What no sidepod trick? The huge undercut at the front of the Red Bull is an aero philosophy that starts with the front of the car and works through to the back, the undercut is gone by then and there is actually considerable blockage mid sidepod. It's likely they are turning air outwards and attempting to seal the venturi underfloor with this layout.stan_french wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 13:37my guess is theyre gonna look into doing a redbull style packaging if that works. Just pull the radiators at a slightly more shallow angle so they can pull the same "no sidepod" trick.
The assumption here is that Alpine haven't tried tighter sidepods, or bigger undercuts. Like Ferrari's bigger than expected sidepod, it's highly likely that 18-24 months of aero work has led to this philosophy. Making the underbody and ground effect work is far more important than the overall shape of the upper body of the car.
The team know the heat rejection figures for the engines, and starting in a cold weather test with loads of extra cooling is unlikely. They may have missed something that is on another car and start trying it now in CFD etc, but this is a long lead time process to get it on the car. Just bolting someone else's sidepod shape on your car is likely to make it slower without understanding the flow and making it work across the whole car.
