DaveKillens wrote:The mirrors are pushed way out on the sidepods, where they actually give the driver a decent view of what's happening behind him. They are actually more practical than obligatory.
The side-view mirrors are a radical departure from the norm. I like it, It looks to allow some cleaner airflow to the rear wing (plus being able to check out the rear tyre wear, although it should be less of an issue this year).
It looks like the base of the airbox inlet is a little bit smaller compared to last year. Making it look more diamond shaped.
Also, does anybody think that the front wing mounts are a smoothed with a fillet to the chassis. This looks to be alot less draggy than it was last year.
The sidepods look ok, but I like the RB2 in this area, although, they had to do some cuts in the bodywork for ventilation, which is not a good sign.
From the side, Micheal looks really low in the chassis. Also, the sculpting around his helmet and the bodywork look much smoother and more tightly integrated than last year.
There is a huge reduction in bodywork around the engine, and the exhaust is quite short (corresponding to higher rpm resonance effects). We should see this engine revving to 20,000rpm like the cosworth v8. What fun!
There looks like some spoilers on the hubs as well. Not sure what they're doing there, they might be air inlets appart from the brake ducts.
The hole in the sidepod flickup is to keep the flow attached to the rear of the flickup. It's very similar to dual-plane wings but probably a bit stiffer structurally, since the flickups tend to be flimsy.
The car looks good but for the front wing. blech.
Much appreciated.
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