jjn9128 wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:14I predicted those ages agoBlackout wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:10Oh! loopholes
VG generators to aid air extraction from upcoming louvers
https://i.imgur.com/tIGlQpE.png
Packaging not as tight as the AM though?SmallSoldier wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:16Pretty slim from the top… Sidepods are slimmer than Haas, but managing a similar amount of free floor space in the back:
https://i.imgur.com/toBfyWl.jpg
Since the distance between axles is fixed, if the front wing is closer to the front tires, the rear will be farther away (and vice versa)AeroDynamic wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:28Look at the gap between the rear face of the top front wing planes to the front face of the front tyres. The gap between the Aston Martin wing and its front tyres is bigger than that of the McLaren. Maybe the nose is shorter? or.. the front wing is bigger in depth?timbo wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:25Once again, looks shorter to me.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:16Pretty slim from the top… Sidepods are slimmer than Haas, but managing a similar amount of free floor space in the back:
https://i.imgur.com/toBfyWl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wnZrd7I.jpg
Depends on how you define tight? I believe is tighter overall (seems to have an smaller footprint overall)Ground Effect wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:37Packaging not as tight as the AM though?SmallSoldier wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:16Pretty slim from the top… Sidepods are slimmer than Haas, but managing a similar amount of free floor space in the back:
https://i.imgur.com/toBfyWl.jpg
yeah, makes sense. The rear end looks more compact as the driver position is more rearwardSmallSoldier wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:39Since the distance between axles is fixed, if the front wing is closer to the front tires, the rear will be farther away (and vice versa)AeroDynamic wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:28Look at the gap between the rear face of the top front wing planes to the front face of the front tyres. The gap between the Aston Martin wing and its front tyres is bigger than that of the McLaren. Maybe the nose is shorter? or.. the front wing is bigger in depth?
https://i.imgur.com/wnZrd7I.jpg
(Not to scale):
https://i.imgur.com/kKO8CMX.jpg
I wonder if there's a slot or opening back there. I'm guessing that counts as on of the 4 fences/strakes i.e. the outer one and this inner one. So they only have 2 more to play with.
The undercut is so bulky it comes forward and damns up the back of the tea tray area! Interesting.
Remember, that's perspective view, not orthogonal. Camera FoV & distance may be different for those cars.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:28Look at the gap between the rear face of the top front wing planes to the front face of the front tyres. The gap between the Aston Martin wing and its front tyres is bigger than that of the McLaren. Maybe the nose is shorter? or.. the front wing is bigger in depth?
https://i.imgur.com/wnZrd7I.jpg
I’m not sure that is fair to say clean = bad though, especially since most of the work is happening underneath. But yes,PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 22:50Aston Martin looks more refined so far.
James Key has a clean philosphy but it looks like his is not pushing the boundaries as hard as Andrew Green.
So far...
Push rod rear suggest they want to maximise the diffuer area.
Strakes hidden so they have something planned here. More likely some fiddly bits on the strakes like a baleen whale...
The i see nothing special with the floor. All teams will be getting the maximum from that space. Newey taught us that bigger is not always better when it comes to the floor.
Overall a clean design.
Will only see full details in the second half of testing.