Audi R26

[AR3-GP]

Tobi Grüner with the burnt sidepods on the R26..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBXc6XPagAAbsaZ.jpg

And what is that little slot below?

Tire temp sensor

[Owen.C93]

Tobi Grüner with the burnt sidepods on the R26..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBXc6XPagAAbsaZ.jpg

And what is that little slot below?

I think it’s a drain hose outlet. Williams have something similar.

Never really been confirmed though.

[Brahmal]

Probably tire temperature sensor.

[Brahmal]

https://www.planetf1.com/features/f1-20 ... -technical

[lh13]

Audi using Alpine styling active rear wing.

[Jakxy]

Audi using Alpine styling active rear wing.

You can’t copy that in a couple days , imo Audi was already working on that.

[lh13]

Audi using Alpine styling active rear wing.

You can’t copy that in a couple days , imo Audi was already working on that.

Probably started after Barcelona.

[AR3-GP]

Audi using Alpine styling active rear wing.

You can’t copy that in a couple days , imo Audi was already working on that.

Probably started after Barcelona.

People noticed in the first Bahrain test that Audi's rear wing wasn't closing properly at end of straight. So this probably already happened in Barcelona which is why they redeveloped the wing.

[AR3-GP]

It looks convex here?

[leblanc]

Have they changed the sidepod again? It looks convex here?

https://i.postimg.cc/y8R0cdgb/image.png

tbf that's a pretty potatoey frame grab

[AR3-GP]

Strange parts mounted to the front cake tin.

[organic]

Strange parts mounted to the front cake tin.

https://i.postimg.cc/G3DZqxkQ/image.png

https://i.postimg.cc/PqcRMCJV/image.png

Monitoring component rubbing

[Brahmal]

It looks convex here?

There's definitely a new bulge there at the base of the sidepod that can partly be seen in the subsequent image. It's much wider at the base and tapers down with height.

[JRodrigues]

Some more flowviz by Tobi Grüner:

[GioKer32]

Some more flowviz by Tobi Grüner:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBmBaBhXgAAzn0d.jpg

May anyone help in understanding what the flow viz pattern allows to see? Take this image, upper flap: some outwash is visible due to the tip vortices plus the flow stays attached where the colour is uniform. But there is a clearer line (with less paint) on that same flap which to me is less obvious. Is that transition? Separation and reattachment?