djos wrote:I'll bet that they wont be there for the Aussie GP - like I said, they are illegal and someone has already posted the regs backing me up.
I believe this is what you are referring to?
3.11.2 With the exception of the air ducts described in Article 11.4, in side view, there must be no bodywork in the area formed by two vertical lines, one 325mm behind the front wheel centre line, one 450mm ahead of the front wheel centre line, one diagonal line intersecting the vertical lines at 100mm and 200mm above the reference plane respectively, and one horizontal line on the reference plane.
I read that as being nothing in a box of Cartesian coordinates with origin (0,0) being the front wheel centre-line at the ground plane:
(-325,0)
(-325,100)
(450,200)
(450,0)
That is the article that affects Renaults nose...
Now, what does article 11.4 say about air ducts?
11.4 Air ducts : Air ducts around the front and rear brakes will be considered part of the braking system and shall not protrude beyond :
- a plane parallel to the ground situated at a distance of 160mm above the horizontal centre line of the wheel ;
- a plane parallel to the ground situated at a distance of 160mm below the horizontal centre line of the wheel ;
- a vertical plane parallel to the inner face of the wheel rim and displaced from it by 120mm toward the centre line of the car.
Furthermore, when viewed from the side the ducts must not protrude forwards beyond a radius of 330mm from the centre of the wheel or backwards beyond a radius of 180mm from the centre of the wheel.
All measurements will be made with the wheel held in a vertical position.
Reading that... they're legal.
You can go a max vertical distance of 160mm above or below the axle line, and extend out to near the tyre rim (330mm) in front, but only 180mm behind the axle line.
Transverse, you can give the brake duct a max width of 120mm. But that doesn't affect these shroud plates.
