Xero wrote: ↑27 Apr 2018, 15:59
DiogoBrand wrote: ↑27 Apr 2018, 14:56
Xero wrote: ↑27 Apr 2018, 14:43
Inlets are either driver cooling, or for diverting air elsewhere. It's clearly not an s-duct though.
They're enormous to be for driver cooling, and are in the exact place where the S-duct inlets used to be, so I don't agree that it's clearly not for an S-duct. Just because there's no S-Duct outlet, doesn't mean the inlet can't be there, perhaps waiting for the new nose.
I'm aware that's where they were last year for the s-duct, but there is no s-duct on the car atm was my point. The air would have to be channelled elsewhere in the meantime or else it's just creating drag. Otherwise they would have closed it off, or even taped over it.
AFAIK these are S-duct inlets. The word on the paddock is that fully functional s-duct will be implemented on the new nose. So the outlets will be visible on the new nose. (According to Ted Kravitz at least).
And yes, at it current state it obviously adds drag. Even if they do exit those for driver cooling atm it will still add drag as the wholes are generally enormous for used just for driver cooling.