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Wow okay, that's a big package. The car they assembled yesterday is not the upgraded one then, because that looks exactly like the car which left China. They might try to run old spec vs new spec on the only practice session they get, but it's a bit unfortunate for Oscar because he won't have too much time to adapt to the new package before sprint quali starts.
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously.
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.
Most of the changes won't add time, they are simply to let the airflow make its way correctly around the car. The volume of changes won't inform the laptime gain.
Most of the important work is around conditioning the flow at the front and how the floor uses it. Front and rear geometry changes are to stop the airflow being impeded. Same with front corner and the inlet. Engine cover is about the flow to the rear.
Two things here are to generate time. The wing and the floor. The rest is largely about retaining flow through and around the car.
After 18 months I can finally stop banging on about the front of the car conditioning the air!!
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Most of the changes won't add time, they are simply to let the airflow make its way correctly around the car.
Most of the important work is around conditioning the flow at the front and how the floor uses it. Front and rear geometry changes are to stop the airflow being impeded. Same with front corner and the inlet. Engine cover is about the flow to the rear.
Two things here are to generate time. The wing and the floor. The rest is largely about retaining flow through and around the car.
After 18 months I can finally stop banging on about the front of the car conditioning the air!!
Sorry, could you explain what was the issue with the way the front of the car conditioned the air? What was the effect on the car?
