"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork)
02/20/2014 at 15:14 • Filed to: Technically Formula 1, F1 Technical on Oppo, Pre-Season Testing, Bahrain Testing, Formula 1, F1, OppositeLock
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"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork)
02/20/2014 at 15:14 • Filed to: Technically Formula 1, F1 Technical on Oppo, Pre-Season Testing, Bahrain Testing, Formula 1, F1, OppositeLock | 2
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Technical innovation is what makes Formula 1 so different from any other form of racing. The on track action is as much played out by the engineers and aerodynamicists as it is the drivers. We are here to admire, study, and discuss this beauty that exists on the ragged edge of what we think is possible, or at least what we thought was possible.
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Discussions and questions are welcomed and encouraged in the comments section below.
Testing Day 6 - Bahrain
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Red Bull
The RB10's tight rear packaging is rumored to be part of the problem for the Red Bull chassis's unreliability.
Interestingly, the RB10 has carried over quite a few vanes from the RB9, even considering the change in exhaust positioning. The sidepod airflow conditioners, both atop and adjacent to the sidepod inlet, look similar to those on the RB9, and the front wing has kept the same general design.
RB10 rear end detail. Cooling exits are relatively minimal compared to some of the other non-Ferrari powered chassis; this is also rumored to be the cause for the RB10's unreliability.
Mercedes
The slits in the W05's rear wing endplates aid in combating tire squirt.
Mercedes W05 rear end detail. Note the diffuser continuation/winglet that extends from the rear diffuser to the crash structure. The crash structure is the rectangular protrusion that houses the safety array of 15 LED lights.
Ferrari
Ferrari running an airflow rake for the diffuser wake
Lotus
The E22 twin-tusk nose we've all already heard so much about.
The left tusk is the legal nose, and therefore sticks out farther forward. The right tusk exists to keep an aero balance.
Note the asymmetric rear-wing support on the centerline, where other teams have either used a two pillar design or a two into one.
McLaren
MP4-29 pitot tube testing the area just behind the sidepod to calculate how the air is approaching the rear diffuser..
Williams
Williams air flow rake ahead of the diffuser and note the undercut on the sidepod
Marussia
Marussia is fitting wool tufts on the sidepods and monitoring it with a camera via blanchimont
Zoom in on the above picture and look at the detail of the rear floor.
Marussia front bulkhead and stepped chassis
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More images still to come for Day 2 of Bahrain testing; keep an eye out.
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Cixelsyd
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
02/20/2014 at 16:17 |
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Ruh Roh.
Kookanoodles
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
02/20/2014 at 17:03 |
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Couldn't do anything like the others, Lotus ?