Hi people!
I've got a doubt: aren't bargeboards an important part on a f1 aerodynamics?
So, why Toyota doesn't have them and BAR only have smal bargeboars near to the front suspension
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Thanks Rogue. I aboarded bargeboards 'cause of the variation in their design and number; for example, Ferrari uses 2 and Toyota 0. Probably Toyota has more difficulty in keeping their engine cool.
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Oi andre tudo bem? Diverte-te aqui no forum.
Well now in english in fact the bargeboards are used to direct the airflow from behind the wing into the radiator...there is a website that has an article about this....if I'm not mistaken it's Scarbs website.....but don't know the link....could someone post it?
Ta tudo bem, obrigado. The link is http://www.scarbsf1.com (cool site). Bargeboards aloud more air into the radiators and less drag, so I don't understand why some teams don't use them... Any opinions?!
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well it all depends on how the under part of the front of the monocoque, front part of the undertray, front wing and nose cone is designed....it can be designed in a way that the air is already redirected into the radiator.
stick your hand in the wind ,and you know :anything licked by the air will create some drag on the car.
It is a classic tradeoff :The bardgeboards help the floor creating downforce at the cost of increasing the area licked by the air (actually the bardgeboards do not add much if any to the frontal area).
If you are able to create the functions of the bardgeboards without increasing the surface area you will actually make the car more efficient.
Why Toyota ,with their powerful engine and lack of grip don´t use them is their secret.
I heard the "axes" on the Toyota and the FW25 (I dunno if it's on the 26) are used like a splitter: to prevent too much air from going underneath the car and into the radiators.
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