R18 Unveiling today

[haggy]

http://audimedia.tv/

Driving it through the city centre to the track

[RobGT81]

Prefered the black.



Actually it looks pretty smart. Looks awesome driving it from the square to the circuit.

Edited by RobGT81 on Tuesday 25th March 12:41

[vincegail]

Friend of mine lives in Le Mans and took this pictures:

[lowdrag]

Fined for excess speed (110 in a 40 limit) and failing to stop for pedestrians:-

[hyper jay]

great pics thanks for posting A 4.0 v6 intresting stuff ,nice day out for mr T.K

[Vocal Minority]

Looks pretty bad ass actually

[Mezzanine]

Are the exposed tops off the tyres part of the design or have they got covers removed for road driving purposes/display reasons?

Would have though exposed wheels like that would not be very aero friendly?

[ben5732]

Part of the design to try and stop the cars flipping into the air in an accident.

[Rick Cutler]

So when it rains the windscreen is flooded with water off the tyres.

[coogy]

Not my video, but here are some highlights of it on the road!

http://youtu.be/NQNumZIg0WQ

[williamp]

Really dont like the livery. At speed I bet it will look like the Porsche too

[JulesV]

coogy said:

Not my video, but here are some highlights of it on the road!

http://youtu.be/NQNumZIg0WQ

Thanks for posting. What a great idea for a launch. Look forward to seeing it race in anger.

[Mezzanine]

ben5732 said:

Part of the design to try and stop the cars flipping into the air in an accident.

Oh right, so it is like putting holes in a parachute. Interesting!

Rick Cutler said:

So when it rains the windscreen is flooded with water off the tyres.

That was my first thought, they are going to create great plumes of water when it rains.

[indyxe]

williamp said:

Really dont like the livery. At speed I bet it will look like the Porsche too

My thoughts also, Obviously the VAG group want their cars looking the same.

[eastlmark]

Rick Cutler said:

So when it rains the windscreen is flooded with water off the tyres.

if going in reverse maybe.... rear and first part of the top of the tyre is still covered which is where most of the spray would end up. Its not new anyway, have been like that a couple of year now.

[Vocal Minority]

You'll need to be 3 (plus !) sheets to the wind, at night , on the mulsanne straight before they become indistinguishable IMHO

[24lemons]

Vocal Minority said:

You'll need to be 3 (plus !) sheets to the wind, at night , on the mulsanne straight before they become indistinguishable IMHO

During the night time some of the normal TV cameras are switched off and the darker parts of the track are only covered by CCTV (remember the 2011 Rockenfeller crash footage) Its not uncommon for cars to be mis-identified as it is.

I suspect that in the heat of battle, a white LMP-1 viewed in the dark could easily be mistaken for any one of the top three LMP-1 teams (assuming Toyota run with a mainly white paint job again.)

[Some Gump]

Mezzanine said:

That was my first thought, they are going to create great plumes of water when it rains.

I'm not so sure. Not only will there be a lot of high pressure air running over the top of that hole, but I'm guessing that any team capable of winning le mans 12 times out of 14 attempts would probably not be outwitted by something as trivial as a wheelarch =)

Would be interesting if it was though,

[GlennC]

Some Gump said:

I'm not so sure. Not only will there be a lot of high pressure air running over the top of that hole, but I'm guessing that any team capable of winning le mans 12 times out of 14 attempts would probably not be outwitted by something as trivial as a wheelarch =)

Would be interesting if it was though,

The reverse is true, as velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases. So the high velocity air moving over the top of the wheel arch will draw out the relatively higher pressure air from inside the wheel arch.

[Rick Cutler]

eastlmark said:

if going in reverse maybe.... rear and first part of the top of the tyre is still covered which is where most of the spray would end up. Its not new anyway, have been like that a couple of year now.

Even at 200mph??? I am sure the wind over the front of the car would push the water back!