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Team: James Allison (TD), Naoki Tokunaga (DTD), Tim Densham (CD), Dirk De Beer (HA), Gerard Lopez (Chairman), Eric Boullier (TP), Patrick Louis (COO), John Mardle (OD), Steve Nielsen (SD), Alan Permane (CRE)
Drivers: Kimi Räikkönen (9), Romain Grosjean (10)
lol nice taping of that wingletNando wrote:I just love the way front wings have evolved since the start of the wider spec 09 wing.
Interesting with the little winglet they have fitted.
n smikle wrote:I like JV believe that the E20 is the best car...
JV......... I know JV and probably your good self have your own agendas but the E20 is clearly not the best car at all - even if you write it in bold. What happened with Grosjean in the latter stages of Canada shows that the car just isn't using the tyres effectively enough early on (i.e. it's not fast enough) and until they change that through some further development nothing any driver does will change that. Tyres are really quite fundamental that way. At best the E20 is showing some promise......if they can overcome the shortcomings.You can see the leading edge of the floor is sloped to give similar effect to the blown floor they used last year.madly wrote:It's from Monaco, but very interesting photo of E20 floor
Sky's Ted Kravitz in post race show had said that Romain had new front wing, while Kimi had old one.korzeniow wrote:Kimi was running yet another new front wing, diffrent from Romain's
Again from Ted Kravitz: he has learned that those winglets do not help with downwash/coanda exhausts. They actually reduce lift that is generated by that part of sidepod where they are.shelly wrote:A lot of teams (mcl, rbr, force india) have adopetd the winglet on top fo the uper sidepod leading edge that the e20 sported first in preseason.
It is common knowledge that the winglet develops a vortex that runs on top of the sidepod and should help with downwash exhaust. Then, why was e20 the first car to adopt it? It does not have downwash/coanda exhaust.
You can belive what Kravitz said, or you can see for yourself on the pictures that I postedCuky wrote:Sky's Ted Kravitz in post race show had said that Romain had new front wing, while Kimi had old one.korzeniow wrote:Kimi was running yet another new front wing, diffrent from Romain's
Kimi did use the new FW, but without the curved turning vane on the top element. Here's a picture from Quali and you can see he has the new wing with the top split elementraymondu999 wrote:If you watch Ted Kravitz's behind-the-scenes piece he says Grosjean had a new front wing, Kimi didn't.
