Ground Effect wrote: ↑11 Jun 2023, 18:54
I don't know if someone can clarify, @mwillems etc? Stella says although the car will look different, it will be an evolution of current concept and not a change In philosophy. But then why was development stopped months before it was launched? I thought that signalled a recognition that they were on the wrong path and needed to course correct.
It was specifically the floor that was redeveloped. Why just the floor? Not sure. It was a long time to bring a floor to the car. But the path they went down with the floor before was ill judged and they had to roll it back, at that point I think they just needed a floor that worked with the car they had at the time.
I guess it is possible that they then trialled an idea with the floor in Baku and needed data from the track to get the development data that they needed.
Maybe limitations in cologne mean we are always having to put an iteration on track to test.
But to answer the question, a revolution would sound like a change in philosophy.
An evolution could still be an extreme or at lot of work just that it is within the scope of the current philosophy, so the two words don't reflect the amount of change if you think about it like that. Revolution just means a departure from what you had.
If the change in the floor and sidepod is sufficient then they may warrant changes all over the car. Not that these other changes themselves bring time, just so that the whole car works as a package and that the time brought from the primary developments is not lost through poor integration.
Sidepod and floor naturally both interact with the diffuser, beam wing, floor edges, the way the air is pushed around the rear tyres etc... I'm sure there is more to it of course, I'm not technical so I couldn't do more than this technical guesswork.
Edit: The tunnel entrances could also be affected as could the delivery of the airflow from the front wing, so the postions and strength of the vortices from the FW might be adjusted. Or not lol