Charles has a different (all new) rear wing compared to Carlos, suppousedly lower drag.
Beam wing also slightly different.
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Formula One's most successful team, Scuderia Ferrari have unveiled their brand-new machine, the F1-75 with which the Italian outfit's young driver pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will race in the sport's 73rd season.
It makes sense. I think Montreal is a rear-limited track but one of a different kind to, say, Baku or Bahrain. T6-7 and T8-9 are higher-speed traction phases with lateral load which tend to punish front-biased setups even more with overheating of the rears. The price to pay is poor(er, relatively) traction out of low speed like T10 where CL struggled all race.
But will Ferrari lose there cornering prowess going to this rear wing. In Canada Charles lack traction out of the corners with this lower downforce rear wing.nico5 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 16:06It makes sense. I think Montreal is a rear-limited track but one of a different kind to, say, Baku or Bahrain. T6-7 and T8-9 are higher-speed traction phases with lateral load which tend to punish front-biased setups even more with overheating of the rears. The price to pay is poor(er, relatively) traction out of low speed like T10 where CL struggled all race.
Silverstone as a front-limited track is generally less punishing for that aero balance, as long as you can keep sliding in check. A good example is 2020, Ferrari went for a very low df rear wing, got the best result of the season pace-wise and everyone followed down that road for race 2 a week later.
But yeah, this wing should put Ferrari and RB on the same level in terms of straightline speed (if RB don't move to their low df spec, but that doesn't seem like a great idea) and then it will be the straight fight that can go both ways we've been looking forward to (or I, at least, have).
Maybe with new floor they will increase df with lower ride height and so they can decrease df from rear wing.
Do you want more downforce off the floor though?
I've heard that its the sudden vertical expansion of air from the diffuser or the so called 'diffuser-kick' thats causing porpoising. The steeper the angle of the diffuser, the harsher the bouncing.chrisc90 wrote: ↑26 Jun 2022, 21:51Do you want more downforce off the floor though?
Given its a huge overall concept, if you have too much downforce off the floor, surely that would lead to increased porpoising because the air under the floor stalls. Gifted you could put less downforce on the rear wing to enable less drag, but in my inexperienced view its a fine balancing act between having too much downforce and not enough. Im not sure if I would want a larger item such as the floor (that isnt really very easily changed) to bring me the most downforce.
We've heard rumours that the Merc floor brings in quite a bit of downforce which could have possibly led to their issues with the porpoising.
Id say any floor work would be with how the air flow is managed upon entry and through the floor, much like how we seen the RB floor from Baku (and monaco) with fancy bits in it for better airflow.
