Aston Martin AMR26

[karana]

Doesn't look like they are. Quite obvious limit in the main straight. Top speed reached is about 296 in the penultimate straight. For reference, Max reached 337 in his fastest lap on the main straight. Oscar and Lewis around 323.

On that penultimate straight, Max was doing ~310.

The passive front wing they have on right now would also hamper their straight line speed

James Allison (Mercedes) suggested that the front flap has very little effect on drag. It's primary purpose is for balance adjustment. The rear wing is the primary drag reduction tool.

The car might be undriveable at high speed with too much forward balance and they might limit top speed because of that.

[FNTC]

[FNTC]

Looks like they have an active front wing today. I made the red lines there to show how the 3rd flap is lower to the right of the r in aramco. Might be the angle and that vane hiding a bit, but it looks separated there. They also have the adjustment hole just under the red and blue Valvoline V.

[AR3-GP]

https://img.lightshot.app/AhjylwDRQWuX2_i66e0hmQ.png

Looks like they have an active front wing today. I made the red lines there to show how the 3rd flap is lower to the right of the r in aramco. Might be the angle and that vane hiding a bit, but it looks separated there.

The inner section can have a different static angle for the balance adjustment. The difference is miniscule here. This wing doesn't look active imo.

[mzso]

looks that you were right in first statement, as the shadows are coming from a different direction on the rest of bodywork.

It looks like a shroud, and quite likely normal in having a internal coating (possibly those gold coated film) to divert radiant heat path from exhaust away from the structural element surrounding it.

Not it's not. It's a shadow from the pillars and/or the wing.

I don’t think that is passive, actuators on third element visible here in Wiktors post (above)
https://i.postimg.cc/Mpwph2ry/gettyimag ... 8x2048.jpg

Where?

[FNTC]

The inner section can have a different static angle for the balance adjustment. The difference is miniscule here. This wing doesn't look active imo.

Yeah, could be non-active, but looks to be a wing that can be made to be active if it is not. Will be interesting if we get pics or videos from it on the straights today. It's a different wing than in Barcelona, that's for sure.

[wiktor977]

Hard to judge from this picture if the front wing flap is in low-drag mode, but it nicely shows rear wing's low-drag angle

[FNTC]

Where?

I think he means the two rods under the C in COINPAYMENTS?

[FNTC]

Hard to judge from this picture if the front wing flap is in low-drag mode, but it nicely shows rear wing's low-drag angle
https://i.postimg.cc/bNhgrgCN/gettyimag ... 8x2048.jpg

Trying to almost generate lift in the rear, like the Audi? Front wing 3rd element looks pretty flat there. But it could be static and still pretty flat too.



Endplate winglets are downwashing, similar to the McLaren, just not as much.

[dr_cooke]

[Martin Keene]

How the hell do they make the air turn the corner and go through that cooling pack?!?!?!

[SiLo]

How the hell do they make the air turn the corner and go through that cooling pack?!?!?!

It’s still quite high pressure, it just gets forced through it.

[Stu]

looks that you were right in first statement, as the shadows are coming from a different direction on the rest of bodywork.

It looks like a shroud, and quite likely normal in having a internal coating (possibly those gold coated film) to divert radiant heat path from exhaust away from the structural element surrounding it.

Not it's not. It's a shadow from the pillars and/or the wing.

I don’t think that is passive, actuators on third element visible here in Wiktors post (above)
https://i.postimg.cc/Mpwph2ry/gettyimag ... 8x2048.jpg

Where?

Two vertical elements under the nose to the third flap.

[dren]

https://img.lightshot.app/i04mCvqMSfyNuLqnJrPn-A.png

Endplate winglets are downwashing, similar to the McLaren, just not as much.

The vortex shed from those will downwash. They'll rotate clockwise when looking at the front of the car.

[SSJ4]