Red Bull RB8 Renault

[horse]

They are blowing the beam wing with the exhaust. The arms just keep the flow from spreading upward. The arms may also coax the hot gas to take a more horizontal plume shape. They are trying to spread the flow across the wing instead of heaving one focused tube of gas under a little area i think.

ringo - what would be the benefit of spreading the flow over the whole beam wing rather than just 2 local "hotspots" as it were? I mean; you'd get less pressure on it as the force is distributed; but wouldn't the net total be the same amount of extra downforce?

Are you allowed to have a varying profile on the rear wing? Hmmm, I guess that would be too obviously "blowing" of some sort to build a wing that looked like it would accept the exhaust directly.

You could argue that a wing that will stall without exhaust input is also against the spirit of the rules.

[hardingfv32]

some sort to build a wing that looked like it would accept the exhaust directly.

Can you expand?

Brian

[strad]

It sounds good till you realize the rules would forbid it...I Think.
But it is a good visual explanation and for all we know is on and working...We'll see... I am soooooooo tired of waiting to get the show on the road. I think there's room for at least 6 more races.

Man the story sure has legs if it's not true!!!!

[horse]

@Brian

I meant a variable profile wing that could except a (two) narrow region(s) of faster flow from the exhaust and then the normal input on the rest of the wing. So, like a W beam wing type thingy.

[Owen.C93]

You can see a bit of the diffuser here.

[raymondu999]

Is that flowvis on the tyre?

[Owen.C93]

Is that flowvis on the tyre?

Looks like it, not sure where from though, you'd expect it to wear off pretty quickly as well incase it's tyres from an earlier run put back on. Maybe he ran over the bucket

[hardingfv32]

And serious heat shielding on the control arms. Looks like cladding over some type of insulation.

Brian

[Agerasia]

Is that flowvis on the tyre?

It's a glove

[raymondu999]

The yellow bit is a glove. I'm talking of the blue spots on the tyre

[PhillipM]

I love the heat sheilding held on by tie-wraps

[irang]

The yellow bit is a glove. I'm talking of the blue spots on the tyre

Maybe this blue paint?
http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/gall ... medium.jpg

[hollus]

Borrowed from F1fanatic, then zoomed and enhanced! From yesterday at Barcelona.



In this image the letterbox looks more like a slot than like a dam. Note that the light is coming almost directly from the front. If it is a dam, it is quite deep.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Two very good pictures from this morning of the rear of the car. Right click>view image

[raymondu999]

Some people say the RB7 had a tighter ass, but I HONESTLY don't think so