Thermal Imaging
As very kindly pointed out by Kathi during live commenting earlier, FOM appeared to be trialling a new type of camera in the pitlane today.
Displayed without any fanfare (and completely missed by us) was this shot of Nico Rosberg refueling during qualifying this afternoon:
That seems like a pretty handy thing to have around, and you can easily see the engine venting is the toastiest area of the car, glowing white hot in the screenshot.
I’m surprised at how warm the tyres are in comparison to the engine, and it looks like the lower cross-section of the rear wing has taken a bit of a hammering from the engine exhaust.
Kathi has kindly uploaded a high quality clip if you fancy seeing it in action.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:16 pmChristine said:
That refuelling man looks pretty hot as well.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:20 pmlou said:
I really want to see this in the race tomorrow! I hope they keep it!
May 10th, 2008 at 10:22 pmme said:
yeah, but you fancy anything in a nomex suit.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:22 pmLadySnowcat said:
It reminds me of thermal imaging that the vet has used on my horse to look for problem areas…
Great stuff…
May 10th, 2008 at 10:26 pmme said:
ha! maybe a little too much information there.
does anyone know if ITV showed this at all? did they happen to be on a break at the time?
May 10th, 2008 at 10:28 pmlou said:
i think it was shown on the internet feed….cause i caught th press confirence on the internet and at the end (when they show the replys) there was the thermal image…so they may hvae been on a break yeah.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:30 pmlou said:
i posted a link on drop.io
not particulary the most thrilling piece of news…
May 10th, 2008 at 10:35 pmme said:
i saw it
can’t say i pay a whole heap of attention to haircuts, but the timing is spooky!
May 10th, 2008 at 10:38 pmlou said:
lol it is…its also kinda sad that the drivers are not able to dress as they like and be individuals.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:50 pmAlianora La Canta said:
How do you get drop.io to look at something someone else has dropped in?
May 10th, 2008 at 10:57 pmlou said:
You just go to http://www.drop.io/sidepodcast and they should be there…at last they are for me…and you click on the image or whatever…
May 10th, 2008 at 10:58 pmme said:
erm, not sure i understand the question there alianora?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:16 pmDan Brunell said:
Wow, who knew that the Predator was at the race track. I wonder if the Governor of California, the former Governor of Minnesota, a former candidate for Governor of Kentucky, and Apollo Creed are going to be on hand as well?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:18 pmRich said:
If they think Sebastian Loeb was scruffy - what would they make of James Hunt - who expressly had it stipulated in his contract that he would NOT be expected to wear suits or smoke his sponsor’s brands of fags.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:23 pmlou said:
ahaha really? love it! I never knew that….thanks Rich!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:32 pmme said:
ooh, that could be a solution to the problem of james allen.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:38 pmDan Brunell said:
Maybe that’s a race where we want Max at.
((Note, sorry about the double post “Predator”, it when I hit post on the first one, it didn’t go through for a couple minutes.)
May 10th, 2008 at 11:38 pmRich said:
Thanks Lou some more on Hunt. When he booked at fancy Mayfair restuarants he would take his dog OSCAR as his dining companion. He famously wore a badge on his racing overalls that read Sex - Breakfast of Champions.
I miss characters like Hunt, apparently Kimi is a huge admirer of the “Hunt the Shunt” - he entered and won a snowmobile event under the name James Hunt.
Can you imagine a modern driver doing the following…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hunt
May 10th, 2008 at 11:44 pmlou said:
May 10th, 2008 at 11:44 pmme said:
no probs, the spam filter baulked at the number of links you included, have removed your duplicate, hope that’s okay.
there are a couple of people we could line up for meet & greet with the predator, should we compile a list?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:46 pmme said:
i grow a beard specifically to annoy ron. i’m not sure he takes much notice though
May 10th, 2008 at 11:47 pmlou said:
You have a beard? ooo if only we could see it
May 10th, 2008 at 11:48 pmme said:
that might be why ron hasn’t noticed now i come to think of it.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:48 pmlou said:
yay lists! you can never have too many lists!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:49 pmlou said:
you know, i think you may be right
is ita very long beard?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:58 pmme said:
ah, go on, it’s too early to sleep anyhow. top 5 then:
1. james allen - for never acknowledging a single complaint about his abilities
2. max - for so many reasons, but mostly for introducing grooved tyres
3. bernie - for inflicting tamara on us
4. mike coughlan - for ruining a great f1 season
5. schumi - for those pink, gaudy, flowery shirts… there’s just no need.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:08 amSteven Roy said:
The thermal imaging is fabulous. It is amazing how much hotter the inside edg of the front tyres look that the rest of the tyre.
I met Hunt in the early 80s at a Marlboro competition at Silverstone. He was there to present prizes. Possibly the single least impressive human being I have ever met. He had this dopey dog with him. I think it was an Alsation. It walked around behind him and every time he stopped it just dropped like all four legs had given way.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:08 amlou said:
ahaha brilliant! lol Would ahve thought Schumi would ahve been further up given your dislike for the man
lol ok my top 5
1.james allen - i agree, also for the sheer stupidity he showed today by refering to Heikki as Rubens and never correcting himself!
2. Bernie - for wanting all the money he can get!
3. Max - for refusing to step down and walk away, also for making stupic comments about drivers and making Jenson get rid of his beard…
3. Ron Dennis and his stupid PR stunts (im not a hamilton fan but come on! that was stupid!)
4. Steve Rider - do i relly need a reason?
5. Tamara - for that interview with the ferrari boys while skiing! (it was just her getting a free holiday from her dad!)
May 11th, 2008 at 12:10 amlou said:
aww that is soo cute!
May 11th, 2008 at 12:13 amme said:
good spot. presumably that’s caused because they’re effectively the rear brake cooling?
might that shed a little light on why a bad paint job caused kovi’s accident in spain too?
May 11th, 2008 at 12:14 amme said:
i really was, wasn’t it
May 11th, 2008 at 12:16 amRich said:
Rumour has it last year that Fernando did exactly that, grew a scruffy beard and wore faded shirts to annoy uncle Ron! He soon shaved it off though!
May 11th, 2008 at 12:16 amlou said:
Im confused again, and have been about this for awhile….how did the bad paint job cause Kovi’s crash? or is that what you are saying….i have not really read much f1 news in the past week so everything seems abit more confusing. sorry if its annoying
May 11th, 2008 at 12:20 amme said:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67211
now i don’t really understand that either, and to further confuse things f1.com says this:
http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2008/791/532.html
which isn’t the same thing at all is it? unless the lacquer was thick enough to cause rubbing… maybe.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:20 amlou said:
That was funny, it reminded me of 2005/6 when he was at renault with the long scruffy hair! although the beard did suit him! beards/ stubble seems to suit f1 drivers at the moment
May 11th, 2008 at 12:21 amRich said:
Oscar was a German Shepherd - the Brits only started calling them Alsations during the war period.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:25 amlou said:
the outer clamp surface of the wheel was given a clear lacquer coating? forgive me i no nothing about the manufacturing of wheels and their clamps….was it not ment to be coated in a clear laquer?
Nope!
as usual thanks for your help 
I it makes abit more sence… 
May 11th, 2008 at 12:26 amlou said:
did we? wow another fact i never knew that….do you know why?
May 11th, 2008 at 12:28 amSteven Roy said:
Presumably no-one wanted anything German and Alsace has swapped between Germany and France a few times so Alsatian could be claimed to be French and not German
May 11th, 2008 at 12:30 amlou said:
that makes a great deal of sence!
thanks, wow its not only f1 you learn about on sidepodcast 
May 11th, 2008 at 12:32 amSteven Roy said:
I can’t find out what the clamp surface is. I have seen it said to be the bit where the tyre sidewall touches the wheel and also the bit where the wheelnut touches the wheel. It may be something entirely different.
Assuming it is where the wheelnut contacts then lacquer could cause a problem because instead of metal locking on to metal it would have a layer of lacquer in the middle which would deform or crack under load causing a vibration. Although I haven’t seen anything to say Heikki reported a vibration.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:33 amSteven Roy said:
Speaking of learning aren’t you meant to be studying now?
May 11th, 2008 at 12:36 amlou said:
me? lol erm technically i should be asleep….but yeah i suppose i could revise physics or latin… but have been doing it all day!
May 11th, 2008 at 12:37 amlou said:
That would make a whole load of sence!!!
May 11th, 2008 at 12:44 amRich said:
For Lou - and other Jenson fans I loaded to the drop.io site a photo of my scruffy dog watching a Sidepodcast video featuring man of the moment. She is a also a Christine fan!
May 11th, 2008 at 12:45 amlou said:
That is a good piont, tomorrow i need to make sure i get back to revision right after live commenting ends. After the last race i was abit reluctant to go….but i have physics on monday afternoon so i really must! I would appreciate a gentle nugde/ reminder from someone if i am stil around much after live commenting
May 11th, 2008 at 12:47 amlou said:
Rich,
aww your dog is soo cute! this was the dog you mentioned earlier this week in one of the other posts? Im alreadying loving drop.io!
May 11th, 2008 at 12:48 amme said:
rich, forgot to say, thank you for sending those pics, quite made our day
May 11th, 2008 at 12:49 amme said:
consider it done, and remember there are plenty more races this season, but only 1 (probably) physics exam.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:57 amlou said:
the races provide me with a restbite from revision if you like. and thanks
sometimes i need the encouragement to get up and revise….specially after a race, or when its lovely weather 
yep your right just the one physics exam. the last one, the 3rd and final module! argh! i will be pleased when i take that exam and don’t have to take the subject anymore. Wish there were f1 exams - would be nicer to revise for 
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May 12th, 2008 at 11:16 amRich said:
Remember all points on the body work with maximum downforce will also heat up - as you put pressure on air it heats - so in this picture the hotter parts of bodywork are literally windows to aerodynamic soul of the car. The winglets seem to also being quite a bit of work. Fascinating picture and thanks Kathi for putting up the video.