The F1 Technical Developments Thread

WillDAQ said:
Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's a bad idea. The reason they're like that is that the front wing of a following car is kept further away from the flow coming off the back of the rear wing of a leading car.
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I do understand it. I just find it completely unnecessary.
So you get more front end grip right? Well grip comes from aerodynamics, and from mechanical grip, the wheels. Because the front wing was made larger, the cars would grip too much at the front. So they made the front tyres smaller. What's the sense in this? Why force teams to come up with larger wings? Why not keep the normal old wings and also keep the older larger tyres? This way the front wouldn't need so much aero, and so the leading car could have a lower rear wing.
 
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Next year we will have KERS, adjustable rear wings and less turbulent air from the smaller diffusors. I think that's a good step. After that, the next stop will be in 2013 with new engines (that's a given) and possibly ground-effects. Turbo engines means they can work on the exhausts a lot more, meaning more freedom in power output/turbo tweaking?

"They are talking about putting a greater proportion of down force to the diffuser, a ground effect car - like the early 1980's," added Michael. "They have been looking at that, as well as increasing crash protection at the front of the car by moving the sidepods further forwards."
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you forgot the 26" dubs :mrgreen:
 
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Aw frick I just came. Why didn't they introduce that front wing earlier, it's amazing...
 
The F-Ducts are becoming huge, started with Renault... pretty soon they'll be om nom noming those rear wings whole!
 
SPEED was able to catch a glimpse of the McLaren's exhaust outlets during P2 for the Singapore Grand Prix thanks to the blue flame visible under the lights. It looks to be near the very bottom of the chassis and next to the rear wheels. Alas, no way to screencap, otherwise I'd post the video still.
 
Just thought I'd share
(These pics are fairly large)

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ahpadt said:
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I found some pictures similar to this, can anyone tell me why it looks like they've spilled paint on their shiny front and rear wings ????


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rowd22 said:
I found some pictures similar to this, can anyone tell me why it looks like they've spilled paint on their shiny front and rear wings ????
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Flowiz. It's used to make the airflow over the painted elements visible and helps engineers with aerodynamic development.
 
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the drivers can alter the front wing while driving...
but what part actually moves? i don't see any hinges or slots the flaps can move in...
(or is it the whole wing that alters its angle?)
 
mpicco said:
So you get more front end grip right? Well grip comes from aerodynamics, and from mechanical grip, the wheels. Because the front wing was made larger, the cars would grip too much at the front. So they made the front tyres smaller. What's the sense in this? Why force teams to come up with larger wings? Why not keep the normal old wings and also keep the older larger tyres? This way the front wouldn't need so much aero, and so the leading car could have a lower rear wing.
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The total wing area hasn't changed, it's just moved in the hope of reducing the loss in downforce when following another car.

The smaller front tyres are simply because the old spec cars were terrible unbalanced in terms of grip distribution even ignoring aero effects.
 
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