It seems they even got rid of the aerodynamic matte sex-toy paint.
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It feels like a very short car, could be very reactive. I love it. The livery, the design it's all so fantastic!!CriXus wrote: ↑16 Feb 2022, 16:18Better quality image.
Same route as AM, but a little less undercut and a bit shorter sidepods.
https://preview.redd.it/bo0b3wthd7i81.j ... 8ab83011af
The 2014 Caterham had sidepods like that, but I don't think that's a car any team would like to compare to
I noticed there has been some heavy focus on managing the air going beside the driver's head. They cleared the mirrors out of the way and then even sculpted the side pod to direct that air. Could it be to manage rear tyre wake?
And downwashLM10 wrote: ↑16 Feb 2022, 18:38Considering that most cars we've seen so far have bulkier sidepods, there is a decent possibility that this could be the way to go. Since with bargeboards a critical area for outwash is banned now, there is not much left for teams to do other than using the sidepod shaping for creating outwash.
I would guess that channel is used to get clean air towards the diffuser, with the front part of the sidepods being used to manage the wake.
The sidepods, with that curl at the top and the warm air slots to the inside, wonder whether that creates a bit of a vortex to get air to the rear wing.
Often, ideas 180 degrees apart from each other are within 1-2% of each other in effectiveness. I call it the Non- Mirror Reverse.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑16 Feb 2022, 19:19It's like everything has gone horrible wrong with this car!
I need more angles before I believe it though.
Indeed. You can push the wake sideways with a blunt sidepod, but if you taper the sidepod back from the side rather than from the top, you'll be pulling that wake back in rather than getting the high energy air from above the sidepod down onto the diffuser. This is where I believe the Williams, McLaren, Alpha Tauri, and Haas seem to have an advantage, assuming they executed on the concept well.Blackout wrote: ↑16 Feb 2022, 19:17And downwashLM10 wrote: ↑16 Feb 2022, 18:38Considering that most cars we've seen so far have bulkier sidepods, there is a decent possibility that this could be the way to go. Since with bargeboards a critical area for outwash is banned now, there is not much left for teams to do other than using the sidepod shaping for creating outwash.