aktuellt om McLarens problem?

formulis · Inlägg av **formulis** » mån mar 18, 2002 14:16

Friday January 25, 5:35 PM

Exclusive: Ilmor dismiss senior engineer
According to exclusive formula1.com sources, a relatively senior member of Ilmor Engineering, the company that is run by Mario Illien and is under contract with Mercedes Benz to manufacture McLaren's engine, was recently dismissed by the Northamptonshire based company.
"A senior engineer there (Ilmor) was recently let go because they found some problems with the engine in a number of areas," said the exclusive formula1.com source.

Simon Armstrong, who as of 2000 held the title of Engineering Coordinator, was apparently, asked to leave Ilmor only a few weeks ago as a result of some important deficiencies in the 2002 McLaren engine. According to the source, there are one or two major problems with the 2002 McLaren engine that should have been evident in the engineering process. Moreover, the engine is short on power.

But when formula1.com contacted Ilmor, a spokesperson simply issued a terse, "No comment." The company would not even confirm Armstrong's title.

Recent events would lend credibility to this report, as McLaren's team principal, Ron Dennis, was quite candid about the situation at the launch of its 2002 contender last Saturday.

"We are not where we want to be and Norbert Haug has been very open about that," Dennis told Autosport at the MP4-17 launch in reference to the 2002 engine. "But there are another five weeks and there is a lot of work to do and a lot of parts coming. By Melbourne we should be more comfortable about where we are," he concluded.

Interestingly, some observers speculated that McLaren had to limit the engine revolutions on the car at the pot launch shakedown in Barcelona for fear the engine might not hold up, something that would not be very desirable with the world's motoring press and the team's sponsors in attendance.

For 2002, McLaren have chosen a completely new design for their power unit instead of relying on a development of the 2001 engine, which is believed to have been a development on the one used in 2000. There is also speculation that the new engine has a 90 degree 'vee angle' as opposed to the 72 degree angle of the 2001 unit.

Lemon · Inlägg av **Lemon** » mån mar 18, 2002 15:10

Gammal skåpmat.

Ozikahn · Inlägg av **Ozikahn** » mån mar 18, 2002 15:38

Jo det var en gammal nyhet. Kan inte Mercedes köpa in Mario Thiesen istället?

Gäst · Inlägg av **Gäst** » mån mar 18, 2002 17:11

Ge fan i BMW-ingenjörerna!!!
Illien har en egen inbyggd testbana på snoken och den kan komma väl till pass. Om Mercedes är så jävla bra på att bygga motorer så bör dom fullständigt ta över operationerna från Ilmor-fabriken. Kan BMW så...
Det är just därför som jag tycker det är bra att biltillverkarna är med i F1.

Ozikahn · Inlägg av **Ozikahn** » mån mar 18, 2002 17:52

Vad nu med Thiessens motorer så hade ju Kimi och DC dominerat F1 i år. Snoken? vad är det för bana? Benzen har ju 50 hk mindre än BMW och Fiat

ändå håller den inte.

Razor · Inlägg av **Razor** » mån mar 18, 2002 18:18

Snok = näsa

formulis · Inlägg av **formulis** » mån mar 18, 2002 19:03

"gammal skåpmat" - det var just det som var mitt (försök) till en poäng.
Inaktuella aktuella nyheter

Edit: jag menade förstås
Aktuella inaktuella nyheter....eller vänta nu..hur blir det riktigt

<font size=-1>[ Detta Inlägg ändrades av: formulis den 2002-03-18 19:05 ]</font>

Razor · Inlägg av **Razor** » mån mar 18, 2002 19:18

Oj, nu blev det svårt...

Ozikahn · Inlägg av **Ozikahn** » mån mar 18, 2002 19:24

Ja Razor visst är det så. Ilmor har en stor snok.

formulis · Inlägg av **formulis** » mån mar 18, 2002 20:04

jag misstänker att Lucas är bekant ned Ilmor.