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What is this horizontal splitter..so confused? oh wait..you mean inside the airbox right? that little black piece?
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Does anyone simply think the splitter could simply be there to control the air entering the airbox - perhaps to make sure all the inlets get a nice balanced flow of air?
Yeah thats what I was thinking it was for, but you don't see other cars with it, especially as its a problem they all face.
Did anyone tell what's that hole at the rear of the car, it should be for cooling but the place, just behind the engine, is strange On this photo it even seems to be a third exhaust
benjabulle wrote:No for the Renault and Honda didn't have such a big outlet last year for cooling their seamless gearbox.
Renault didn't have seamless gearbox last year.
This is what I had in mind. Looks like outlet for hot air from gearbox (possibly for gearbox oil radiator, simple clutch cooling by air or perhaps even gearbox casing is cooled by air flow).
manchild wrote:This is what I had in mind. Looks like outlet for hot air from gearbox (possibly for gearbox oil radiator, simple clutch cooling by air or perhaps even gearbox casing is cooled by air flow).
On Renault's seamless gearbox rear light is moved up, above the upper wishbones while before it was below. Where light once was now is that aperture that looks to me like outlet although it might not be outlet but on pic it looks like one.
Completely and ridiculously off topic but why does one renault picture show red LEDs and the other one green? Is it to tell the cars apart during testing? I thought the FIA said they had to be red but i suppose that won't nesiceraly apply during the off-season.
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manchild wrote:This is what I had in mind. Looks like outlet for hot air from gearbox (possibly for gearbox oil radiator, simple clutch cooling by air or perhaps even gearbox casing is cooled by air flow).
they weren't using it before though
As said at the launch, Renault's seamless gearbox was used for the first time on track by Giancarlo Fisichella on the first day of testing with the NEW livery. Before that they only used it in the factory and tested it there
On this photo it even seems to be a third exhaust 
