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MarkedOne8 wrote:

N12ck wrote:if it is a hole (which its not) it is ilegal, I have checked the regulations and there is no way it can be legal

Well, Mercedes' holes are consideres as legal ones.Why Lotus' holes would be then ilegal?

Huntresa wrote:

N12ck wrote:

Huntresa wrote: I am not saying it is blowing the rear wing, i just want an explanation for the holes in the endplate, that are in the drawing you are quoteing up top, and also if they arent blowing the RW, then what is the strut going to the RW doing ? Since even there the drawing has a hole.

the duct from the rear wing is the signal duct (like putting your hand over the F duct ala 2010)

lets say it is a hole, the only way it can be legal is if it is in the vertical plane,

Its the same as mercs holes, no ? Not in the way they work but the way they are designed.

Formula 1 Blog wrote:Opinion on DRS‐activated F‐Duct systems

CW: We think they’re going to be legal from what we’ve seen so far.

Why some teams are querying this

CW: Some teams are questioning it on the basis that they thought F‐Ducts were banned. F‐Ducts are

not banned. At the end of 2010 everyone was using driver operated F‐Ducts. The regulations that

were changed specifically banned the use of driver movement to influence the aerodynamic

performance of the car. This got rid of that generation of F‐Ducts.

Engineers, being unable to unlearn things, wanted to get the things back via different means. They

talked about allowing the opening and closing of a duct by having interaction with suspension. We

said no, you can’t do that, because it goes to the primary purpose of the suspension system.

There was a discussion in the TWG (Technical Working Group) at the beginning of the last year to

make sure this was clear. It seems that a couple of teams went away from that meeting with the

impression that F‐Ducts were therefore banned in general.

What some teams are doing now is allowing air to pass into a duct when the DRS is operated. It’s

completely passive, there are no moving parts and it doesn’t interact with any suspension or steering

systems. Therefore, I can’t see any rule that prohibits it.

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
@N15ck its not a hole, just a reflection, look at the similar odd reflection of the central slot gap seperator

N12ck wrote:

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
@N15ck its not a hole, just a reflection, look at the similar odd reflection of the central slot gap seperator

N12ck wrote:

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
@N15ck its not a hole, just a reflection, look at the similar odd reflection of the central slot gap seperator

Owen.C93 wrote:

N12ck wrote:

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
@N15ck its not a hole, just a reflection, look at the similar odd reflection of the central slot gap seperator

You can see the hole in the image I posted at the top of the last page. You can also see the duct you said was blowing the diffuser was on the standard lotus as well early in the thread, that you also ignored.

Owen.C93 wrote:

N12ck wrote:

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
@N15ck its not a hole, just a reflection, look at the similar odd reflection of the central slot gap seperator

You can see the hole in the image I posted at the top of the last page. You can also see the duct you said was blowing the diffuser was on the standard lotus as well early in the thread, that you also ignored.