ten_marco wrote:smhasan7 wrote:Experts - Pls answer my daft question that I've longed to ask for quite some time now.
What's worked so good or worked as expected with the Ferrari nose this year that they haven't made any design change unlike Mclaren, we've seen RBR fiddling with it and most recently Williams, think that was Singapore. It was rumoured that we were working on a different nose but ever since the debut back in Jan, the nose of the car has remained exactly the same, wonder what's so spot on with it?
Nothing. The Ferrari is too conservative to make this kind of change. This aerodynamic and technical department is at most able to copy something, make no never, unthinkable. How Alono dialysis, is a miracle we are leading the world. It may be just me, but have not seen any update on any part of the car. All we talked weeks ago did not come: exhaust, floor, front wing .... nothing! One more race to pray and rely on the breach of other competitors.
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Easy now. The F2012's nose was introduced as the most aggressive of all teams by far; its height is still unmatched, because it's as high as the regulations will allow, which limits what the team can do with it. The reason McLaren made a major adjustment to the nose of the MP4-27 is because
it was far too conservative.
The team is on the third iteration of its exhaust solution, a "copy" of the original McLaren solution that's so good McLaren turned around and copied Ferrari's copy.
The problem now, it seems, is that the decision to adopt vertical radiators for the sake of a tighter packaging of the "Coke bottle" is, ironically, causing problems with getting enough air flow to the "Coke bottle," which is vital for rear wing and diffuser efficiency. Simply put, the side pods are just a bit too wide at the "shoulders." If that can be solved, you should see the car pick up the pace somewhat.
But, pretty much every team has gone as far as their designs and the rules will allow this year. This is the natural result of a restrictive formula.
That said, Ferrari's turnaround from Australia, where it sat as the 7th or 8th fastest car on the grid, has been nothing short of astounding.
