Continuing our series analysing the biggest changes in the 2019 bodywork regulations changes, we take a look at the new restrictions for the front brake cooling ducts.
I don't see how they can mount the larger, wider, more rearward wing without a beam wing.andone89 wrote:It seems to me that the red bull proposal and the fia proposal have been mixed up. Because 2017 will have a rearwards tilted rear wing but, it was part of the original red bull proposal, no the part of the fia's one. A weird one.
they will be NO beam wing.djos wrote:I don't see how they can mount the larger, wider, more rearward wing without a beam wing.andone89 wrote:It seems to me that the red bull proposal and the fia proposal have been mixed up. Because 2017 will have a rearwards tilted rear wing but, it was part of the original red bull proposal, no the part of the fia's one. A weird one.
Agreed, that was really hard to read via Google Translate and left me none the wiser.Fifty wrote:Need in English!
There is always the technical regulations on the FIA website.djos wrote:Agreed, that was really hard to read via Google Translate and left me none the wiser.Fifty wrote:Need in English!
A direct quote from 2017 FIA technical regulations "Other than the bodywork defined in Article 3.9.6, any bodywork behind the rear wheel centrerscsr wrote:There is always the technical regulations on the FIA website.djos wrote:Agreed, that was really hard to read via Google Translate and left me none the wiser.Fifty wrote:Need in English!
This poped up today. This suggests no beam wing, but doesn't say anything about the tilt of the rear wing. Dam that diffuser is much bigger, about time we got decent size ones back in F1!andone89 wrote:https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t3 ... 5679_o.jpg This poped up today. This suggests no beam wing, but doesn't say anything about the tilt of the rear wing.
But WOW, the diffusor height will be almost doubled!
The sidepods will be extended aswell from 1400 mm to 1600 mm in width, so probably they are gonna mount the mirrors on them like they are currently mounting them.djos wrote:Dam that diffuser is much bigger, about time we got decent size ones back in F1!andone89 wrote:https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t3 ... 5679_o.jpg This poped up today. This suggests no beam wing, but doesn't say anything about the tilt of the rear wing.
But WOW, the diffusor height will be almost doubled!
The other interesting thing I notice in the drawing is how much further away from the centerline the mirrors are mounted.
It makes complete sense but I wonder what cool tricks the teams will get up to with those long stalks they'll need.
The mirrors are currently mounted to the chassis in front of the drivers (as per regs iirc):andone89 wrote: The sidepods will be extended aswell from 1400 mm to 1600 mm in width, so probably they are gonna mount the mirrors on them like they are currently mounting them.
So 550mm forward of the rear cockpit entry rules out the side pods unless the mirrors are on 550mm + long stalks (as imo they'd need to be quite beefy to be stable) as the sidepods usually start at the rear of the cockpit in the current cars.andone89 wrote:"3 All parts of the rear view mirrors, including their housings and mountings, must be situated
between 250mm and 500mm from the car centre line and between 550mm and 750mm from
the rear edge of the cockpit entry template."
The regs are open to different designs. Lets see which team goes which way.
175mm is what's been used in 2009-2010, so that's not unheard of. What's more interesting is the length of it, which is also getting elongated. I'm not sure of exact numbers.djos wrote:Dam that diffuser is much bigger, about time we got decent size ones back in F1!andone89 wrote:https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t3 ... 5679_o.jpg This poped up today. This suggests no beam wing, but doesn't say anything about the tilt of the rear wing.
But WOW, the diffusor height will be almost doubled!
The other interesting thing I notice in the drawing is how much further away from the centerline the mirrors are mounted.
It makes complete sense but I wonder what cool tricks the teams will get up to with those long stalks they'll need.
