Technically Formula 1 - Bahrain Testing Day 3

"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork) 02/23/2014 at 11:25 • Filed to: Technically Formula 1, F1 Technical On Oppo, Pre-Season Testing, Bahrain, Formula 1, F1, OppositeLock

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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 7 - Bahrain

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Red Bull

Red Bull Flow-Vis testing the front wing with Daniel Ricciardo; separately from the sidepod testing seen below.

RB10 rear end detail.

Shown here is the carbon S-duct that the Red Bull team uses to duct air from underneath the nose to the top side. For a better explanation that I can give, read !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Mercedes

Mercedes have implemented a two-into-1 wishbone on their front suspension.

Also note the turing vane underneath the nose; it looks like a complicated multi-element connected vane, rather than just a curved carbon sheet. The flat bottom section exists to separate the air and not allow air from the top to slip down underneath the vane; keeping it under control of the main elements.

W05 rear-end detail.

Ferrari

Ferrari are running some interesting pitot-tube arrays just in front of the rear wing; these exist to measure how the air is approaching the underside of the rear wing.

Lotus

Yup.

Lotus pitot tube testing the E22.

McLaren

The flow-vis on the Mp4-29 interestingly flows down the rear of the sidepod, not inward as you may have imagined. I can't say with certainty why this is the case, but I believe the combination of the vortex generators located at the front of the sidepods and the low pressure from the coke-bottle zone is helping.

McLaren still running the Wishbone Wings (or as I like to call them, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ) that created quite a stir in Jerez three weeks ago. The MP4-29 also sports an elongated gurney-style flap on the top of the diffuser to help and create more of an upwash behind the clever suspension.

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Sauber

C33 steering wheel. I think I count four separate paddles.

Sauber C33 rear end detail.

Toro Rosso

Toro Rosso rear end detail.

Williams

The Williams FW36 is without a rear wing supporting pylon on the centerline.

Caterham

Ct05 rear end detail.

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wrblue11 > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 02/22/2014 at 21:29

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what is this?

Pitchblende > wrblue11 02/23/2014 at 11:48

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Looks like the box collecting the data from the pitot-tube rig.