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That isn't the RS16 as presented today. I think it's not even an F1 car..
The central rear wing pillar is missing, is has a rear beam wing, it has gills in the side-pots, it has a shark fin, engine cover is too tight, and diffuser flaps too big.
This part of the car is interesting. They appear to be paying particular attention to bisecting the normally singular laminar flow area of this portion of the rear sidepod, creating two separate pressure areas with a possible end game being to more efficiently feed the top of the center portion of the diffuser? So much is so it the case that the upper suspension wishbone appears at an odd angle so to clearly separate flow coming from the upper area which sees downwashing flow from the top of the sidepod.
[quote="Ferraripilot"]This part of the car is interesting. They appear to be paying particular attention to bisecting the normally singular laminar flow area of this portion of the rear sidepod, creating two separate pressure areas with a possible end game being to more efficiently feed the top of the center portion of the diffuser? So much is so it the case that the upper suspension wishbone appears at an odd angle so to clearly separate flow coming from the upper area which sees downwashing flow from the top of the sidepod.
Is it me or does the whole front suspension geometry look high? The lower wishbones are half way up the wheel hub which means the airflow to the waist is unrestricted but makes the top half cluttered and the shark fins look Hugh maybe to control that turbulence?
Gotta say, beautiful Frankensteins. A 2007 chassis without all those winglets and with a 2009-2013 rear wing with beam wing. And a 2015 chassis with a new livery