I have been thinking alike. Please, if any braniac reads this and thinks we're crazy, just let us know we are stupid.ringo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:16 amHmm..
I think usually with front wings, that gap between the front wheel and the part of the wing before the wheel is usually a relatively stagnant area.
Removing this front wing section will now introduce high energy air to the front of wheel and this air will be squeezed to the outside of the wheel and around the car. The wing elements tilted towards the wheel suggest Alfa are trying to squeeze air in front of the tyres.
Hi Yes well sort of.ringo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:16 amHmm..
I think usually with front wings, that gap between the front wheel and the part of the wing before the wheel is usually a relatively stagnant area.
Removing this front wing section will now introduce high energy air to the front of wheel and this air will be squeezed to the outside of the wheel and around the car. The wing elements tilted towards the wheel suggest Alfa are trying to squeeze air in front of the tyres.
I was talking about the "YOU SHALL NOT STALL"NathanOlder wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:04 pmIt means if people want to talk about the livery (the paint job and sponsors stickers) they need to do it in the team thread, and not the car thread. This is currently the car thread and is only for talking about technical items on the 2019 car.NtsParadize wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:58 pmWhat is this turbo quote? I don't understand itThunder wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:03 pmThis is the Alfa Romeo "2019 Contender" offical car thread.
Please discuss ONLY technical items of this car, and refrain from speculation.
General discussion about the team, its drivers and performance can be posted in the team thread.
Livery Talk also belongs in the Team Thread. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27827
#aerogollumturbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
NtsParadize wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:14 amI was talking about the "YOU SHALL NOT STALL"NathanOlder wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:04 pmIt means if people want to talk about the livery (the paint job and sponsors stickers) they need to do it in the team thread, and not the car thread. This is currently the car thread and is only for talking about technical items on the 2019 car.
I meant purely from a design point of view. When was the last time we had a car design that was as different from the rest of the field? If they keep it throughout the winter tests is still to be seen but I like the fact that they have it at the moment.cplchanb wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:50 pmWell let's not get too excited too quickly... for all we know it could be like the Williams walrus nose or it could be the brawn DD. Lets wait until after the first gp to seem it a revolutionary breakthroughnokivasara wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:52 pmI'm actually stunned by that FW, it's like the modern take on the fan car or Brabham 6-wheeler IMHO!
Nowadays with all the computer power available the designs are very similar (even though we know they aren't) but this Alfa FW is so out there that even a person with moderate interest in F1 should notice it! Isn't that great?
I really hope they stick to it, but they'll probably show up with a normal FW come monday.
The Renault R31 back in 2011 with its forward facing exhausts?nokivasara wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:05 pmI meant purely from a design point of view. When was the last time we had a car design that was as different from the rest of the field? If they keep it throughout the winter tests is still to be seen but I like the fact that they have it at the moment.cplchanb wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:50 pmWell let's not get too excited too quickly... for all we know it could be like the Williams walrus nose or it could be the brawn DD. Lets wait until after the first gp to seem it a revolutionary breakthroughnokivasara wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:52 pmI'm actually stunned by that FW, it's like the modern take on the fan car or Brabham 6-wheeler IMHO!
Nowadays with all the computer power available the designs are very similar (even though we know they aren't) but this Alfa FW is so out there that even a person with moderate interest in F1 should notice it! Isn't that great?
I really hope they stick to it, but they'll probably show up with a normal FW come monday.
The McLaren butterfly rear suspension comes to mind.nokivasara wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:05 pmI meant purely from a design point of view. When was the last time we had a car design that was as different from the rest of the field? If they keep it throughout the winter tests is still to be seen but I like the fact that they have it at the moment.cplchanb wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:50 pmWell let's not get too excited too quickly... for all we know it could be like the Williams walrus nose or it could be the brawn DD. Lets wait until after the first gp to seem it a revolutionary breakthroughnokivasara wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:52 pmI'm actually stunned by that FW, it's like the modern take on the fan car or Brabham 6-wheeler IMHO!
Nowadays with all the computer power available the designs are very similar (even though we know they aren't) but this Alfa FW is so out there that even a person with moderate interest in F1 should notice it! Isn't that great?
I really hope they stick to it, but they'll probably show up with a normal FW come monday.
"When was the last time we had a car design that was as different from the rest of the field"? 2017 ferrari side pods for one.GrizzleBoy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:27 pmThe McLaren butterfly rear suspension comes to mind.nokivasara wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:05 pmI meant purely from a design point of view. When was the last time we had a car design that was as different from the rest of the field? If they keep it throughout the winter tests is still to be seen but I like the fact that they have it at the moment.
Watching Kimi on track the car looked stable enough in its own...locked up a few times into slow corners but that doesn't mean anything right now.