At least what some have surmised that Mclaren may have a split channel between the venturi tunnels and the chassis thats fed by the T-Tray and using that high energy air turned by the bottom part of the side pod to create outwash and blow the wake outboard, see my crude paint drawing, also just noticed my spelling mistake please don't shame me.JPower wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 05:33That is what he suggested in his review of the MCL36. I think mentioned that he didn't understand how McLaren was going to handle the tire wake with their design. I guess we'd need the teams to actually show and explain to us to verify.organic wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 05:25I haven't seen anyone overlay the sidepod volumes on top of the overhead view of the Ferrari yet; is anyone able to do that/ have we not received overhead views? I would imagine if B Sport says they're up to legality limit then they are but it would nonetheless be nice to get the visual representation. That first time seeing the VF-22 with the legality boxes was pretty special for me.
I like the Ferrari idea of creating a wall to the front tyre wake. The McLaren idea of attempting to push it outboard but retain slim sidepods seems naive to some extent? Perhaps I am assuming too much of my "CFD eyeballs"
Seeing as this is the F1-75 thread though need to get back on topic seems Ferrari are using their faux undercut to try and do the same thing but their wider and flat sided sidepods are providing them extra protection against the wheel wake