Mercedes W17

[fourmula1]

So what does that area do? Do the openings capture air moving from front to back, top to bottom, or do they actually take air hitting the tire and does it move back up through the floor? Or none of the above lol.

[Lasssept]

[zibby43]

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This has some good FW comparison photos if someone wants to format/embed correctly.

Wish the site did it automatically.

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This has some good FW comparison photos if someone wants to format/embed correctly.

Wish the site did it automatically.

Change the link to twitter and it will embed the tweet at least.

The Race have stepped up their technical coverage this year

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So what does that area do? Do the openings capture air moving from front to back, top to bottom, or do they actually take air hitting the tire and does it move back up through the floor? Or none of the above lol.

As far as I understand it, it's a highly sensitive area that has a big effect on the way tyre squirt is managed, and the flow of air into the diffuser. It also generates local load itself. There is also freedom to introduce slots, vanes, flicks in the area, to enhance the control you have over the tyre squirt (potentially at the cost of local load generation).

[zibby43]

This has some good FW comparison photos if someone wants to format/embed correctly.

Wish the site did it automatically.

Change the link to twitter and it will embed the tweet at least.

The Race have stepped up their technical coverage this year

Thank you kindly!

[Lasssept]

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The brake duct winglet, diffuser vortex generators, and floor rear corner regions are amazing details on this car

[Badger]

Wonder if those are modular tips on the floor daggers.

[Lasssept]

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Xavier Gàzquez

[PlatinumZealot]

A Red Bull front wing philosophy I think... Elminate excessive vorticity so that the floor gets a more uniform stream.

[Just_a_fan]

A Red Bull front wing philosophy I think... Elminate excessive vorticity so that the floor gets a more uniform stream.

Or have more of the span closer to the ground to increase overall front wing ground effect downforce and also give a more uniform spanwise spread of load. It would suggest they can balance this increased downforce at the rear with their various devices and diffuser cut-outs, etc..

[Lasssept]

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