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Swiftly copying Mercedes in a high detail, high sensitivity area. Very Good.
These vanes appear to better control the air flowing transversely. My CFD eyes aren't working today so I can't really if it's flowing inboard or outboard.
Isnβt the undercut bigger now which likely was the primary goal of the sidepod redesign?
Undercut is more or less the same size
FIA upgrade note says that the shoulder was made bigger to influence the front wheel wake.
Remember the lesson all the teams learned in 2022 that sometimes a big tall side pod shoulder is needed to calm down the wheel wake? Yeah. Same thing here.