McLaren does the same thing.Emag wrote: ↑12 Feb 2022, 12:40What I am struggling to understand about this car, is how the tire wake is managed.
Haas uses the front part of the sidepod to create a wall that pushes the dirty air away, and they are sloped to guide the cleaner air on the right down towards the diffuser.
Aston uses their entire sidepods to create a shield from the wake, with a massive undercut below to provide clean air to the diffuser.
McLaren does seemingly nothing?! to push the tire wake away from the car. No bargeboards there to help, and can't see many clever vortices that can help that much.
This is what's concerning me now, but surely the engineers who developed the concept know better than some totally unqualified enthusiast.
You have to look sorta from one of the side views to see how they do it. Last year's side pods started almost behind the cockpit. The side pods are extremely forward this year, basically at the front of the cockpit near to the front wheels. Being closer to the front wheels the wake is not as expanded as much I believe. This would be where last year's barge boards would have started. The lower front face of the McLaren side pod is doing thing. Also note the 2022 maclaren side pod height is also lower. sugesting they have managed to create a lower tyre wake.