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[AnthonyG]

Or just assymetric sidepods.

[bhall II]

If they plan to update the power unit in Monza, they'll have to update the car's cooling capacity. If they want to challenge for the win at Monza, there's no reason not to get an early start in Spa.

[Silent Storm]

https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/statu ... 8718049280 https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/634627176176988160 https://twitter.com/albrodpul/status/634626338725494785 Ferrari to test Monza spec wing here.

[McMrocks]

That wing is the evidence that the Y250 vortex is very important for the cars. Why else would they keep the inner edge that high to create this vortex

[Morteza]

[f300v10]

Based in the below photo, the mainplane and outer wing elements are the same as the current 'standard downforce' front wing. The radical looking single plane upper flap replaces the usual double plane flap, the cascades are removed and add an additional turning vane where ther cascades usually reside:

[Moose]

It actually doesn't look "radical" to me. It looks exactly like what McLaren spent many years running a few years ago before dramatically changing direction on their front wing philosophy. Maybe they weren't so wrong after all.

[Sevach]

Ferrari sidepods looks like the old model for this track, less drag maybe?

Anyway, the wing out on track

[trinidefender]

I think the old sidepods do have less drag. The smoother profile with reduced (especially abrupt) angle changes would generally equal to a lower Cd (coefficient of drag). That new front wing is quite interesting. I'm generally surprised that they don't have any seperation issues on it due to reducing the number of flaps by one and having quite a large angle change. That flap does seem fairly heavily cambered though (heavily cambered compared to other F1 front wing flaps in that position).

[bhall II]

Is this very low tire pressure or do this year's Pirellis simply not get along well with Spa? Standing wave?




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[absbeginner]

Actually the rear of the car appears to be under huge load. Front wing is unnaturally high and rake is absent, titanium skids are hitting the track, leaving sparks.

Rear tires appear to be sharing this load

[PlatinumZealot]

Yes a lot of deflection on the front wing.

Obviously a huge amount of downforce Plus G force due to the arced elevation change Leaves a tonn of weight on the back wheels. Still scary looking though.

[bhall II]

Yeah, I get that it's under massive loading. I just don't know that I've seen a F1 tire react like this before.



Given Rosberg's blowout, I wonder if the teams are back to running crazy-low inflation levels again.

EDIT: Better image

[michaelclarke]

Yeah, I get that it's under massive loading. I just don't know that I've seen a F1 tire react like this before.

http://i.imgur.com/G0d4gZW.jpg

Given Rosberg's blowout, I wonder if the teams are back to running crazy-low inflation levels again.

EDIT: Better image

Bit of a noob question: What's the benefit of running low inflation level? Quicker tire warm-up?

[bhall II]

To a point, lower inflation pressure increases the size of the contact patch, which gives higher grip potential.