quinta-feira, 29 de setembro de 2011

Williams FW16 Aida






Terminado esta semana o Williams FW16 usado por Ayrton Senna da Silva no GP do Pacífico de 1994, disputado na pista de Aida. Senna fez a pole position mas rodou logo na primeira curva, tocado por trás por outro piloto (acho que foi o Häkkinen, mas não lembro bem e não tenho tempo de procurar agora). O kit é Fujimi, escala 1/20 como de costume.

quarta-feira, 21 de setembro de 2011

Ferrari F2003GA






Em 2003 Michael Schumacher quebrou o recorde de cinco títulos mundiais do argentino Juan M. Fangio, para ganhar este sexto título o alemão usou os modelos F2002 e F2003GA, mostrado aqui. Este modelo venceu sete corridas e fez cinco pole positions, tendo as iniciais de Gianni Agnelli, falecido em janeiro daquele ano, agregado ao nome como uma homenagem. O kit é o Fujimi na escala 1/20, a sua qualidade é mediana, a versão é a usada por Rubens Barrichello em Suzuka.
The Ferrari F2003-GA was the car used by Scuderia Ferrari in the 2003 Formula 1 season, designed by Rory Byrne and Ross Brawn. Its development was based on the previous Ferrari F2002, and featured bulbous sidepods and a lengthened wheelbase to aid aerodynamics. The engine and gearbox were developed versions of the previous model. The car was designated "GA" as a mark of respect to Gianni Agnelli, the recently deceased head of Fiat.
The car was introduced just before mid season in 2003, as the F2002 was seen as good enough to be competitive whilst the F2003-GA was developed further. The car was fast and competitive, but had a tendency to overuse its tyres, which led to several late race tyre problems in mid seasons, during the unusually hot European summer. As a result, Williams and McLaren were able to mount a consistent challenge to Ferrari and push Michael Schumacher for the championship.
After Bridgestone engineers discovered Michelin were using tyres which changed construction, causing the French tyre maker to provide remoulded tyres late in the season, Ferrari became competitive again, and were able to hold off both Williams and McLaren for the constructors' championship, whilst Schumacher snatched his sixth drivers' title, breaking Juan Manuel Fangio's record which had stood for 46 years.
The car won seven races, five pole positions, and five fastest laps before being replaced with the dominant F2004 in 2004, a car which was almost identical to its predecessor. The kit is Fujimi, scale 1/20th as usual.

quarta-feira, 7 de setembro de 2011

Ferraris do Rega










Em um post apressado no meio do feriado, temos hoje dois Ferrari pilotados pelo grande Gianclaudio Regazzoni, ou "Clay" como era mais conhecido. O modelo 312T é de 1975 e o 312T2 é de 76, ambos kits da Hasegawa (excelentes por sinal), escala 1/20 como de costume. Today we have two Regazzoni's cars, the 312T from 1975 and the 312T2 from 76, both Hasegawa kits (excellent quality), 1/20th scale.