2009 aero setup

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Jersey Tom
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Re: 2009 aero setup

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Pretty sure no one here would know hard numbers. And if they did, they wouldn't be able to speak of it.
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JoshJ81 wrote:K, I understand.

So to my second question:
So with all the winglet and barge board banned, does the car actually produce alot more drag? What % would you say?
Bargeboards aren't fully banned. At this stage we are not quite sure but one thing is certain - the rear wing was the largest drag contributor and now that it is smaller it will create less drag (yet to be seen however). Overall, I expect the drag to be a bit lower than 2008 as the front-wing will help reduce drag from the front wheels. Actual values are unknown, of course.
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JoshJ81
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What about the drag over the body of the car, not front or rear wing but the body itself that had all the extra winglets?
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I think they won´t always go for maximum downforce because it´s still how fast you go round the track that counts meaning you still need topspeed to do a good laptime.

Take monza for instance. Going with full downforce won´t do so good since you´ll lose time on all the straights.

We will still see speeds rangeing from 290 and 330. At least I think so. Would be great to get some speedtraps from the tracks they´re testing at now :)
// Mattias

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