Would this work? s-pod shape inspired by Mclaren suspension.

[SectorOne]

So with Mclaren coming out with the parachute-suspension that is designed to extract more air from the diffuser by creating a low pressure zone behind them (correct?) i thought about the sidepod shapes a bit and decided to draw something up really quick.

Top one is a sort of conventional sidepod with nice airflow going over the diffuser.
The bottom one is a bit of a throwback to the earlier days.

What i was thinking of was that instead of having just the suspension doing the work, that you build the car in such a way that the whole rear end of the car is one big parachute for the diffuser.

Now i understand you need airflow above the diffuser to make it work better so maybe you could lift the whole arrangement up by about 5cm and have hardpoints at A, B, and C.
I´m not sure how thick the layer of air needs to be that goes over the diffuser though.

It´s just a rough sketch and if it makes no sense in terms of the shape look at the Brabham and how it´s built,



Like this almost but with almost all sidepods lifted up from the floor about 5cm or so.
I guess that would make it a double floor concept?



Legal, not legal, crap, possible, what do you think?

[Callum]

It's possible that the weight distrubition would be too far rearwards and would not meet the required front/back split.

[stez90]

I think you have bodywork outside legal area near rear wheels... Something around 3.8.3 article
"3.8.3 No bodywork between the rear wheel centre line and a line 400mm forward of the rear wheel
centre line, which is more than 375mm from the car centre line, may be more than 300mm
above the reference plane."

[SectorOne]

that´s a height regulation if i read that correctly? So maximum of 300mm in height in that area.
That might be a bit tight yes.

Reference is what the plank is attached to right? About 5cm lower then the actual floor. 25cm high sidepods, yea that won´t work.

Anyway thanks, had to ask at least.

It's possible that the weight distrubition would be too far rearwards and would not meet the required front/back split.

Yea thought about that too, or you´d have so much ballast you can´t hit the weight limit.

[Sevach]

I don't know if it's legal but i'm pretty sure it's crap honestly

This is one of the interpretations for sidepods in 80's, after ground effect was banned, and even back then it ended up losing badly to the Coke Bottle shape (well what passed for Coke Bottle in those days), beam wings would only appear in the 90's so no factor.
I can't see it fairing any better after teams put so much money and time into making the Coke Bottle what it is today.

This type of design apparently it generated at lot of turbulence, coke bottle helps suck the air away from the tires.