I'll have to wait until they take off their helmets to see the difference!emmepi27 wrote:Because they had different nose... Massa bulge, Alonso normal
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Team: Pat Fry (TD), Nikolas Tombazis (CD), Stefano Domenicali (MD), Simone Resta (DTD), Corrado Lanzone (Head of production)
Drivers: Fernando Alonso (3), Felipe Massa (4)
I'll have to wait until they take off their helmets to see the difference!emmepi27 wrote:Because they had different nose... Massa bulge, Alonso normal
Short pylons means that massa is probably testing a medium-low downforce configuration for next race. That is coherent with the bulge under tha nose and with a less estreme configuration of teh front turning vanse under the nose.tony77g wrote:No, I did not have it eithershelly wrote:Does any of the 2 drivers have shark mouth on the nose? Probably one has and the other does not
Good point! Sauber uses this diffuser/floor at least since May (Spanish GP weekend)...
Difficult to say if that is really a major part of their problem.idiot wrote:Anyone thinks that these big sideways radiator exits are really disturbing rear end producing good and stedy downforce on the rear end,or is just me considering them a waste of the good packaging they achieved this year??
U got my point exactly..I Did compared it with RB and i think the way Ferrari have placed their radiators gives a huge advantage in the amount of surface to be flown if they d go in an RB exhaust/radiator placing..I think there is a lack of imagination and crativity on aerodynamic part of Ferrari..Hope someone to go in charge of their aerodynamic department..henra wrote:Difficult to say if that is really a major part of their problem.idiot wrote:Anyone thinks that these big sideways radiator exits are really disturbing rear end producing good and stedy downforce on the rear end,or is just me considering them a waste of the good packaging they achieved this year??
That said these huge exits won't help getting a smooth and fast flow over the upper side of the diffuser. And that in turn does not help the pressure gradient inside the diffuser, making the flow more prone to detaching. Or, in order to avoid it, its expansion ratio has to be decreased.
If you compare RB's rear end to the Ferrari it is not too difficult to conceive that the flow profile over the diffuser will look much more favourable for the RB.
If that is the decisive difference?
Probably even Ferrari themselves don't know.
Long pylons for both or Massa with cut-out in the lower part of the pyolns?emmepi27 wrote:Two different configurations for Ferrari in qualifying:
ALONSO: normal nose, new front wing, two elements turning vanes.
MASSA: "bulge" nose, old front wing, one element turning vanes.
Long only for Alonso. Cuttered for Massashelly wrote:Long pylons for both or Massa with cut-out in the lower part of the pyolns?emmepi27 wrote:Two different configurations for Ferrari in qualifying:
ALONSO: normal nose, new front wing, two elements turning vanes.
MASSA: "bulge" nose, old front wing, one element turning vanes.
