Scuderia Ferrari SF16-H

[Silent Storm]

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[Cloud981]

Observations from F1analisitecnica :

- Speed is there, but reliability is not
- Car looks better on track then SF15T and very neutral, but still not as good as Mercedes
- Vettel and Kimi couldn't take line as tight as Mercedes drivers because it appears that front of the car is still not good enough
- Two reasons for that, front suspension setup and amount of downforce at the rear of the car because of much bigger space in coke bottle area and shorter nose. It means car is not aero balanced since rear gets more downforce, and front end doesn't follow.
- Can be fixed through the suspension, new front wing (since this one probably doesn't deliver enough DF on front) and skinnier RW (for now I guess)
- Vettel did his lap with 50kh of fuel and wasn't running 100%. PU didn't run 100% (thats why Vmax wasn't as good) in any practice session, still has some reliability problems but they will run it next week 100%
- Tires getting into right temperature faster then with SF15T
- Tires suffer from blistering which is odd given low track temps (merc has graining as well)
- According to their info, current gap would be around 4 tenths
- From what they have been said, from here to Australia no major PU changes unless some big reliability problems appear
- Felipe Massa says they couldnt follow Ferrari, especially in fast corners

i need you to post a direct link to this article ... i cant find it anywhere on the site listed

The text is based on observation of a insider guy who is on the track , he writes for F1analisitecnica but all in Italian.
I'm not sure 100% but I think this https://twitter.com/robocopj

[Chene_Mostert]

Here is a better shot curtesy of @Albrodpul :

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ccdnb43XEAArwGr.jpg:large

While Mercedes bring new nose, new floor and FW Ferrari brings new flap.

Lets hope Ferrari have more aero updates in pipeline otherwise last season's dominance of Mercedes will continue.

While Mercedes bring new nose, new floor and FW to the evolution of their 2015 car, Ferrari brings a brand new flap including new car, new cooling system, re packaged engine, new suspension, new aero concept and nose =D>

[turbof1]

This is not the Mercedes car topic. I do not want another "who has the biggest d*ck F1 style contest".

[FLuidd]

Here is a better shot curtesy of @Albrodpul :

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ccdnb43XEAArwGr.jpg:large

While Mercedes bring new nose, new floor and FW Ferrari brings new flap.

Lets hope Ferrari have more aero updates in pipeline otherwise last season's dominance of Mercedes will continue.

While Mercedes bring new nose, new floor and FW to the evolution of their 2015 car, Ferrari brings a brand new car including new flap, cooling system, engine and nose =D>

That flap is not something radical , but from my understanding it helps redirect the air from the exterior of the wheel to over the wheel and this way you get a small increase in front wing downforce and less drag because that small ammount of air joins the air from the front wing.

Also this means that the existing front wing configuration and this design of the front nose will be raced at Melbourne.

You would only put small upgrades on a part that is going to remain on the car.

[zioture]

https://twitter.com/Graftechweb/status/ ... 1573270530

[Vary]

https://twitter.com/Graftechweb/status/ ... 1573270530

Nope, there's no burning there, from the press photos there is a clearly visible small opening covered by a small piece of bodywork. Probably just a cooling aid?

[bhall II]

That flap is not something radical , but from my understanding it helps redirect the air from the exterior of the wheel to over the wheel and this way you get a small increase in front wing downforce and less drag because that small ammount of air joins the air from the front wing.

Also this means that the existing front wing configuration and this design of the front nose will be raced at Melbourne.

You would only put small upgrades on a part that is going to remain on the car.

Air flow over the wheel creates lift, and small aero bits come and go...

SF15-T Malaysia

SF15-T Singapore

The low-pressure wake of those flaps aids outwash. They're slotted to reduce the strength of the vortices they behind. (Or so goes my interpretation.)

[F1NAC]

That flap is not something radical , but from my understanding it helps redirect the air from the exterior of the wheel to over the wheel and this way you get a small increase in front wing downforce and less drag because that small ammount of air joins the air from the front wing.

Also this means that the existing front wing configuration and this design of the front nose will be raced at Melbourne.

You would only put small upgrades on a part that is going to remain on the car.

Air flow over the wheel creates lift, and small aero bits come and go...

SF15-T Malaysia
http://i.imgur.com/y4Q3xEf.jpg
SF15-T Singapore

The low-pressure wake of those flaps aids outwash. They're slotted to reduce the strength of the vortices they behind. (Or so goes my interpretation.)

Sorry for offtopic but I cannot see images you're posting

[bhall II]

I've been having problems with that today, and I have no idea why.

Here's the image URL: http://i.imgur.com/y4Q3xEf.jpg

[turbof1]

imgur is apparently giving problems. Try cubeupload.

[bhall II]

Work?

[3jawchuck]

http://i.cubeupload.com/299fFJ.jpg

Work?

Yep.

[Silent Storm]

http://i.cubeupload.com/299fFJ.jpg

Work?

It works.. can you do it in the Mclaren thread too, I could not see the images there about the sidepod comparison.

[turbof1]

Can we get back on topic? I'll leave the posts about the issue and solution here for reference. Apparently imgur is having issues at this moment. A good alternative is cubeupload.com. For more information PM me or Bhall.