Well I would argue that it was invented on the F92A by Jean-Claude Migeot.Andi76 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2023, 16:48Actually this "no spill over"-design was innovated by Rory Byrne with the championship winning Benetton B194 :McLarenMor wrote: ↑21 Feb 2023, 14:18It's amazing taking into consideration the MP4-26's tunnel sidepods, swooping design and high shoulders that McLaren didn't jump the gun with this design philosophy.
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The MP4-26 would have dominated last season
Edit:
Looking at this wiki page:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_MP4-26
the tunnels are so reminiscent of the current designs.
https://postimages.org/
Rory Byrne later improved that design on the WCC-winning Ferrari F399:
https://postimages.org/
It's probably no coincidence that Ferrari's design team listened closely to the advice of someone named Rory Byrne on the car that produced the last evolution of such sidepods.
David Sanchez, the creator of these sidepods on the McLaren MP4-26, like many F1 designers and engineers, copied one of Rory Byrne's numerous ideas. Since David Sanchez is now an aerodynamicist and chief of vehicle concepts for the Ferrari team, advised by Rory Byrne, one could say that this evolution is almost a logical consequence of this constellation.
As discussed here : viewtopic.php?p=1111032#p1111032