2018 vs 2019 Renault F1 wing

"SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman" (dasborgen) 02/12/2019 at 08:39 • Filed to: None

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2019 top

2018 bottom

ttyymmnn > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 02/12/2019 at 08:46

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2019 is on the top?

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 02/12/2019 at 08:55

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TechJunky > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 02/12/2019 at 09:07

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Sure this is 2018 vs 2019 wing and not a before and after picture after stuffing it into a wall?

Shift24 > ttyymmnn 02/12/2019 at 09:08

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I believe so

ttyymmnn > Shift24 02/12/2019 at 09:09

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Significantly simpler. Is this FIA’s doing?

BeaterGT > ttyymmnn 02/12/2019 at 09:26

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Yea, the front wings got a huge revamp so that the car’s outwash isn’t as powerful and making the air less turbulent for the following car. At least, that’s the idea...

All those tiny flaps on the 2018 wing aim to push the air out and away from the car/tire.

AkursedX > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 02/12/2019 at 09:30

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For 2019, F1 instituted rules to simplify the front wings (Along with a few other rule changes) to allow for more overtaking.

As you can imagine, the 2018 wing was designed to move air to all kinds of different places to reduce the drag from the wheels. The problem was that their effectiveness dropped dramatically when then got into the ‘dirty’ air from the car in front of it and overtaking was incredibly difficult.

ttyymmnn > BeaterGT 02/12/2019 at 09:48

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That’s what I thought. I’ve been watching F1 for years, but I tend not to follow the technical aspects all that closely. 

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 02/12/2019 at 11:54

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