gcdugas wrote: ↑15 Feb 2022, 11:15
mwillems wrote: ↑15 Feb 2022, 10:40
That may end up being correct, but this is F1 where even now its less prescriptive and the teams may be pushing ideas to their fragile limits. You're likely more technically proficient than I, but I don't think you can rule out floor damage and downforce loss mid corner given damage we know kerbs can do all over the car.
If last year 50% of the DF came from the floor then this year it is 70 perhaps? That's a lot of DF to come from just one place and I'll be surprised if we don't see accidents as a result. Let's see what happens I guess.
Also consider that a large goal of the new front and rear wings, the wheel covers, along with the "wake conditioners" atop the front wheel, is to make the overall dirty air wake far less and to lower the loss of front end grip when following closely. Ground effects are less affected by dirty air than a pure wing. Thus getting the bottom plane of the front wing low will limit the DF loss when racing close together. Your 70% number [from the floor] is also DF that is almost totally unaffected by following closely in dirty air. That and having less dirty air should tighten up the racing and promote more overtaking. So goes the theory anyway.
I'm not talking about following, just situations in which the venturi effect can be drastically reduced during g cornering situations.
But anyway I'm open to any scenario I'm just nor ring out potential risks associated with the more extreme situations.
I've nothing more to add though so I'll see what happens on the track now.