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Red Bull look to have really refined their package this year. From RB14 to RB15 the changes are very subtle, look at how they've narrowed their nose this year. The nostrils on the side that mount to the front wing are less flared out than last year. I couldn't quite put my finger about what seemed different to that area of the car with the test livery but it's very apparent to me now.
Yeah, but much nicer with the ''nostrils'' though!
Can't get my head around these new rear wings! So ugly... F1 keep shooting themselves in the foot with these ridiculous changes each year! Finally they got the proportions right last year and now this!
I'm not sure it's extreme from an F1 point of view. The teams are all doing similar things. It's about getting the cleanest flow, with whatever vortices they are introducing, to go around the sidepods and "seal" the floor. They are still pushing front tyre wake outwards and bringing "clean" downwards from above the car and the suspension to feed around the body / over the floor.
It's another example of how draggy these cars are - every time you work air, you add drag.
If you are more fortunate than others, build a larger table not a taller fence.
I presume everybody knows that the flow vis paint is not supposed to flow to where the air is moving but rather indicate the direction of the air that passes over it. It is quite runny to start with and "sets" as the car drives the lap. The team then photograph the results when the car returns for analysis.
The fact that some paint invariably gets washed down wind is not what the teams are looking at (Unless it all gets blown of immediately which would indicate a serious problem )
I was wondering how the flow would look just under the crash structure/wing at the side pod inlet. Thanks for the post. It looks to flow well. All of the suspension components are directing air down to that area.
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