Red Bull RB7 Renault

[kalinka]

Very good and detailed analysis of the RBR floor at Monaco by Scarbs:

http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/06/0 ... r-analysis

[marcush.]

with the two inlets leading to the starter hole slot ...could it be they use low pressure behind the car to enhance flow in the cokebottle area close to the gearbox kind of removing boundary layer buildup in that area?

[PlatinumZealot]

Those holes are flat on top. I think they are so tucked away is to keep that bad flow away from the main flow going over the diffuser. You see those special gurney flaps with the slots on top of the diffuser, probably the bad air flow is kept away from them with those ducts.

[zgred]

Wing looks rather light.

[andrew]

Wing looks rather light.

But it's flat and not flopping about!

[BreezyRacer]

Check out that "sparse" rear wing. That has to be the smallest rear wing in the field this weekend (I watched P1 on live feed so I know ). Torro Rosso also looks quite small too.

[higgi91]

Just out of interest, what sparks/small fire here?




I know that Hydraulic fluid is flammable but the nose didnt break that far back.

Thanks,
Dan.

[BreezyRacer]

I think what you're seeing is the reflection of the yellow nose, not a fire.

[zgred]

[BreezyRacer]

Great pic and thanks for sharing it! Notice how the diffuser flow goes right to the tip of the exist, connected all the way, including that little taper they added when they built in that gurney slot.

[zgred]

[hardingfv32]

The purpose of the small square openings on each side of the tea tray or bib? Cooling?

Brian

[Tozza Mazza]

Just to divert air away from the boundary layer caused by the stepped floor. it is not a hole but is a hollow passage, more like a tunnel.

[zgred]

[PlatinumZealot]

The purpose of the small square openings on each side of the tea tray or bib? Cooling?

Brian

When fluid flows through square shaped ducts that have are slightly bent, you get vortices because the shear forces from the walls are not equal like in a circular cross section. BMW started to make use of this fact in the intake plenum of E36 3 series.