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[25/01/06 - 17:35]

El nuevo Honda RA106
Una denominación con una gran carga histórica

En las dos primeras generaciones de competición en la Fórmula 1 —de 1964 a 1968 y de 1983 a 1992— Honda ganó 11 títulos mundiales, tanto en el campeonato de constructores como en el de pilotos, y llegó a sumar 71 victorias en carrera.

Tomando como inspiración aquellos coches históricos de Honda, al monoplaza de Honda Racing F1 Team que participará en la temporada 2006 es el RA106, y el nuevo motor Honda V8 es el RA806E, de acuerdo con la nomenclatura de las dos generaciones anteriores de competición en la F1.

La conocida denominación RA se remonta a los inicios de la apuesta de Honda por la gloria de los grandes premios, a principios de la década de 1960. El primer prototipo de F1 de la compañía, que se empezó a probar en diciembre de 1963, llevaba el nombre alfanumérico de RA270 y estaba impulsado por un motor experimental RA270E V12 en 60 grados, de 1,5 litros.

Llegado el momento del debut de Honda en un Gran Premio, en el temible circuito de Nürburgring en agosto de 1964, el primer prototipo ya había sido reemplazado por el RA271. Honda logró su primera victoria en un Gran Premio con el RA272 en México, al final de la temporada siguiente.

Aunque la designación RA no se ha utilizado para los chasis desde 1968, cuando finalizó la primera generación de Honda en F1, todos los motores de F1 de Honda siguientes han llevado el mismo y evocador prefijo RA.



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Honda Unveils New F1 Challenger

The Honda Racing F1 Team unveiled its challenger for the 2006 Formula One season in Spain this morning with the new driver line-up of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello.

This marked an important milestone for Honda as it is the first Formula One car launched by a Honda works team since 1968.

As an indication of Honda’s commitment to the new challenge and the strength of its manufacturing operation, the team delivered not one, but two identical RA106 race cars to the launch to enable Rubens and Jenson to start testing at exactly the same time. The new cars and their RA806E engines are the product of a single, unified team which combines the resources of the Honda Racing F1 Team Operations Centre in Brackley, England, Honda Racing Development’s engine base in Bracknell, England, and Honda R&D in Tochigi, Japan.

The RA106 sported its new base canvas of Honda Racing White, a colour which has been synonymous with the Honda motorsport identity since the company’s F1 debut in 1964. The rest of the livery has the more familiar feel of the Lucky Strike brand, which remains as title sponsor for the 2006 season.



Nick Fry, Chief Executive Officer:
“Our target in 2006 is to challenge for race wins and we will do our utmost to achieve that objective.

During 2005 we put in place some important building blocks that will help us meet our targets in 2006 and beyond. We secured two of the best racing drivers in the world, we proved our ability to develop a car through the season, resulting in points for Jenson in each of the last ten races, and we gained a better understanding of the strengths of the 2004 car and the issues with our 2005 race car. Lastly, and most importantly, we have “works” team status with access to the technical resources of Honda R&D. I’m particularly proud that we have been able to deliver a new car each for Jenson and Rubens today which demonstrates the depth of our manufacturing ability and skill and determination of our people. With our new wind tunnel also coming on-stream later this year, we are ready to step up to the challenge.”



Geoffrey Willis, Technical Director:
“The new RA106 is the product of four years of steady evolution. During this time, the team has developed a high level of technical capability which now sees it designing, manufacturing and operating at the highest level on the grid. The emphasis now is on integration and combining our design concepts and expertise to achieve a car capable of challenging for race wins.

One of our key areas of focus has been aerodynamics, the design considerations for which were two-fold – the aero problem that we faced in 2005 and achieving a significant improvement in aerodynamic efficiency to meet the requirements of the new, smaller V8 engine and its implications on chassis design. We are pleased with the progress we have made in the wind tunnel over the winter and our data shows that we have made a good step forward. Mechanically, in keeping with the evolutionary theme we have refined our various concepts including our third generation carbon composite gearbox.

“Honda has produced a new engine to meet the challenge of Formula One’s switch from V10 to V8 power. The new RA806E is the result of a very intensive year’s work with many concepts designed and tested since the prototype first ran in May 2005. Since the latest specification started running in November 2005, the team has been encouraged by its reliability and performance.”



Car No. 11, Rubens Barrichello:
“This is a very exciting day for me as it’s my first launch with a new team for six years! Honda has a fantastic heritage in motorsport and it’s great to be a part of that now. I can’t wait to drive the new car and the discussions I’ve had with our technical team indicate that we have good reason to be excited about the season ahead. I’m sure that will be confirmed when I test the car for the first time today.”



Car No. 12, Jenson Button:
“I’m incredibly proud and excited to be part of the Honda Racing F1 Team and 2006 is going to be a very important year for all of us. We’ve achieved a lot in winter testing with our Concept car and I have seen first hand the huge effort in Brackley and Tochigi over the past few months. I’m confident that all the determination will be rewarded this year and I’ve done my part by working even harder on my fitness to ensure that I’m in the best possible shape for the season ahead. I can’t wait for the first race in Bahrain.”

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vamo a ver que tal sale el rubinho manejando esos civic

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Que tendrá que ver que Jenson sea el más viejo de estar en Honda y le dan el 12 y a Rubens el 11. ¿Respeto a la vejez?

Espero que este año sea una introduccion de cuando ya Honda el otro año este con toda la leche

Aerodynamics The new RA106 car features the return of the "Ice Cream Scoop" front wing dip. It has the inward slanted front wing endplates that channel/accelerate the flow. It has adopted the cooling chimneys and louvres as seen on Sauber/Renault. It also has enhanced shoulder wings and flip-up parts. Overall, the car is much smaller around the rear end and should generate more downforce. Interestingly, it is nowhere near the degree of "wasp-y sidepod" undercutting as seen on the McLaren/Sauber/Renault.

It is entirely possible that the front end aero package on the car is a dummy being thrown out there to be replaced for the season...the front wing, in particular, has none of the secondary flaps (a la Renault/Sauber/Everyone) and has the same dip as last year's car.

Chassis

The new car also has a "zero keel" setup. This is the latest fad amongst teams on the F1 circuit. Renault first started this trend about 1-2 years ago with their "twin keel/truss" system that used SMALL keel attachments and a cross car linkage that stiffened the keels. I'm waiting to see a photo of the car sans nosecone to see how Honda's done their monocoque in that region.

The other change is the newest evolution of the carbon fiber gearbox. Taking advantage of the much smaller V8 engine for this year, the gearbox has grown slightly longer, which should allow more internal space for electronics/channels/sensors/suspension mounts/etc. I'd expect the car's rear end chassis to be much stiffer with the shortening of the engine! All the weight that WAS used for engine is now going to be available for additional CF reinforcements and ballast.

Engine

There's very little good info out there for engines right now. The V8s have yet to get their revs up to 19k or 20k. The new FIA engine design rules are likely to blame for that! What with engine materials, engine bore size, cylinder spacing, etc. being regulated and the switch from variable length trumpets to fixed trumpets, we may be seeing teams give up on the 20000 rpm dream and focus on tuning for max mid-range...given how "point and squirt" race tracks are, good mid-range flexibility is going to be crucial.

Impresionante ...

Esa frase de Button lo dice todo: "I can’t wait for the first race in Bahrain.”

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Ya huele a F1, ya casi llega el 12 de Marzo para Bahrein.

El nuevo avionsote de Honda ha estado bien rapido en los primeros entrenamientos, el día de hoy, Barrichelo fue el más rápido entre los V8 con un tiempo de 1.16'.351".

El único que quedo por encima de él fue Massa en la Ferrari F2004 y con motor V8. Esta Ferrari ha sido la más rapipa en los pasados dos días, pero tiene la ventaja de estar con las especificaciones aerodinámicas del 2004.

Jenson le cedió el número a Rubens, el 11 tiene un significado muy importante para él o algo asi...