I think it was there before too since turbo era...MtthsMlw wrote: ↑25 Mar 2018, 17:13Interesting cooling inlet for the blower. Or is this common?
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Both, rear wing and front wing of Ferrari has much higher AoA than that of Mercedes. I am unable to understand, why does the race thread has all this claims about Ferrari running trimmed wing levels! Can someone provide more details here?CriXus wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 17:08https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/upl ... 606-13.jpg
With the talk about Ferrari's missing downforce at the rear, could you say from the image that Merc front wing creates more downforce? Kimi's wing has curve and looks much smaller.
I think Ferrari have +0.3 to +0.4 gap to Merc. Vettel said the same gap after the race.
I agree for the rear wing, but not the front. I cannot see the higher AoA.GPR-A wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 17:22Both, rear wing and front wing of Ferrari has much higher AoA than that of Mercedes. I am unable to understand, why does the race thread has all this claims about Ferrari running trimmed wing levels! Can someone provide more details here?CriXus wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 17:08https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/upl ... 606-13.jpg
With the talk about Ferrari's missing downforce at the rear, could you say from the image that Merc front wing creates more downforce? Kimi's wing has curve and looks much smaller.
If you carefully observe, you would see that Mercedes' 5 elements are not visible and you feel they only have four. This is a straight on angle and observe the Ferrari, you can see all the 5 elements. Look at the edges of the front wing and you will that they are much more raised. It's a different philosophy I understand, but still makes one believe that the Ferrari front wing is working much harder than that of Mercedes!CriXus wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 17:24I agree for the rear wing, but not the front. I cannot see the higher AoA.GPR-A wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 17:22Both, rear wing and front wing of Ferrari has much higher AoA than that of Mercedes. I am unable to understand, why does the race thread has all this claims about Ferrari running trimmed wing levels! Can someone provide more details here?CriXus wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 17:08https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/upl ... 606-13.jpg
With the talk about Ferrari's missing downforce at the rear, could you say from the image that Merc front wing creates more downforce? Kimi's wing has curve and looks much smaller.
I disagree. If you look at the tyre, Mercedes' wing covers the tyre almost up to the center, while Ferrari's is quite lower. I agree on the rear wing however, Ferrari's RW seems to have a larger frontal area than Mercedes. My guess is that their floor/diffuser isn't producing the expected downforce, so they run higher RW to compensate and lower FW to balance it out.GPR-A wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 17:41If you carefully observe, you would see that Mercedes' 5 elements are not visible and you feel they only have four. This is a straight on angle and observe the Ferrari, you can see all the 5 elements. Look at the edges of the front wing and you will that they are much more raised. It's a different philosophy I understand, but still makes one believe that the Ferrari front wing is working much harder than that of Mercedes!
Nice comparison.
Ferrari lowered their rake too. It had less rake in Australia than the first test in Barcelona.DiogoBrand wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 19:08I disagree. If you look at the tyre, Mercedes' wing covers the tyre almost up to the center, while Ferrari's is quite lower. I agree on the rear wing however, Ferrari's RW seems to have a larger frontal area than Mercedes. My guess is that their floor/diffuser isn't producing the expected downforce, so they run higher RW to compensate and lower FW to balance it out.GPR-A wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 17:41If you carefully observe, you would see that Mercedes' 5 elements are not visible and you feel they only have four. This is a straight on angle and observe the Ferrari, you can see all the 5 elements. Look at the edges of the front wing and you will that they are much more raised. It's a different philosophy I understand, but still makes one believe that the Ferrari front wing is working much harder than that of Mercedes!
Can it have something to do with rake angle? Mercedes I believe runs the lowest rake angle of all teams, and I do believe that more rake pushes the center of pressure forward.