atanatizante wrote:Nice reliability today on the new super small gearbox ...
Almost 700 km or 2 races in one day, isn`t it?
Of course, at this stage in these two first test we have a vanilla car coz it`s all about checking how reliable the car is, a car that showing very clear signs of Aldo`s input ...
Don`t worry about the burning bodywork. This will be fixed in the last test when they`ll bring the Melbourne`s aero spec. which will bring among others a new engine cover which will spot 2 "ears" (like Lotus one) next to main engine air intake.
Very interesting fact is that are rumors on other forum that those 2 supplemental air intakes are both splitted in two routes:
1.The first one is for the passive DRS (yea, they will resume with the passive DRS despite Brawn telling us the opposite), coz it could give them a benefit of 0,15-0,35 sec per lap (depending how many long straights the circuit has). They will pursue with this device knowing the fact that is very difficult to setup, coz fortunately they are well ahead in this aria both from the last years tests and the 2011 passive F-duct experience.
2.The second duct and more important one will vent both the gearbox and new wiring loom & hydraulic arrangement rumored that was brought by Aldo`s knowledge at Ferrari that was causing Lewis accident, unfortunately.
Now both KERS and batteries unit are cooled by the small vertical slit near the tube at the entrance of the sidepods air intakes. Therefore hot air from the second duct and this one will be routed, like McLaren does now, through a vertical slot in the near vicinity of the lower rear wishbone blowing hot air and acting like a skirt for the plume not to split over the central part of the diffuser ...
