On the fifth day of testing at Jerez de la Frontera, Williams F1 Team driver Kazuki Nakajima was the fastest man on track with a lap time of 1:17.494. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen clocked a fastest lap of 1:17.933.
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Rotery dial for the wing setting and engine maps, and for how strong the KERS regen is, very interesting
Is the purple(top left... labeled overtake) for the KERS boost?
I saw a KERS boost button on the top left of the steering wheel in another photo. Could the purple one labeled 'overtake' simultaneously reduce the front wing as well as giving the KERS boost? Or might it just set the engine for maximum power? Also, could the green button top right be a preset wing position?
I must admit i'd have asked that to be setup like that, kers and front wing minimum for on straights. The preset 'wing' button might set wing maximum for when your close to another car? I'm liking your thinking!! Then the adjustable wing in stages for balance through the different corners. A lot to be thinking about at 200mph!!!
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One thing im looking at at the moment is dummy cameras and camera placements for the cars, and i recon that all teams have found intresting ways to interprite them into their aero balance.
I have noticed the front ones are being used by a couple of teams as flow conditioners of some sort.
One team i saw on a video has been using 2 either side of the air box (Not the T Cam on the top of the air box) to condtion the flow to the rear wing, thus producing more rear grip.
I think this could be a small loophole that some teams are using and exploiting for the better-ment of their aero balance.
Accept is for a message from the race director to be confirmed if im not mistaken, say when the driver gets lapped, he has to press accept to clear the blue LED thats on the 3 LED cluster on either side of the steering wheel.
It sends a confirmation back to race control that the driver has seen the LED.
If im not mistaken the LEDs are like this:
Blue Flashing = Car just about to lap you, first blue flag, no accept needed.
Blue Constant = Give track posistion to lapping car, second blue flag, accept needed.
Yellow Flashing = Waved or single yellow situation ahead, no accept needed.
Yellow Constant = Double yellow situation ahead accept needed.
Red Constant = Red Flag, next lap, stop behind the saftey car, after the Start/Finish line, accept not needed as it goes off after 5 mins in red flag criteria.
The gills are allowed in the headrest area. That's why they can put in the bunny ears as well.
Gills are also ok in the bottom 10cm of sidepods (as measured from the stepped plane).
