The non-DRS top speed was one of the highest yesterday I think (haven't seen today) so they may have been running less RW, which could reduce the impact of DRS.Vinlarr89 wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 13:43Has anyone got any visibility of gear ratios compared to last year?
Seems that FER is still only achieving 17mph with DRS and RB/ML 20mph, albeit that advantage is better than at this point last year.
I think there’s positives in that there is decent performance, and at face value plenty of opportunity for enhancements to the aero given again at face value looks quite vanilla compared to some of the more again at face value refined designs.
I don't know if it's the optical effect but the diffuser roof has a very strange shape.
There is a novel "dent" in diffuser roof right in front of trailing edge, appears triangular in rear view. Seems to be a local introduction of additional curvature, possibly to work better with new beam wing design.f300v10 wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 16:50I noticed the strange appearance of the diffuser in that image as well, but this shot shows nothing out of the ordinary:
https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... day-2.webp
Corner "bulges" were there since F1-75 was launched, way past time for the "experts" to step up their game.
Same with the S-duct or the bathtub (and cooling outlets). S-duct is now a Red Bull development and the bathtub morphology (and cooling outlets here) on the engine cover is attributed to Merc (I know they were the first to use it in this location)...Vanja #66 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 11:56Corner "bulges" were there since F1-75 was launched, way past time for the "experts" to step up their game.
pierrre wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 13:07some smoke there...a very weak oil ring probably
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMROTf_X0AM ... name=large
Was asking my self when I saw on other non so good pic is it a reflection. Seems like they worked hard on the floor/diffuser. Also that vortices generators (if they are) in the area before the gearbox aprox. think that they are new, but can not remember for sure (KimiRai picture).Vanja #66 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 09:03There is a novel "dent" in diffuser roof right in front of trailing edge, appears triangular in rear view. Seems to be a local introduction of additional curvature, possibly to work better with new beam wing design.f300v10 wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 16:50I noticed the strange appearance of the diffuser in that image as well, but this shot shows nothing out of the ordinary:
https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... day-2.webp
https://i.ibb.co/W5wwprV/Snimak-ekrana- ... 075930.jpg
Other than that, the outwash flicks introduced early in 2022 in diffuser corners have grown significantly. These used to be so small that they probably only introduced local lateral curvature to locally increase the suction a bit more, but now it really looks like a very significant lateral expansion surface. Especially important along the roof, of course