Blown wheel hubs continue to be tricky business
Blown wheel hubs have been adopted by a large number of teams this season, but the feature continues to keep aerodynamicists busy.
At Monza for instance, Red Bull Racing briefly tested an alternative to the open wheel hubs by putting a conical cap inside each front wheel's axle. The cap did appear to have small apertures to still allow some airflow to get through, but clearly much less than what would otherwise be possible. Both cars however were running the usual open hubs in quali... Read more