Which team directed the exhaust at the tyres? I can only think of one instance in which that was rumoured, and it resulted in a puncture in turn 2 of lap 1.MIKEY_! wrote:The exhausts were right next to the tires last year and no problems came up. Some teams even had fins that appeared to turn the gases toward the tire rather than towards the diffuser and they still had no problems
Where they can be directed very easily into exactly the place that you want them, rather than having wind, other car's wakes, the car turning, varying speed of the exhaust flow depending on engine rpm, ... changing the path the gasses take.And those gasses were even hotter than we would have to deal with this year since the pipes ended right next to the tire
Easily? That sounds a lot like you just called getting aerodynamics exactly right an easy task. And are these insulating materials suitably light, suitably able to be made to go round corners, suitably thin, don't complicate the manufacturing process, ...Also there are plenty of materials out there to insulate the brakes from the gasses themselves and the ducts can be easily positioned so the gasses won't enter.
Brake ducts that are moving relative to the exhaust exit. With Exhaust flows that are moving...They won't blow the brake ducts they'll blow the fins above them.
Except that you want the hot air to go under the winglet, not over it.See plenty of room under that exhaust stream for ducts.
