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Red Bull redesigns tunnel underneath exhaust 23 Jun 2012

By introducing yet another new sidepod version, Red Bull is the only team that can compete with Ferrari when you consider the number of changes made to the rear end of the sidepods since the beginning of the season.

The team has now changed the tunnel that goes underneath the exhaust ramp, making the inlet much larger than it was in the previous version. Aerodynamic tests on track had shown that the tunnel was not acting as the team expected because ...

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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:19 pm

Rikhart wrote:Wait, there is a gap on the FW pylons? You can see bodywork through it on the second pic.


I mentioned this a bit ago, is it broken, or are those proper gaps?
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:20 pm

If they were broken it would explain why the wing has such an aggressive stance
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:24 pm

Interestingly Vettel has only completed 15 laps so far today in testing.

and the wing had those marks before it got "broken"

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/bilder/fotos-f1-test-barcelona-2-2012-tag-4-4462603.html?fotoshow_item=65
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:27 pm

Scaled up section of the pylons

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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:33 pm

AMuS just reported RBR needs a gearbox change.
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:36 pm

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This is what I meant.
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:37 pm

Wisdom wrote:Image


notice that nice big hole below the front suspension arm ?

I wonder where they are getting the airflow from to feed it and blow the diffuser?
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:42 pm

wjpbill wrote:
Wisdom wrote:


notice that nice big hole below the front suspension arm ?

I wonder where they are getting the airflow from to feed it and blow the diffuser?


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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:45 pm

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I have tried to bring out as much detail in PS as I could

I have noticed on another photo that there are yellow graphics on the strut which could make it look like it was showing the yellow graphic on the bodywork behind as if it was broken?
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:46 pm

Hey guys, impulsive thought.. could the sidepod bridge near the exhaust be hollow, feeding sidepod air into the floor, or above the floor just inside the inside of the wheels? :-k


That sidepod bridge has bugged me since it was discovered.. there must be some reason for it to be shaped as it is, and fed into the floor as it is (beyond just aerodynamics).
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:48 pm

Lots of flo-vis on turning vanes & splittle/t-tray

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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:48 pm

Fil wrote:Hey guys, impulsive thought.. could the sidepod bridge near the exhaust be hollow, feeding sidepod air into the floor, or above the floor just inside the inside of the wheels? :-k


That sidepod bridge has bugged me since it was discovered.. there must be some reason for it to be shaped as it is, and fed into the floor as it is (beyond just aerodynamics).

There can't be any holes in the floor
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:52 pm

Wow, Horner really thinks people are stupid...
Hope FIA does smth about them...
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:53 pm

If the pylons were cracked, then surely that would affect the neutral section of the wing as well as the flaps + endplates?
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Post Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:54 pm

boyracer94 wrote:If the pylons were cracked, then surely that would affect the neutral section of the wing as well as the flaps + endplates?


Exactly and if only one was damaged why are both endplates at the same angle
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