Different floor on the car today
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There's lots of talk about teams trying to get the edge of the floor to flex down, this is probably to do with thatMtthsMlw wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:03Different floor on the car today
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Are they using those squares to check the floor for flex?wowgr8 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:10There's lots of talk about teams trying to get the edge of the floor to flex down, this is probably to do with thatMtthsMlw wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:03Different floor on the car today
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Yes. You want precise control over the amount of flex there. I've seen on the Haas they already put a supporting bar there.Peter Ian Staker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:22Are they using those squares to check the floor for flex?wowgr8 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:10There's lots of talk about teams trying to get the edge of the floor to flex down, this is probably to do with thatMtthsMlw wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:03Different floor on the car today
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Notice the inlet to the diffuser is also gone as well.Peter Ian Staker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:22Are they using those squares to check the floor for flex?wowgr8 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:10There's lots of talk about teams trying to get the edge of the floor to flex down, this is probably to do with thatMtthsMlw wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:03Different floor on the car today
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In reality McLaren copied Rory Byrne with these sidepods. Rory did this on the B195 and F399 more than a decade before. Interesting is that Rory Byrne was advising Ferraris Design Departement for this car.Holm86 wrote: ↑17 Feb 2022, 15:28The rear of the sidepods looks like the McLaren MP4-26 sidepods, just with a conventional intake rather than the L shape.
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I wish Rory wasn't as old as he is. Rory vs Newey would be a sight to see.Andi76 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 13:49In reality McLaren copied Rory Byrne with these sidepods. Rory did this on the B195 and F399 more than a decade before. Interesting is that Rory Byrne was advising Ferraris Design Departement for this car.Holm86 wrote: ↑17 Feb 2022, 15:28The rear of the sidepods looks like the McLaren MP4-26 sidepods, just with a conventional intake rather than the L shape.
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SiLo wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 13:08Notice the inlet to the diffuser is also gone as well.Peter Ian Staker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 12:22Are they using those squares to check the floor for flex?
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Absolutely. But even if Rory did not design the car and actually worked mainly from Phuket, i think there is a lot of his signature on this car. Sidepods, the small undercut similar to the one he introduced on the F2003 GA, the airbox, sidepods...seems like he had an reasonable of input. But of course its not the same if he would have been in charge of the design. But at least, for the first time since the F2007, and even if is was as an adviser only, Rory was involved in the design of a new car, instead of just making an existing design faster. And it makes a lot of sense to listen to Rory, i think. He is probably the one and only technician left with a reasonable amount of experience with a "ground-effect"-cars, as he was Tolemans designer in the first, early 80's F1 ground effect-car era.ryaan2904 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 13:56I wish Rory wasn't as old as he is. Rory vs Newey would be a sight to see.Andi76 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 13:49In reality McLaren copied Rory Byrne with these sidepods. Rory did this on the B195 and F399 more than a decade before. Interesting is that Rory Byrne was advising Ferraris Design Departement for this car.Holm86 wrote: ↑17 Feb 2022, 15:28The rear of the sidepods looks like the McLaren MP4-26 sidepods, just with a conventional intake rather than the L shape.
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Fingers crossed. I’m not sure about Honda this year but Mercedes will undoubtedly be excellent at usual.
David Sanchez was the aerodynamicist of the mcl mp4-26, in ferrari he re-proposed the same conceptAndi76 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 14:21Absolutely. But even if Rory did not design the car and actually worked mainly from Phuket, i think there is a lot of his signature on this car. Sidepods, the small undercut similar to the one he introduced on the F2003 GA, the airbox, sidepods...seems like he had an reasonable of input. But of course its not the same if he would have been in charge of the design. But at least, for the first time since the F2007, and even if is was as an adviser only, Rory was involved in the design of a new car, instead of just making an existing design faster. And it makes a lot of sense to listen to Rory, i think. He is probably the one and only technician left with a reasonable amount of experience with a "ground-effect"-cars, as he was Tolemans designer in the first, early 80's F1 ground effect-car era.