Red Bull Floor

[jdickerson]

If you look at the picture of the rb7 floor taken at Monaco here

http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/06/0 ... -analysis/

it is easy to imaging that they are turning the entire top half of the car independently of the wheels as the car corners so it always faces into the corner. That might be why the red bull is so mighty in high speed corners. It doesn't lose downforce due to slip angle. It would also help the change of direction. I think they are steering the whole car aerodynamically. On board shots seem to indicate the front wing is moving laterally compared with the tires. Imagine the entire top half of the car sitting on a record player. It looks like that center section spins.

Joel

[volarchico]

What sort of slip angles do you imagine an F1 car to experience? Other than Vettel's powerslide through the chicane a few races ago, they usually do not slide much at all.

[MIKEY_!]

Sounds like a movable aerodynamic device to me. Therefore banned.

[marcush.]

???
slip angles and aero what are you trying to tell us here? You seem to speak of yaw ,the slip angle of front and rear tyre cannot differ much so that should never be a factor ...I admit the behaviour of the car when the back is stepping out is a serious thing to consider as we saw in yesterdays FP .You make it knifeedge and even the very best of drivers cannot control the situation when they overshoot the limits of adhesion...but that ´s a different story really.