Ferrari F14T

[stefan_]

Italy 2014 - Saturday (06.09.2014)

[hollus]

I found a few videos of Raikkonen in Monza and his gear change seems to be limited to making 8th about 3% longer. 4th to 7th seem untouched, as does 2nd. They might have made a minor change to 3rd but the time he spends in that gear is minimal and often has wheelspin, so most likely it is just a data artifact.
No data about 1st and so far no data on whether Alonso has the same change or not.

Edit: It looks like they changed the gears for both cars. 1st is unseen so far, 2nd to 7th appear unchanged and 8th became 2.7% longer.

[McMrocks]

Italy 2014 - Saturday (06.09.2014)

http://i.imgur.com/zu1BxEz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KUuD8yT.jpg

Could someone explain me why there is some downward flow, please?

[NoDivergence]

I would guess 3D effects

[wesley123]

I'm assuming the strakes in the diffuser? Those strakes, If I'm correct, cause a pressure difference on the in/outside of the strake, thus air bleeds under the strake to shed a votex, which explains the downward flow on some of the strakes.

[McMrocks]

I'm assuming the strakes in the diffuser? Those strakes, If I'm correct, cause a pressure difference on the in/outside of the strake, thus air bleeds under the strake to shed a votex, which explains the downward flow on some of the strakes.

So a kind of wing tip vortex on the strakes?

[wesley123]

Yes. It is visible because of the difference in paint coverage on the left hand side compared to the right hand side.

[Morteza]

Formula1.com

[joeyg02]

Looks like they went back to the spa diffuser.

[diffuser]

Looks like they went back to the spa diffuser.

We've seen that this year. On several occasions they test parts they're gonna use in the next race. They probably didn't need the xtra downforce in Monza. Although I would suspect that there would be less drag associated to diffuser downforce.

[stefan_]

Singapore 2014 (Thursday 17.09.2014)

[Frafer]

that RW comes straight from Montercarlo, that's the end of F14T updates i guess

[f300v10]

Better view of the modified barge board, now with second element. This has been on the car for a few races but I haven't seen a clear shot like this before:

[f300v10]

Hard to be sure as the angle is not a good one, but there apear to be new and much larger front brake ducts:

[turbof1]

that RW comes straight from Montercarlo, that's the end of F14T updates i guess

Why so? This particular rear wing is built to produce the most amount of downforce possible. Since Monaco and Singapore are aero-wise close cousins, it's only natural to bring the Monaco spec one.

One shouldn't forget that the current cycle of rear wings is very, very limited in what they can alter and develop, close to being a standard part. Combine that with the fact that the RW regulations haven't changed much since 2009, only further restricting design freedom by removing slots in the wing elements in 2011 and a shallower main plane in 2014, and it isn't hard to see the same wing for the same type of circuit.