Team: Toto Wolff (Executive Director), James Allison (Technical Director), Andy Cowell (Executive Director of Mercedes AMG Powertrains), Aldo Costa (Technical advisor), Mike Elliot (Technology Director), Mark Ellis (PD), Geoffrey Willis (Director of Digital Engineering Transformation), Ron Meadows (SD), Andrew Shovlin (Trackside Engineering Director), Simon Cole (CTE), Matthew Deane (CM), Loic Serra (HVD), John Owen (CD), Ashley Way (DCD), Rob Thomas (COO), Loic Serra (Performance Director), Jarrod Murphy (HA), Eric Blandin (CA)
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (44), Valtteri Bottas (77), Stoffel Vandoorne (reserve), Esteban Gutierrez (reserve)
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What are those little yellowish blocks on the floor, in the left half of the image (5 per side)? Ballast? Weights to dampen/avoid vibration resonances?
Those tubes that are coming up from the floor through to the neutral section, below where the gearbox housing would sit are those being fed from below the floor or from the flow from the undercut of the sidepods..?
The viewing angle is bad. Wait till u see it from the front.HungarianRacer wrote: ↑02 Jul 2020, 21:46No strakes/spikes sticking out from under the front leading edge of the floor (behind the bargeboards)?.... I find that odd, definitely goes against modern design trends...
Interesting question, but I don't think those are "tubes", just parts of the floor that come up to guide air. I don't think they are allowed to have any "holes" in the floor in that area that would allow air to go from under the floor to on top.
This seems like the biggest change/update on the car. Is it something track specific where they may revert back to the previous diffuser in Hungary or afterwards? Was this change made for more rear downforce or less drag? Or maybe a more stable platform? Does any other team run a similar diffuser already? Is it a copy or an innovation?Morteza wrote: ↑02 Jul 2020, 13:39
New diffuser
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb69xLdXgAA ... ame=medium
The rear heat exhaust tunnels (bodywork around the rear suspension) seem to be even tighter than before!
It's bodywork that guides air below the gearbox. No holes bring air from below the floor.
So basically what several of us have theorized it's real benefits are.
I do not believe those are the only benefits. It doesn't make sense to have all that weight carrying all race long just to warm up tyres after the safety car.
Agreed. Why give up a 'massive weight advantage' for every lap of Quali and the race, just to make controlling front tyre heat a little easier? To be fair, it'll also provide some cooling options (remove scrub in a straight line) but...
