Team: Bob Bell (TD), Aldo Costa (ED), Geoff Willis (Technology Director), Andrew Shovlin (CRE), Simon Cole (CTE), Ron Meadows (SD), Matthew Deane (CM), Ross Brawn (TP), Nick Fry (CEO), Toto Wolff (Exec Director), Andy Cowell (MD of powertrain),
Drivers: Nico Rosberg (9), Lewis Hamilton (10)
Team name: Mercedes AMG Petronas
The coanda exhaust are only 20% as strong as the EBD's of 2011. Far from making 20% of the overall car down-force.winth304 wrote:Most of the downforce is achieved by the FW, floor and Rear Wing.khaliweed wrote:just a quick question: what factors could contribute to more downforce on an F1 car? I just think of the FW
the coanda exhaust makes up to about 20% in the best case.
Don't know exactly what is it, but they had it since Jerez, not everyday if i recall correctlyCocles wrote:Is that an antenna on the left mirror? I've never noticed that before.
They took it off last week too; am i wrong saying the monkey seat ensures a bit more of downforce?packman wrote:where is the monkey seat ?
Just noticed that Redbull are running without the monkey seat too.diego.liv wrote:They took it off last week too; am i wrong saying the monkey seat ensures a bit more of downforce?packman wrote:where is the monkey seat ?
Well, I think dowforce is always priceless, especially in circuits like thispackman wrote:Maybe they found some extra downforce and they don't need it anymore ...
thank youJust_a_fan wrote:Downforce has to be balanced. They may have found the downforce that was generated by the monkey seat elsewhere at the rear. Taking it off maintains the balance of the car and also, hopefully, reduces the drag too. If they increased rear downforce and kept the monkey seat without being able to increase front downforce then the car wouldn't be as fast.
I really don't get why people on this forum have such a hard-on for monkey seats.packman wrote:where is the monkey seat ?
Finally a precise tech answer, thanks!ImAnEngineer wrote:I really don't get why people on this forum have such a hard-on for monkey seats.packman wrote:where is the monkey seat ?
They provide VERY LITTLE downforce and LOTS of drag (~0.01CL and ~0.015CD. For comparison, cars have ~3.5-4.5CL and 1.0-1.4CD total). This makes their efficiency (which is the main target for aero setups) very poor. Their main use in on circuits where drag is not important (i.e Monaco) and to provide stability to a rear wing if the design causes separation under certain conditions.
