CaterhamF1 CT-01 Renault

[aleks_ader]

It is that porpouse of this vent (yellow cloud) to make a vortices around this curved shape on top side of drivers shoulders guard (red arrow)?

Maybe it helps to reduce drag from beam wing?

[shelly]

IIRC it is typical. A lot fo car had it in 2011 (and 2010 before) to help cooling as it exploits a loophole in the rules for placing air outlets within a certain width

[Lurk]

Now that we can see the rear of the car more clearly, it becomes obvious that what looks like the pull rod is something very interesting there – it travels in front of the front part of the lower wishbone. What's going on there?

The drive shaft is now much clearer as travelling just above the lower wish bone in a position that would be obscured by the beam wing from the rear shot.

Same as RB7 (which is normal since it is the same rear suspension & gearbox)

[Caterhamrules]

[Mchamilton]

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something different going on with the leading edge of the floor below the sidepod barge boards?

[beelsebob]

something different going on with the leading edge of the floor below the sidepod barge boards?

Good spot! I wonder if that's designed to push air under the edge, and seal the floor... Using the RBR energised air skirt idea.

[ESPImperium]

Marianne has said that is the area she is most proud of, the "lole" the Lower Leading Edge arround the side pods, and the bardge boards.

From what i have learned from the magazine, the main areas of development were the nose, the sidepods and the rear of the car. The roll hoop was designed early on, and signed off in August with the Chassis and nose box.

looking at the pics in F1 Racing, the sidepods are really RB7 eske, flowing down to the floor, and are really clean providing the diffuser with as much of a clean air flow as posible to get as much downforce as posible from the upper side of the diffuser. However its whats below the floor that provides more downforce i know.

From what is said in the article, i can confedently predict this car will be a step forward, and put them in the mid pack.

The speed of development of the car is critical, if they can develop the car quickly enough, and get performance gains, i see no reson that an leap to P8 is capable in the CT01. However i think the team would settle for P9.

[aleks_ader]

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something different going on with the leading edge of the floor below the sidepod barge boards?

Maybe they want seal with vortices and with huge amound of air (edge on the side of sidepods) leading edge of diffuozor?

[raymondu999]

something different going on with the leading edge of the floor below the sidepod barge boards?

Good spot! I wonder if that's designed to push air under the edge, and seal the floor... Using the RBR energised air skirt idea.

Can anyone enhance the part? My eyes aren't powerful enough to make out what you're talking about

[beelsebob]

Can anyone enhance the part? My eyes aren't powerful enough to make out what you're talking about

It's the slant at the front of the floor that we're muttering about :

[aleks_ader]

something different going on with the leading edge of the floor below the sidepod barge boards?

Good spot! I wonder if that's designed to push air under the edge, and seal the floor... Using the RBR energised air skirt idea.

Can anyone enhance the part? My eyes aren't powerful enough to make out what you're talking about

Mchamilton exact that i have in mind...

[raymondu999]

The floor actually terminates not on the bottom of the sidepod? Beelsebob doesn't it contravene the "surfaces visible from bottom must be on reference or step plane" rule that you quoted a while back?

[beelsebob]

The floor actually terminates not on the bottom of the sidepod? Beelsebob doesn't it contravene the "surfaces visible from bottom must be on reference or step plane" rule that you quoted a while back?

Yeh, I can't see a reason why it doesn't get caught in that – I'd be interested to see if anyone can spot why this would be legal.

[Owen.C93]

They had a funky leading edge to their floor last year as well, nothing "special".

[beelsebob]

They had a funky leading edge to their floor last year as well, nothing "special".

Last year's sloped on the top, but not on the bottom. It also didn't slope at anywhere near the angle that does.