Sauber C31 Ferrari

[PlatinumZealot]

I think we could have three things here or combination:

1. drag reduction. higher pressure Air from under the nose or from the cockpit will fill the low pressure gap.

2. The signal hole for the front wing f-duct.

3. Just a simple device to create air circulation to cool the driver.

[PlatinumZealot]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7giPDNHf0Uo[/youtube]

Lord God, somebody buy this guy some English lessons!

He's lucky he's a good driver.

[Robbobnob]

I think we could have three things here or combination:

1. drag reduction. higher pressure Air from under the nose or from the cockpit will fill the low pressure gap.

2. The signal hole for the front wing f-duct.

3. Just a simple device to create air circulation to cool the driver.

Or maybe a manufacturing fault... haha i joke

[Fil]

It's clearly a vent for air to escape from; logical assumption is it would be hot air extraction..


What's in the front nose that would need cooling?




In terms of it being for an F-Duct of some sort, I don't remember a single team's F-Duct intake being anywhere near that large, so that's my most basic logic for dispelling that concept for this.

[blackwell68]

Is it possible to blow the side pods to increase the flow through the radiators?

[MIKEY_!]

The only things in the nose that need cooling are suspension components, power steering and sweaty feet.

[PlatinumZealot]

Is it possible to blow the side pods to increase the flow through the radiators?

Ferrari had an exhaust air ejector installed last year on their car. It supposedly helped radiator cooling.

[bhall]

Is development allowed during a shakedown?

[raymondu999]

I don't think so. But I could be wrong.

[kris]

I don't think so. But I could be wrong.

I think the launch is just a business affair rather than an technical one. So couldn't the just show a dummy car during launch, and use an actual version which they intend to test in the shakedown.

[raymondu999]

Yes. But I think bhallq's point was asking whether or not, for example, they could use different parts between the 1st and 2nd laps of the shakedown.

[kris]

Yes. But I think bhallq's point was asking whether or not, for example, they could use different parts between the 1st and 2nd laps of the shakedown.

Oh ok.. I remember reading somewhere on this forums that shakedown was basically a 50KM limit test with no other restrictions. Do not remember if this was the before or after the testing restriction introduced in the recent times.

[later..] Found the link here viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5792

[MIKEY_!]

Did they use two cars? Then they could have different setups.

[raymondu999]

Mikey it's not just setup - take a look at the pictures a couple of posts above. One has a monkey seat wing. The other hasn't. I think the shakedown is limited to one car? Or maybe 2 cars at half distance each? Either way I don't remember much about the shakedown regs otherwise

[MIKEY_!]

That's what I meant by setup. But they could also run different (actual) setups for a little extra data to tune things before testing or to check their simulator data matches at an earlier opportunity.