Team: Mattia Binotto (CTO), Simone Resta (CD), Loic Bigois (HA), David Sanchez (CA), Jock Clear (ED), Corrado Onorato (DCD), Rory Byrne (Tech Advisor), Massimo Rivola (SD), Matteo Togninalli (CRE), Maurizio Arrivabene (TP), Sergio Marchionne (Chairman)
Drivers: Sebastian Vettel (5), Kimi Raikkonen (7), Esteban Gutierrez (reserve)
You sure about that?Big Mangalhit wrote: ↑06 Mar 2018, 18:04In this image we can see that the flow paint coming from the wing only hits the tyre in its most outward part as well, quite the big deflection.
The clean bit of tyre is the bit that runs on the track all the time. The shoulders don't at low speed such as the pit lane. That's why the central bit is clean.Big Mangalhit wrote: ↑06 Mar 2018, 18:04
In this image we can see that the flow paint coming from the wing only hits the tyre in its most outward part as well, quite the big deflection.
The key here is that there is an entire array of turning vanes on top of the wing working the air laterally. The vane that the unfortunate butterfly finds would not, on its own, generate that much lateral flow.Big Mangalhit wrote: ↑06 Mar 2018, 17:27
Just look at this image, the butterfly goes from an inner part of the wing to the outer part of the tyre in a very short distance. That is a much steeper angle of deflection.
http://i.imgur.com/Dazqvmu.gif
Ups my bad. Thanks for that, and Vanja comment above saying the sameJust_a_fan wrote: ↑06 Mar 2018, 18:18The clean bit of tyre is the bit that runs on the track all the time. The shoulders don't at low speed such as the pit lane. That's why the central bit is clean.Big Mangalhit wrote: ↑06 Mar 2018, 18:04
In this image we can see that the flow paint coming from the wing only hits the tyre in its most outward part as well, quite the big deflection.
You're right, and probably the mirrors aren't doing that, but it is possible to bend air in very steep angles no? at least wings seem to deflect air in a very severe way. Like we can see from the angle of the fumes coming from the crash structure.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑06 Mar 2018, 18:20The key here is that there is an entire array of turning vanes on top of the wing working the air laterally. The vane that the unfortunate butterfly finds would not, on its own, generate that much lateral flow.Big Mangalhit wrote: ↑06 Mar 2018, 17:27
Just look at this image, the butterfly goes from an inner part of the wing to the outer part of the tyre in a very short distance. That is a much steeper angle of deflection.
http://i.imgur.com/Dazqvmu.gif
Good point!! It is time to MOVE ON
Does anyone know if today's cover was this new one already or have they still not used it? By just looking at pictures of the car it seems not changed to me or maybe the differences are not big enough for me to catch them.
I don't remember following the ban on multiple decks/exhaust blown diffusers that any team came with a similar design. Now, if I am not mistaken Piola wrote (on the italian edition of motorsport.com) that the duct above the diffuser COULD be a cooling exit. It seems to me unlikely, given the fact that in recent years teams worked very hard in order to maximize the floor surface in this area, keeping it as neat as possible, and probably even compromising CoG by designing "floating" gearboxes. For aerodynamical purposes. I think the duct's aim is merely to manage airflow merging from both sides of the car, though it's rather strange nobody under these technical rules ever tried to put flow conditioners in this area (correct me if I'm wrong
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I think he is referring to T-wing...
Yep, it was clear as the 2018 technical regulations were published that a lower T-Wing would still be allowed:
