Why didn't they use high viz paint or aero rakes during filming day ? Is it not permitted ?
Also seems like the upgrades to SF-23 seem a confluence of AMR and RB, but not Mercedes!.
It was confirmed that all (if any) notable suspension changes were internal (dampers, springs, ARB, rod lengths, rockers, etc). Undercut does look deeper, but its a slightly different angle and that whole area has exactly 0 parallel surfaces, so any angle change means a change in observed undercut depth
In the car with the new floor, "CEVA logistic" sticker is placed higher, this might mean a new bodywork has been built (maybe with a little different shapes) and stickers applied in a different position:Vanja #66 wrote: ↑27 Jun 2023, 21:49It was confirmed that all (if any) notable suspension changes were internal (dampers, springs, ARB, rod lengths, rockers, etc). Undercut does look deeper, but its a slightly different angle and that whole area has exactly 0 parallel surfaces, so any angle change means a change in observed undercut depth
Could be, reshaping this panel probably didn't require the extensive changes that a sidepod redesign normally brings.gordonthegun wrote: ↑27 Jun 2023, 22:17In the car with the new floor, "CEVA logistic" sticker is placed higher, this might mean a new bodywork has been built (maybe with a little different shapes) and stickers applied in a different position:Vanja #66 wrote: ↑27 Jun 2023, 21:49It was confirmed that all (if any) notable suspension changes were internal (dampers, springs, ARB, rod lengths, rockers, etc). Undercut does look deeper, but its a slightly different angle and that whole area has exactly 0 parallel surfaces, so any angle change means a change in observed undercut depth
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The sponsors at the bottom were all pushed back which make the undercut hard to judge, however i spot a faint shadow line under the Shell logo in the new image, could be that the "new body" dips further to the inside there.
I feel like the top element of the wing is longer before dropping down a bit more dramatically. That seems to me like there’s overall a bit more downforce-producing surface area - or at least that’s how it looks to me from this angle.
To be honest, I was reluctant to consider this a possibility, so I invented a plausible explanation But you are right, looking at the comparison on big screen and maximum zoom - the undercut is 20-30mm deeper now. Even the seam-line of the "old" undercut is visible, so the floor is still reworked and not a full newly made part. All the surfaces in front of, above and behind the undercut look the same, so they could have made a modular tool for sidepods from the start. Or just reworked the tools of barcelona-spec sides...gordonthegun wrote: ↑27 Jun 2023, 22:17In the car with the new floor, "CEVA logistic" sticker is placed higher, this might mean a new bodywork has been built (maybe with a little different shapes) and stickers applied in a different position:
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Steep angle of the floor top probably benefitting from pressure/flow field around the SIS bulge. At least that would be one unintended benefit of not having the SIS down low, even though it still looks out of place and would probably not be there if they had the possibility to move it.
I think the most important change to the FW is the enplate and the way the flaps attach to it.