If that is flexing caused by air pressure than why is nose cone moving too?
Take a look at the flower - nose can't flex but can vibrate. One shot was taken on staright and other in trun. If someone has shot made during some slower straight it would be better to compare.
I still say it is moment of vibration. Can someone get short video?
I think its a good thing that they have found a way to increase downforce without sacraficing speed.
MC I don't think the flower is vibrating, it looks like just the light changing.
Murphy's 9th Law of Technology:
Tell a man there are 300 million stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
The flower isn’t moving much - very slightly. Its just the light and background that’s creating a sense of greater movement.. Compare it to the movement of the wing.
If someone has a clip, you will clearly see the wing move down for a prolonged time!
If u add a horizontal line that touches the edge of the nosecone and meets the green vertical line u'll c that the wing is moving far more than the nose cone
Nose cone is very stiff part constructed as safety structure and if it moves even slightly (under vibration) than thin wings that are attatched on it will certainly move much more.
Agreed, but im still not convinced, because that would mean that every time they hit a slight bump you'd notice a difference but when i was watching the GP i din't notice that happen at all and on a street circuit (the most bumpy kind of track on the F1 calendar) you'd see that happen a fair amount
you need a video footage, not just jump-frame gif....and it was obviously vibrating, but the wing movement was definitely there, as the car got faster the wing moves more....
again, not calling them cheating as I am sure it abides to the letter of the rule, which is all you need to do....
The nosecone isn’t moving, it’s just the variation of light that changes shade of the pixels, particularly on the borders, creating the illusion that it’s moving.
It’s exactly for that reason that you shouldn’t use animated gif swapping between two pics from two separate moments of a video to judge movement, especially with so fast animation rate, they create the illusion that some parts are moving while they are not.
BTW, I found the gif on atlas forum (posted by member rad787 but he found it in another forum too), I didn’t mention it yesterday since I was in a hurry and didn’t found the right nickname; I then just separated it in two pics and added the lines, but isn’t completely my work. I thought it was just fair to point it out.
