roadwarrior wrote:raymondu999 wrote:The Lotus has no exhaust trickery and is still very good - I still don't think exhausts are the answer. Exhausts could maybe be the straw that breaks the camel's back, but I think there's also a lot to gain through a more "organic" development of the car too.
True, but Red Bull seemed to find a junk of time in Valencia with their new rear floor arrangement so perhaps there is something in that exhaust setup. But I agree that Merc need to fully understand their car, tires and setup before throwing another variable of exhaust configuration into the mix.
Well, its the second year with the "basic" model of that car.
I mean, the W03 is only a better W02, nothing more. So It's time for some futher developement, they should improve the diffuser easylie with a well developed exhaust/sidepod layout.
Srsly, Red Bull was 4 tenth of a second in Qualifying and half a second as i recognize faster in race. And what did they brought to Valencia? Some Vortexgenerator on the Sidepods to stabilize the airflow to the coke-bottle-area and the genius Newey-Sidepod-Floor.
