Team: Adrian Newey (CTO), Petr Prodromou (CA), Rob Marshall (CD), Christian Horner (TP) Drivers: Sebastian Vettel (1), Mark Webber (2), Sebastian Buemi (reserve)
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Everything in this picture is correct except it needs the blue arrow to go into the hole that leads to starter(not visible in first pic). Although I would think some goes down & some air stays up no?
The blue arrow air should be directed into this red hole
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amouzouris wrote:i just had a thought...could that hole hide inside a cooling exit from the sidepods??? that would increase the volume of flow to the diffuser...
No it wouldn't... because the flow isn't going to the diffuser.
Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Everything in this picture is correct except it needs the blue arrow to go into the hole that leads to starter. Although I would think some goes down & some air stays up no?
Agreed – having seen the positioning of the starter hole, the blue line should indeed be heading for there.
amouzouris wrote:i just had a thought...could that hole hide inside a cooling exit from the sidepods??? that would increase the volume of flow to the diffuser...
No it wouldn't... because the flow isn't going to the diffuser.
umm...excuse me?? here is the other end of the hole...it looks like its going to the diffuser to me...
amouzouris wrote:i just had a thought...could that hole hide inside a cooling exit from the sidepods??? that would increase the volume of flow to the diffuser...
No it wouldn't... because the flow isn't going to the diffuser.
umm...excuse me?? here is the other end of the hole...it looks like its going to the diffuser to me...
Uhh, you can't see the underside of the diffuser in that picture... what on earth are you talking about?
beelsebob wrote:
No it wouldn't... because the flow isn't going to the diffuser.
umm...excuse me?? here is the other end of the hole...it looks like its going to the diffuser to me...
Uhh, you can't see the underside of the diffuser in that picture... what on earth are you talking about?
i think we are misunderstanding each other!!:P im talking about the hole on the back side of the sidepods...its getting air from the hole in the side... and i was wondering if that could also be a cooling exit for the sidepods....meaning air exiting from that hole could be clean air from the side and air from inside the sidepods...thus increasing the volume of flow at the top of the diffuser
Let us remember that Red Bull are the first time to show their grid car.
The rest of the field are still launch cars...mind you i really want to see Lotus, Mercedes, Force india bite at the big teams heels to make it a thrilling season.
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If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.
amouzouris wrote:i think we are misunderstanding each other!!:P im talking about the hole on the back side of the sidepods...its getting air from the hole in the side... and i was wondering if that could also be a cooling exit for the sidepods....meaning air exiting from that hole could be clean air from the side and air from inside the sidepods...thus increasing the volume of flow at the top of the diffuser
It could be – but I doubt it, their cannon exit above the beam wing seems more than sufficient.
I wonder - how much of their packaging has had to be upsized in order to facilitate the change. Doesn't look as though the rear is as tight as the RB7 or even the initial RB8