Ok a collection of closer pics now of the car, so you can see it for real.
Here's a gd look at the side, you can see the double intake sidepods more clearly here, as well as how narrow the sidepods are. The airbox is very very low, to reduce drag. There's also a good look at the external Side Impact structures, something that after we had starting designing, the Ferrari rumours came up, and we were quite surprised. The nose V also looks quite deep from this angle.
This image is very clear of our innovations. This is the best view there is of the front of the sidepods, which flows well from the splitter. From here it can be seen that the air intake is split, the larger of course for the engine, and smaller intake for KERS cooling. Pull rod suspension is visible at the rear, as well as our triple element wing design, in which the main plane, and 3rd plane are connected via strakes. This will be useful on higher downforce tracks, but affects DRS. It most races we will have a conventional rear wing.
A simple front view, showing a quite basic endplateless front wing, good view of under the nose and the splitter, aswell as the rest of the bodywork. Brake ducts are relatively simple, with a couple of winglets, but we have plans to upgrade these shortly. Suspension layout is very similar to my car last season.
A good look at the airbox, and rear wing. the rear suspension layout is seen clearly here also. Driveshaft is highlighted in orange, so you can understand the layout easier.
Here you can see our floor cutouts, and suspension layout. The exhaust is visable in the sidepods (which was very difficult to package in the tight sidepods!) We are yet to develop our beam wing either, with the double element in the central 15cm. No cutouts in the rear wing endplate at the moment, but there will be for our conventional wing package. Hole in the floor can just be made out, just to the side of the gearbox, this whole helps to feed the second deck of our diffuser.
Not a great image of the diffuser, but you can see the strakes, and just about make out the second deck in the centre on the diffuser. There is a large cooling outtake at the rear of the engine cover, and you can see the exhausts clearer here, pointing towards the underside of the rear wing.
Another look at the rearm where our central diffuser valley for the second deck is more clear. Exhausts are very visible, as are the brake duct winglets.
A view of the underside, in which you can tell we have a very wide splitter, we may narrow this with a floor update at some point soon. Ignore the big white section on the underbody, that's where it's been rendered, and the fueltank is at the same level as the floor. No strakes on the front wing as of yet, but everything will soo ne updated. This view allows for you to see the floor cutouts very easily.
A great top down view of the car now, where you can see how smooth the bodywork flows. It really shows off how narrow and tight the sidepods are. Fortunately we could fit radiators in, contrary to what many have thought about narrow sidepod design. Our is very extreme in comparison to the Ferrari rumours.
Ok final image, and you can see the engine starter hole, which has been changed to form an intake. Air is taken into the engine starter hole, and is diffused across the top diffuser section. Making a double deck diffuser, although not as effective as ones from previous years. It is also fed partly by the hole in the top of the floor, down into the diffuser, as shown on Image 5.
That's a lot of images an explanation, and I doubt most of you will read it
but please comment, and if you have any questions, please ask!
