I just noticed this one, very strange to see such a boxy mirror when I think that could be shaped up a lot better. Any ideas for the reason to do it like that?
may be the mirror (which has been modified and resited with the cooling\sidepod update) works with the flow over the sidepods, the underside seems to match the leading edge of the sidepods, leaving the top surface paralell square to the ground.
I have no idea, but it's indeed very odd. Although the support is very thin (like the other teams), it is also very long.
In chat yesterday with the Renault F1 team they said vibrating mirrors are just because of weight issues. Making them vibrate less would mean extra weight. They don't seem to take it that much into account at Red Bull.
However, could it be that with such a mirror, the drag actually helps the mirror not to move vertically?
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Bear in mind though, there is much more to aerodynamics than just looking at the shape.
I could even deflect some of the air straight into the sidepods, meaning smaller bargeboards?
Perhaps it is a new aero masterpiece that can only be seen in the wind tunnel.
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Don't forget, in the grand scheme of things, F1 cars are pretty slow, so bluff bodies like that don't really create much turbulence at their leading surfaces, as long as the curves are smooth, and the radii of the fillets looks big enough to me.
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cool i never seen somethink like that to boxy maybe it`s for intimidation 