Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey has admitted to concern that the new lower nose regulations introduced in Formula One may have uninentionally made driver safety worse.
Not surprising when M-HPE was run by my compatriot and former student, Ola Källenius, guess he learned a thing or two.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Zytek Automotive has been developing the KERS electric motor and power electronics in close technical partnership with Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines.
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Thanks for this!747heavy wrote:http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/ ... mework.pdf
Almost too good to be true... if not for the prescribed wings, which I don't think are a good idea (neither seem them to).a. A prescribed downforce-generating under-tray and skid ‘plank’ extending to the very
rear of the car. This will have a forward centre of pressure to minimise the size of
the front wing. This component will generate the majority of aerodynamic downforce.
These parts will be supplied by the FIA along with fixing mechanisms which must be
rigidly incorporated into the main chassis and power-train components.
b. Front and rear wings being constrained to fit within defined ‘boxes’ and consist of a
fixed number of elements. The purpose of this is to constrain the designer from
producing overly complex assemblies. The rear wing will be the main mechanism by
which adaptive drag is achieved, while the relatively small (compared to today) front
wing serves as a trim to achieve balance. The front wing ‘box’ will be close to the
ground to minimise the affect of wake turbulence.
c. Front and rear wing settings maybe electronically controlled, but within set limits
defined from time to time by the FIA. This is to allow much reduced drag along the
straights to improve fuel efficiency and yet retain the downforce required around
corners, under braking and under acceleration so as to retain overall lap times. Failsafe
design, as used on aircraft, will be mandated.
Discussion Point: The FIA have considered supply of front and rear wings on the same basis
as the under-tray, i.e. fully prescribed and FIA supplied. However, while this will produce
further cost saving, it is thought that a variety in design solutions of...
This is pure speculation. The 2011 tech regulations have not been rubber stamped by the WMSC yet. This is why they are not published. But they will be published in due course and the rules will reflect the decisions taken in the working groups by the teams in my humble opinion. There is no reason to deviate from the standard procedure.Caito wrote:The rules say DDD is still legal. However, the FOTA(Formula One Teams Association) members agreed not to use it. Similar to what happened with kers, or F-duct(this last one not sure).
