of KERS alongside slicks and movable aero, is a smart move.

[stew-S160]

really dont like how the front wing is mounted. the supports remind me of the williams a few years ago, you all know the one im talking about.

[skinny]

now you mention it, from the 3/4 view it does have a whiff of the walrus about it...

[MrKipling43]

Also, the wing seems a lot less gangly in profile.

[ajprice]

The Ferrari has the slanted wing mounts too, but they join the nosecone further back and not at the tip.

[funkyrobot]

I'm sorry, but that large front wing:



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Side profile looks ok but I just can't like the massive front wing and tiny rear one!

[35secToNuvolari]

Maybe I only noticed this because it was pointed out in an autosport article, but I do like the aggressive undercutting of the sidepods.

The drop-hangars for the front-wing are hideous.

Also, are they screwing themselves by trying to use the zero keel on such a high-nosed car? Toyota says that stability and ease of setting up were priorities in their design and a single keel would have given them better geometry (AIUI). Is it time for teams to look at the single-keel trade-off again?

[ajprice]

Testing photos of the Toyota on itv-f1.com. There are changes from the press launch already, it has a shark fin engine cover and the small wing elements on the front wing (similar to Ferrari) -

http://www.itv-f1.com/photo.aspx?im_id=52048



The weird front wing endplates have gone too.

Edited by ajprice on Monday 19th January 10:35