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Given the obstacles of design restrictions imposed by the fia, I'd say it looks low drag and pleasing to look at.
It's got nothing on the 03 ferrari or the 07 bmw, but those days are over now, sadly.
YES-!! But still the car looks great and Hulk should be easily capable of keeping Di Resta behind him this season with the C-32 I can see this car with as many podiums as last year with Sergio and Kamui we know Hulk is better then Kamui (whom he replaced) and Esteban has been in the Sauber program for some time now. Let's see if he can do 3 podiums like Perez. I hope Hulk and Esteban outshine Sergio and Kamui..
"Suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension."
__Ayrton Senna
Has anyone noticed that the rear wing flap's trailing edge ends below the maximum height point? What would be the point of doing so(with DRS there isnt much of a point)?
They are now effectively having DRS of a slightly longer flap, could it be that they are maybe opting for a little more df with DRS open?
wesley123 wrote:Has anyone noticed that the rear wing flap's trailing edge ends below the maximum height point? What would be the point of doing so(with DRS there isnt much of a point)?
They are now effectively having DRS of a slightly longer flap, could it be that they are maybe opting for a little more df with DRS open?
They will reduce that with a gurney tab when it's on track. But a slightly lower flap will allow for more open DRS function as the DRS can flip all the way to the top of the height limit.
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This car is a beautiful evolution...so many small changes that in turn make it a big step/change overall.
I love the brake ducting, the hole in the floor as Wesley described that exhaust may be going, in my opinion could be the hot exhaust gases sealing underneath the floor thus giving more DF/Better flow under the diffuser?
The front wing middle duct looks to be there still from 2012...however there is now a small pelican bulb under the FW so in a sense wouldn't that disturb airflow going up the slot under the FW? Or am I missing something here?
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wesley123 wrote:They are now effectively having DRS of a slightly longer flap, could it be that they are maybe opting for a little more df with DRS open?
For fun? DRS will be only using on the streight where You do not need downforce.