Exactlydjones wrote:What does the retarded engine feature do?
Keep air flowing when not on the throttle or something?
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Team: Franz Tost (TP), Giorgio Ascanelli (TD)
Drivers: Sebastian Buemi (16), Jaime Alguersuari (17)
Exactlydjones wrote:What does the retarded engine feature do?
Keep air flowing when not on the throttle or something?
Kinda looks like this engineer misunderstood when he was told to arrange something to "blow" the rear wing!zgred wrote:
Can be Adrian´s playground...forty-two wrote:I can't help but wonder why STR are still pursuing the F-Duct given that it's banned for next season, there's only two races left, and at my last count, they arent in the running for winning the WCC?
Seems like a huge expense for only very limited gains at this stage of the season to me.
But surely Newey can not have ANY influence in STR?Belatti wrote:Can be Adrian´s playground...forty-two wrote:I can't help but wonder why STR are still pursuing the F-Duct given that it's banned for next season, there's only two races left, and at my last count, they arent in the running for winning the WCC?
Seems like a huge expense for only very limited gains at this stage of the season to me.
Can you elaborate on that?forty-two wrote:Yes, that is a very good point Paul.
I actually have a theory that the device on the McLaren might actually somehow still be present next season because of the way in which theirs and I believe theirs alone has been implemented.
Could you elaborate? What do you think they are doing differently?forty-two wrote:Yes, that is a very good point Paul.
I actually have a theory that the device on the McLaren might actually somehow still be present next season because of the way in which theirs and I believe theirs alone has been implemented.
The F-Duct hasnt had the vote passed yet to ban it, and the fact the proximity wing may be actually a saftey issue means the F-Duct still has value.lolzi wrote:Could you elaborate? What do you think they are doing differently?forty-two wrote:Yes, that is a very good point Paul.
I actually have a theory that the device on the McLaren might actually somehow still be present next season because of the way in which theirs and I believe theirs alone has been implemented.
So you want to use the F-duct as another "proximity wing". But what I am most interested in is how McLaren's system differs from other F-ducts.ESPImperium wrote:The F-Duct hasnt had the vote passed yet to ban it, and the fact the proximity wing may be actually a saftey issue means the F-Duct still has value.lolzi wrote:Could you elaborate? What do you think they are doing differently?forty-two wrote:Yes, that is a very good point Paul.
I actually have a theory that the device on the McLaren might actually somehow still be present next season because of the way in which theirs and I believe theirs alone has been implemented.
If the Proximity wing idea fails, the F-Duct will be still used, but in a mechanichal form seemingly, to make sure the drivers hands are on the wheel. What id like to see is the proximity wing idea scrubbed, as i dont like the isea of it, but give the driver 20 seconds of F-Duct time each lap.
With the MES ECU this can be managed. Ideally id like to allow the drivers 20 seconds of F-Duct time and 10 seconds of KERS a lap, with a button on each side of the wheel, and 2 new displays added to the wheel, or more ideal, monocoque Red Bull/STR style for the drivers to see how many seconds they have left. At a later date, you could eventually manage how many times theese were activated, meaning you could have 10 activation laps for each per race.
Personally, id rather have a F-Duct than a proximity wing. Same way id rather have had kept the DDD, but reduced it to 120mm from 175mm and had a standardised centre profile in the F-Duct.
