Do the underfloor skate and edge wing serve the same function or different? I was discussing this point with you earlier, and now after Stella said they went back to the edge wing and got rid of the skate, as I understand it, confuses me.mwillems wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 17:59Thanks for posting, it is an interesting read. I noticed this quote around the front wing changes in the season:taperoo2k wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 13:17I think people forget just how big of a task it is to turn around a team that was struggling for a longtime into a team that's on the cusp of being able to challenge for race wins and maybe titles.mwillems wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 11:31
People just need to have a blame box when things don't go their way, and they act out and throw their toys. Zak has lifted this team and was the first piece in getting the house in order. Under his watch we have certainly had ups and downs, but the trend is very much up. As he says, perhaps he should have been more ruthless before. He won't make that mistake again I think.
Posted this in the MCL60 thread, it's an interesting read on how McLaren developed the car over the course of the season. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/the- ... /10525546/
""Even if this generation of cars inherently reduced the outwashing massively compared to the previous generation of cars, teams are all trying to pursue this objective," he said. "Every little bit you cash in gives you better characteristics, especially in the medium/low-speed corners.""
Very much talking about how the slower outwash can really affect the aero, I would guess because there is less force pushing the dirty air away from the sensitive parts.
And
"With Red Bull's rivals having cottoned on to the fact that the RB19's DRS is so effective because of the drag balance between the rear wing mainplane and beam wing, McLaren has been pursuing that path too. " Which was my assertion for some time that it was critical to have these working together as a package.
There's a really interesting read on the floor wing too, which I can't fully get my head around. Has it replaced the skates?
In my head, I always assumed that anything near the bottom edge was done for insulation to keep the venturi ducts working efficiently, and the skate is needed to either optimize underfloor flows, plus limit the edge of the underbody touching the road surface, reduce the effects of turbulence from the rear tires and increase diffuser efficiency. It would be good to see a closeup of the rear end on the underbody, looking for skates, whether it's there or not.