I believe that they wanted to re-use last year's chassis design (Hence the rules- at least a few smaller teams didn't want to have to pay to design a completely new chassis)beelsebob wrote:Congrats to HRT for beating my prediction of building the car in the pit lane – this is the first year it's been ready before the first race, so we have some progress! The livery is beautiful.
I find it odd that they have a high nose concept, and then such a low monocoque by the time it reaches the splitter – any ideas why you might want that?
Not the tightest side pods, but at least progress from past years.
I'd imagine that it was just a smidgen too high to fit the rules- it even looks like last year's nose, just positioned a bit lower and therefore thinner. But to andwer your question, maybe it's to force air under the sidepods and floor? It looks to me like the gradual lowering would catch air and then move it downwards.
Of course, I'm no aerodynamicist (yet- I want to do something with aero when I'm older), but that's the only logical reason I could think of.
Good on HRT for finally running a car before the first race!
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