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[steelboy]

looks like a false piece in the middle to me
looking good for the weekend,especially with the kers as well.

[Metar]

The space above the "regular" diffuser is completely empty - and it doesn't look like the second deck is a bolt-on part, after all - so it looks to be a regular one...

[JamesS]

Hmmm. Its changed a fair bit:

Sepang:



Shanghai:

[pete555]

That's a bit of a boy racer air filter on the LHS.
MClarens gone all bling

[Spencifer_Murphy]

That's a bit of a boy racer air filter on the LHS.
MClarens gone all bling

hehe...its a breather for the fuel tank.

[RacingManiac]

From the look of that carbon structure above the diffuser between the wing mount/crash structure, if that is part of the gearbox assembly then it might need some pretty serious rework to package something in that space...

That may also be a reason why Brawn GP stuck with their own gearbox when they took on the Merc engine, the gearbox must be a key component governing the shape/accomodation of the double deck diffuser, as well as the crash structure.

Wouldn't be surprising at all, conventional wisdom dictate all the parts should be as low as you can make it, and if you think you are limited in terms of your diffuser height(especially vs old rule), you package your mechanical parts as close to it as you can to lower c of g(which is probably why RBR went to pullrod packaging at the back). Now if you have reason to do otherwise, a la Diffuser Trio, that you can use the space for a multi-level diffuser, you'd design everything else to take that into account...

[ISLAMATRON]

From the look of that carbon structure above the diffuser between the wing mount/crash structure, if that is part of the gearbox assembly then it might need some pretty serious rework to package something in that space...

That may also be a reason why Brawn GP stuck with their own gearbox when they took on the Merc engine, the gearbox must be a key component governing the shape/accomodation of the double deck diffuser, as well as the crash structure.

Wouldn't be surprising at all, conventional wisdom dictate all the parts should be as low as you can make it, and if you think you are limited in terms of your diffuser height(especially vs old rule), you package your mechanical parts as close to it as you can to lower c of g(which is probably why RBR went to pullrod packaging at the back). Now if you have reason to do otherwise, a la Diffuser Trio, that you can use the space for a multi-level diffuser, you'd design everything else to take that into account...

The Gearbox/diffbox ends pretty close to the rear axles with only space needed there for the final drive gear... I think its mostly about the design of the rear crash structure

[PlatinumZealot]

If anything i think the gearbox casing itself might only need slight reworks. Like cut away some webbings and bumps but not anything major. Because the back axles have to have a ring gear, which will limit how space you can get.

[chrys]

[Scotracer]

[myurr]

Wow! Now that's a front wing!

[ben_watkins]

Is it me or is that wing way more orange than it used to be?

[NaZzO]

This is the new front wing they are using in china.


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[chrys]

[zgred]