Scuderia Ferrari SF15-T

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bhall II
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A precursor. Not the precursor. And that doesn't change intent.

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EDIT: I imagine it would be very difficult to transmit meaningful downforce through such a modest support.

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Cuky
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IIRC monkey seats first appeared in 2005 as means to try and recover some of the losses brought up by downsizing of diffuser brought up by rules for 2005. Also, IIRC that was the reason why Ferrari started season with F2004M instead of F2005 because that rule was introduced quite late and they had to redesign their gearbox because it wouldn't fit with new diffuser rules
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Cuky wrote:IIRC monkey seats first appeared in 2005 as means to try and recover some of the losses brought up by downsizing of diffuser brought up by rules for 2005. Also, IIRC that was the reason why Ferrari started season with F2004M instead of F2005 because that rule was introduced quite late and they had to redesign their gearbox because it wouldn't fit with new diffuser rules
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Minardi is the team that implement them first in 1995 I think it was at Monaco GP

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It is mounted on different position because back then wings were low and there wasnt more room at the crash structure

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Cuky
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I don't really think what Minardi had in 1995 had the same purpose as those we see today.

In 2009, most notably Toyota, had both monkey seat and small wing on top of the main RW in that same width area that allows for monkey seats.
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But now we had ran too wide off the topic


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Jonnycraig
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Unless I'm being incredibly silly, they are identical, just a better lit photo on the left.

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Morteza
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@Jonnycraig Here's a better pic:

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Increasing rear downforce in Yaw?

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PlatinumZealot
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A slot means minimizing energizing the boundary layer and reducing its draggy effects. So on the inboard side they want to increase the flow velocity I suspect. This will help the brake wiglets make more down-force.
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l4mbch0ps
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I was under the impression that multi element wings are to run a higher angle of attack without causing a stall. They already had a two piece on the top section of this winglet, so adding the slot down the side is not likely to increase downforce, rather, it's likely to move the air around the tire more. Just my two cents.

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http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/ ... o/z076.jpg

My god that is a beautiful car... Sorry to get off topic

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The ones with the least to say always want to be heard the most…

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lio007
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Evaluation with flow-vis:
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by @AlbertFabrega

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