The 908 Peugeot could have a design fault

The offseason is not being liked by Peugeot. During tests this week in Paul Ricard, Nic Minassian had a strong accident at the wheel of the new 908 with which the mark will participate at the Intercontinental Le Mans Challenge and the 24 hours of Le Mans. This accident has increased concern within the team may be a bug in the design of the car.
Minassian was conducting tests of the car when the prototype was suffering from a break in the moratorium and shock strongly against the barriers. The car was almost destroyed, but luckily the pilot could escape unharmed the mishap. It should not be forgotten that this is the second strong accident on the computer that was Marc Gene and one of the first tests of the new Peugeot 908.

Ferrari justify not having an aggressive design in the F150

Aldo Costa has subtracted importance to fears that the new Ferrari is too conservative in comparison with rivals for the 2011 formula one season.

Among the most innovative in this 2011 are McLaren, with radical pontoons, Renault with front outlet exhaust, and the rear ultra-baja Williams with a gearbox small, and the double apartment of Toro Rosso.

"The more futuristic projects are not always better than the most conservative," insisted Fernando Alonso to La Stampa newspaper last week.

The team's technical director is the Asturian.

"I think that the fastest car will be who has the best balance between aerodynamic performance, mechanical and reliability," said Costa cited by L'Equipe in France.

"If you try something extreme in an area, one can pay for it in another, so that a car earn a balanced approach is needed", added.

Costa also revealed F150 Ferrari, will take place between now and the first race of the season at Bahrain.

"Mechanically, the car is nearly complete in Jerez de la Frontera (this week)," said the Italian, "but from the aerodynamic point of view, there is still a lot of changes ahead".

"More than an extreme point of view, are looking for a productive approach", he insisted, "and ultimately will be the lap time who give the verdict."