Aero elastic design energy consumption vs drag Trade off

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Re: Aero elastic design energy consumption vs drag Trade off

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olefud wrote:
DaveW wrote: The issue here is lateral balance, I think. There is no point in improving rear D/F with trick floors & exhausts if it simply causes the car to understeer off.
I’m having trouble parsing this. Within reason, wouldn’t it make sense to gain rear D/F and decrease front roll stiffness/couple? Of course aero balance would be speed dependent so the weight transfer would need to be rejiggered with speed.
We were just chatting on this topic: http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... 30#p402230