Renault R29

[kilcoo316]

Woah! this is big time... what about the step plane rule? This looks like the entry of a venturi tunnel

The floor doesn't have to be flat everywhere.

Otherwise you'd have a shadow plate right the way to the front wing...


I'm not sure of the locations of the rule 'boxes' though.

[imightbewrong]

I think its just an optical illusion, it is a cutout in the horizontal plane. So it is not higher in the vertical plane. It has (as far as I can tell) pretty much the same look as it had at the start of the season.

[ISLAMATRON]

No optical illusion at all see...

but I guess wee seen it before

and it blends into the step plane very soon after the front of the sidepod

[vasia]

The floor shape and cut at the front of the sidepods has not really changed. That is in-fact an optical illusion.

[ISLAMATRON]

The floor shape and cut at the front of the sidepods has not really changed. That is in-fact an optical illusion.

HA hA you got me... yep they just only extended the sidepod inlets down to the floor

[kilcoo316]

Ta-da.

Same here at China...


And yes, they are looking to move the stagnation point up a bit to get more air under the floor than they otherwise would... With the local accelerations, they may see some useful localised very low pressure zones around the front & bottom of the sidepod/floor leading edge.

[Britain Smith]

No optical illusion at all see...

but I guess wee seen it before

and it blends into the step plane very soon after the front of the sidepod

There they go walking around with the floor again.

-Britain

[ISLAMATRON]

that is the same pic from Monaco

[vasia]

[Metar]

With all the press diffusers have been getting, seems like a smart thing to put a sponsor next to it.

[Timomies]

With all the press diffusers have been getting, seems like a smart thing to put a sponsor next to it.

Yeah, I said it already when the season started. I saw AirAsia sticker in some many pics back then. It was in their rear wing.

[ISLAMATRON]

What car is this?

[Scotracer]

It's an amalgam of R28 front wing, R29 engine cover...but the chassis? It's an R25. I'm sure of it.


Mystery solved, Watson...

[majicmeow]

It looks like the R28 launch spec wing...

I agree though, the chassis does look like an R25... mostly... Did the R25 come with the chimneys and shark gills at launch, or were they mid season add-ons?

[Metar]

Unlikely, I know, but could this be an ex-Piquet writeoff R29? Smooth bodywork and sharkfin, after all... But then why bother adding the flipups?


It's not an R25, though. The R25's sidepods were more sculpted, and had the chimneys at launch: http://www.f1-fansite.com/Wallpaper/200 ... 3-1600.jpg