Red Bull's floor after FP1. A very unique bargeboard layout and well-refined diffusion tunnel as well. Are the silver strakes legal? The diffusion curve and CoP could probably be determined through these two images.
I’m not so sure. It would depend on how the torsion bar is anchored. If the sketch is correct. The “heave spring” is beneath the anchor point and would not rotate.
Adrian will have the poor lads drawn and quartered for thisDinkLv wrote: ↑08 Apr 2022, 08:04Red Bull's floor after FP1. Very unique bargeboard layout. The red line seems like the start for a concave area. Is the silver strake (marked in green) legal?
https://i.imgur.com/NM0WLh3.jpg
Very surprised how they carry this very important part of car so openly. I am sure they know very well that it will be pictured
Really interesting geometry of internal walls around the chassis to the rear, with several stepped sections. Hard to determine the entire geometry, even with top-view photo. Might be aimed at reducing drag, I've tried something similar once with an aerospace project. Maybe I'll try to make a rough blunt-body tunnels with similar geometry to see what happens.DinkLv wrote: ↑08 Apr 2022, 08:04Red Bull's floor after FP1. A very unique bargeboard layout and well-refined diffusion tunnel as well. Are the silver strakes legal? The diffusion curve and CoP could probably be determined through these two images.
https://i.imgur.com/LGvSpN7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XhvP8YR.jpg
Can I conclude the 1st channel serves floor seal purpose, the 2nd a bit of both and the 3rd is mainly the low pressure, high air speed downforce generator?DinkLv wrote: ↑08 Apr 2022, 08:04Red Bull's floor after FP1. A very unique bargeboard layout and well-refined diffusion tunnel as well. Are the silver strakes legal? The diffusion curve and CoP could probably be determined through these two images.
https://i.imgur.com/LGvSpN7.jpg
We need to get some of the guys that are more familiar with the rule looking at this, surely they aren't legal?Owen.C93 wrote: ↑08 Apr 2022, 11:28I'm suprised this metallic strip is allowed in the regulations. I think Merc have some sort of vane around that area, but I wonder if this might be more than just a vortex generator. Maybe it's something like a skirt, or helping with the floor running close to the ground without touching.
https://i.imgur.com/wWc9BRm.png
Seems to suggest that maybe it is not that big a deal. Perhaps their magic lies elsewhere?
SiLo wrote: ↑08 Apr 2022, 12:30We need to get some of the guys that are more familiar with the rule looking at this, surely they aren't legal?Owen.C93 wrote: ↑08 Apr 2022, 11:28I'm suprised this metallic strip is allowed in the regulations. I think Merc have some sort of vane around that area, but I wonder if this might be more than just a vortex generator. Maybe it's something like a skirt, or helping with the floor running close to the ground without touching.
https://i.imgur.com/wWc9BRm.png
It's a masterpeice by Newey again. Gentle fondling of the airflow. Not the brutish diverting that you see on other cars.DinkLv wrote: ↑08 Apr 2022, 08:04Red Bull's floor after FP1. A very unique bargeboard layout and well-refined diffusion tunnel as well. Are the silver strakes legal? The diffusion curve and CoP could probably be determined through these two images.
https://i.imgur.com/LGvSpN7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XhvP8YR.jpg
Yes. I thought this ride height limiters were banned??Owen.C93 wrote: ↑08 Apr 2022, 11:28I'm suprised this metallic strip is allowed in the regulations. I think Merc have some sort of vane around that area, but I wonder if this might be more than just a vortex generator. Maybe it's something like a skirt, or helping with the floor running close to the ground without touching.