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[radosav]

Was there any need to repost is then?

well, it's a reflection, they are repostable

[bhall]

Reflection? Sweet. That makes even more sense.

[furious_g]

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Looks to me like maybe somthing used in pit stop practice drills.

[ringo]

Putting down my cocaine riddled spliff for a second.

I'd say this is a hole for testing, maybe a sensor is in there.
The blown front wing thing to me is almost ridiculous. just almost; as you never can tell what is possible. But using the little that i know, this is much different than a rear wing, and it doesn't need to be blown; it has as many elements as the team needs and is very open in design.
Putting choked slowed down air behind it through a slit wont solve anything.Might as well bore a hole through the wing in the first place.
The W duct thing makes as much sense as setting a midget in the nose to use his little lung strength to blow though the pylons when the car turns.

[GrizzleBoy]

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Glad I'm not the only one slightly puzzled/heavily amused by this "blown front wing" talk lol.

[kris]

looks like the same wing to me, or am i being blind?

The drivers numbers on the nose seems to be different. Do they paste on new stickers on the same wing when a different driver takes over? Either that or the wing could really be different.

[f1motta]

In my opinion main plate is totaly different. It looks like empty inside so it's not for collecting data for sure. If you want to check something you can put some sensors on the wing...

Another shot - different angle

[kalinka]

That upper hole, close to the nose is visible on the other side too ( ringo's first posted picture above ). So it's at least symmetrical, which is not always a requirement for testing devices. So far it's not enough for me to believe in FW f-duct theory.

[Shrieker]

http://www.imagebam.com/image/f2f661178459258

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6050/dcd1203ma48.jpg


Same reflection on both sides ? Isn't that 'highly unlikely' ?

Not if the angle is the same on both shots, presumably

[kalinka]

@Shrieker > Since I was the one ( famous ) who spotted the Ferrari transparent engine cover fin : No, it's not unlikely

[AnthonyG]

It's just a reflection and a lack of flo vis paint.


Look at the position of that hole closest to the nosecone, even if that were a hole, it would be far from ideal placed.
And at the vertical wingplates, would you consider that holes?

[Rikhart]

Putting down my cocaine riddled spliff for a second.

I'd say this is a hole for testing, maybe a sensor is in there.
The blown front wing thing to me is almost ridiculous. just almost; as you never can tell what is possible. But using the little that i know, this is much different than a rear wing, and it doesn't need to be blown; it has as many elements as the team needs and is very open in design.
Putting choked slowed down air behind it through a slit wont solve anything.Might as well bore a hole through the wing in the first place.
The W duct thing makes as much sense as setting a midget in the nose to use his little lung strength to blow though the pylons when the car turns.

Why then, would you have a team principal that went so far as to quantify the top speed advantage it brings?

[Raptor22]

where oh where as the nose splitter gone?

[raymondu999]

The snowplough? Where have you been during testing Raptor?

[hollowBallistix]

oh how many more pages must we suffer !!! there are no holes in the wing or pylons, it's just a reflection in the silver paint !!!