I think the exhaust layout is not locked under engine freeze. The engine ancillary can be changed. Please correct me if i am wrong
I think the exhaust layout is not locked under engine freeze. The engine ancillary can be changed. Please correct me if i am wrong
I noticed that as well. Also the bulge seems to be gone? Did they manage to package everything extremely tightly?
For sure there's an improvement on cooling for any engine manufacturer each year, but the main reason is that Mercedes W13 does a lot of centerline cooling (based on the bulky engine cover in W13), so they need less cooling on the sides. Ferrari on the other hand has the slimmest upper body, but almost all the cooling is on the sidepods and the actual cooling volume on Ferrari sidepods is less than it seems from front or side view. Just look at the massive concave on top of the Ferrari sidepods. Regarding Honda and Renault there is no real image of RedBull and Alpine to compare
Thanks to the LARs Mercedes has kept the cooling capactiy while still having slendee side pods.
Except Aston Martin, but rumor (for whatever that rumor is worth) was that Dan Fallows didn't like their design when seeing it.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑19 Feb 2022, 00:36Thanks to the LARs Mercedes has kept the cooling capactiy while still having slendee side pods.
The sidepods of Ferrari have much room left to be shrinked, according to Binotto. It was a decision for aerodynamic reasons to have large sidepods - just like almost all other cars, including the Aston Martin with the Mercedes PU.Hoffman900 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2022, 00:46Except Aston Martin, but rumor (for whatever that rumor is worth) was that Dan Fallows didn't like their design when seeing it.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑19 Feb 2022, 00:36Thanks to the LARs Mercedes has kept the cooling capactiy while still having slendee side pods.
I do believe Mercedes (and Honda) has done a good job in this regard. I am a little concerned for Ferrari, as their and customer cars have larger sidepods.
I have realized that now since I posted that.LM10 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 16:59The sidepods of Ferrari have much room left to be shrinked, according to Binotto. It was a decision for aerodynamic reasons to have large sidepods - just like almost all other cars, including the Aston Martin with the Mercedes PU.Hoffman900 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2022, 00:46Except Aston Martin, but rumor (for whatever that rumor is worth) was that Dan Fallows didn't like their design when seeing it.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑19 Feb 2022, 00:36
Thanks to the LARs Mercedes has kept the cooling capactiy while still having slendee side pods.
I do believe Mercedes (and Honda) has done a good job in this regard. I am a little concerned for Ferrari, as their and customer cars have larger sidepods.
Also, only the outer part of the sidepod inlets on the Ferrari are for cooling. But no matter how we spin it, the Ferrari is going to have larger sidepods due to it's configuration of having much less centreline cooling anyway, I would say.