Both Nomex as Kevlar are brand names, but you might be right-ish that it's aramid. In fact more of an F1 car is made of aramids, it's not all carbon.101FlyingDutchman wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 14:08Reckon you’re spot on. It’s either that or just used as a temp repair.Henk_v wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 13:54Hi, I'm reading this with great interest. My thanks to all for obtaining and sharing all these pictures.
I made an account just to chip in on the fibre panels in the undercut. To me it looks like nomex. Carbon is terrible at absorbing impact. Any debris on track, but also gravel could easily find its way at very high speed into the undercut. Its unusually blunt face can easily damage any panell there and panel damage might have a cascading effect. You can still race with some bargeboard damage, but if a puncure in this panel stops the airflow in your radiator, you are out of the race. My immediate assumption was an impact resistant laminate and i feel the conjecture here might overlook the (for me) obvious
I was thinking maybe it's that shark-skin stuff ice skating suits and swimsuits where briefly made of before banned.