Have they ever run without the spine cooling outlet (whatever it's called)?
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Have they ever run without the spine cooling outlet (whatever it's called)?
Miniscule nuts holding that thing together. M3?gandharva wrote: β07 Jul 2023, 13:23Battery Pack
https://www.pmw-magazine.com/wp-content ... C09748.jpg
organic wrote: β06 Jul 2023, 18:01Marko said no updates for silverstone in a post-race interview with ORF. Interview and timestamp is linked in team thread as well as translation of what he said. No need to bring floor if not needed. IMO it's ready to be brought to the car but they won't introduce it unless they need it to retain a performance advantage - similar to how the new chassis was ready since Spa last year but wasn't used until 2023
Can't see anything new in photos so far. Single element BW with medium DF RW. About what I expected.
Albert Fabrega [@albertfabrega] tweet:
Would you be able to highlight which feature you are referring to please?Mtshali_Motorsport wrote: β07 Jul 2023, 10:13organic wrote: β06 Jul 2023, 18:01Marko said no updates for silverstone in a post-race interview with ORF. Interview and timestamp is linked in team thread as well as translation of what he said. No need to bring floor if not needed. IMO it's ready to be brought to the car but they won't introduce it unless they need it to retain a performance advantage - similar to how the new chassis was ready since Spa last year but wasn't used until 2023
Can't see anything new in photos so far. Single element BW with medium DF RW. About what I expected.
Albert Fabrega [@albertfabrega] tweet:
Looks to me like a small slot gap at the back of the sidepod by the diffuser kick (second image), wonder whats it for....
It looks like that thickness in section of front facing floor structure is orientated to restrict the air going under the floor strake channels. A little like a snow plough rolls snow up the blade to then move it away.vorticism wrote: β07 Jul 2023, 18:08Matt Kew:
https://cdn-3.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... cal-1.webp
While i don't feel it would hurt having the top rear leg there for aero effect, I do think that's a minimal consequence. That's against how opinion on here is going in regard to a it dive effect, but I'm happy to hold opposing view there.vorticism wrote: β07 Jul 2023, 19:09To me it shows why the rear pivot for upper arm was moved down so low (as well, the move to pullrod). Straight shot, maximal air into the sidepod undercut. Less about anti-dive, although that might be a side benefit. Also might serve to slightly reduce upwash from the high pressure bubble in front of the floor being hauled around from the inlet/ramp geometry.
As others have mentioned, the changes to the strength of the Pirelli tyre will change the tyre deformation under lateral load. I expect these aero rakes were there to correlate the tyre wake structures under high speed deformation with the tyre deformation model in CFD. Just getting the tyre deformation model correct under lateral load is a big enough challenge on it's own, but changing it mid season is even bigger.
