Ferrari F1-75

[MtthsMlw]

Radiator layout seems somewhat conventional

via AMuS

[Vanja #66]

Despite scarbs expectations of a radical radiator layout, no reason for that, they have plenty of room in those sidepods.

[bauc]

Despite scarbs expectations of a radical radiator layout, no reason for that, they have plenty of room in those sidepods.

Same case with the Mclaren MCL-36, they have like 10/15 cm space to do more undercut with the bodywork but it seems that the flow path they have chosen does not require such shape, so bravo Ferrari and Mclaren

[Timtim99]

So does it mean Ferrari can shrink their side pods?

[BrunoH]

i think most teams gave themselves room for modifications that not require to change a lot of the layout in the inside just in case...

[Fer.Fan]

Despite scarbs expectations of a radical radiator layout, no reason for that, they have plenty of room in those sidepods.

Same case with the Mclaren MCL-36, they have like 10/15 cm space to do more undercut with the bodywork but it seems that the flow path they have chosen does not require such shape, so bravo Ferrari and Mclaren

How can you see plenty of room? It looks tight to me???

[JPBD1990]

So does it mean Ferrari can shrink their side pods?

What makes you think they would want to?

There is a good comparison of the top-view of the redbull vs Mercedes’ in the W13 thread. The redbulls sidepod top surface is almost, if not as wide as the Ferrari. Maybe there’s a reason?

[JPower]

Gary Anderson/The Race described Mercedes’ ramped floor inlet as a “superior” design to Ferrari’s straight inlet in a video and it looks like they ended up using a similar shape.

They made a huge assumption there.

[Timtim99]

I normally don’t read what Gary Anderson says, I remembered what he said about Ferrari high inlet that everyone copied and adopted in the reason

[Vanja #66]

Gary Anderson/The Race described Mercedes’ ramped floor inlet as a “superior” design to Ferrari’s straight inlet in a video and it looks like they ended up using a similar shape.

They made a huge assumption there.

That's just embarrassing...

[godlameroso]

You're allowed to put a curve on the lower part of the strakes, and it seems no one is taking advantage of the generous fillet radius the regulations allow. It seems like a basic testing part, considering how critical those strakes are for diffuser performance I doubt they'd show the final version now.

[SiLo]

Gary Anderson and Mark Hughes are going to spam comments and quotes everywhere, and almost all of them can be ignored. We simply do not know what the teams are doing. Even after the tests are concluded can we formulate any kind of idea of a pecking order, and even then its very general.

[JPower]

Sidepod closeup. Not like we haven't seen a hundred pictures of them but it doesn't get old yet.



Looks like the car has been reliable today. Can't say the same for the other Ferrari-powered cars.

[sterumbelow]

Sidepod closeup. Not like we haven't seen a hundred pictures of them but it doesn't get old yet.



Looks like the car has been reliable today. Can't say the same for the other Ferrari-powered cars.

Haas had an oil leak (other people said a punctured radiator) and then a damaged floor.

Alfa had issues with floor flex and instability.

[Phillyred]

Do we think they have a "plan B" as far as fitting a more conventional sidepod "cover" (less extreme sculpting, more generic) if their wind tunnel CFD correlations are "off" by a concerning amount? OR, would it appear the whole car has been designed around these sidepods??