A bodywork panel for the absent louvers - Rear brake outlet (FOM render dont have them). And it's rather classic.
And sacrifice airflow to the coke bottle and diffuser? Wouldn't that be hugely counterproductive? I don't understand why they're so wide at the front but vertically they were limited in where they could place the radiators by the regulations and the high mounted inlets no longer being possibleEmag wrote: ↑04 Feb 2022, 14:31No bargeboard and no Y250 vortex means the dirty air from the front tires is very difficult to manage now.
It seems to me like the sidepods have been pushed a lot further in the front, and the radiators have been intentionally placed diagonally to make them as wide as possible. Is Haas' goal here to create a "wall" that forcefully pushes the dirty air from the front tires away from the car?
The last car I remember to have a similar concept was the MCL-33 (which was absolutely horrid), but that was at a time when we had a lot more freedom on the bargeboards, so maybe now, seeing as the tools available are limited, this is going to perform relatively better.
It doesn't bode well for Haas or Ferrari if the sidepods have to be that wide, it's as though we've gone back 5 years packaging wise. I hope this is some sort of early version of the car, like the W10 in the first week of testing
I agree, if the cooling solutions require the car to have this wide ''wall'' around the sidepods then this might hurt them, but again this is a new concept and we will need to see how this will look like from the real photos and what will be the philosophy behind it.
Oh, I missed that detail on the model then. Oops!jjn9128 wrote: ↑04 Feb 2022, 13:57It always did since the silverstone model!Just_a_fan wrote: ↑04 Feb 2022, 13:50Interesting that the front wheel "mud guard" appears to have a slot in it. I assumed this was a standard FIA-mandated part with little in the way of wiggle room for the teams.
Interesting to see the outer most floor strake shape. Looking to promote a vortex that runs down the side the floor, presumably. I think the strake design is the area that will see differences between the teams initially but they'll converge over the season.
Agree - will be looking to create some down and outwash I believe.