Something new in terms of bodywork composition, look at the junctions between chassis, vanity panel, nose cone, upper suspension front arm and push-rod area...
I think that enables them to move the upper arms further back, f.e. Circuit specific, or if they want to keep development options open. Big changes this year.Giando wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 18:52Something new in terms of bodywork composition, look at the junctions between chassis, vanity panel, nose cone, upper suspension front arm and push-rod area...
https://postimages.org/
These ones in particular:PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 17:43Those are not vortices. I see everyone saying that, but they are not. At least I have never seen any qualified person say that before.e30ernest wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 16:47Vortices visible being shed from under the wing (looks like to manage tire wake out), and along the floor (probably to seal).
https://i.imgur.com/65OkElz.jpg
That's just the water kick-up from the contract patch among a chaos of things happening. It is affected by a mish-mash of the vortices and outwash and the tyre wake itself, but the vorticity is not strong enough to imprint itself cleanly on those heavy water droplets from the tyre. So yes, the vortex is inside there somewhere, but that spray is not cleanly representing the vortex there.
You will see those waves of water spray on pretty much any car. In F1 yeah there is some vortex interaction involved int he spray, but liquid water is very heavy! Trust me when you see the vortices in the videos you will know.. You won't see it in heavy water droplets coming from the tyre though. You will see the vortices easier with smoke or water vapour.
Like here:
Article on f1technical:
https://www.f1technical.net/features/21854
https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6EhRHS3 ... /giphy.gif
Rear wing vortex pair in wake highlighted by blown Ferrari engine in Felipe Nasr’s Sauber C35, source: https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6EhRHS3 ... /giphy.gif
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TZ9lFtV9W88/U ... rtices.png
Forty seconds in here to see the floor vortex:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kosEVglKJvc
Yeah i was concerned when looking at the show car.
The only thing I don't like about the new cars is when stuff is made purely for looks, like the Chevron front wings. Other than that I'm positively surprised with the looks of the new cars. No stepped noses like 2012 or penis noses like 2014 or stuff like that.
I don’t think it’s surprising, as you can’t unlearn what you know.This is a little surprising, as wind tunnel/CFD time and budget last year was fixed (assuming Merc hadn't started 2 or 3 years back, like they did for the 2014 rules change). However, the Williams looks pretty detailed too, but we've not seen it close up, McLaren haven't shown a real car, Red Bull are hiding their car from the press... roll on testing and Bahrain I say...