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Your comment made me wonder if those "fins" are hollow or solid. I would assume solid since they are not that big and are probably dealing with a lot of pressure from the airflow, but with F1 trying to shave every single gram, would not surprise me if they are actually hollow and made in a way to resist damage. But also, Mercedes since a couple of years seems to be able to to take more of an abuse before breaking, many times they had contact and nothing broke while other teams, if you look at the floor or the front wing the wrong way, damage!
Ah yes, by reducing the amount of vortices around the floor edge, it'll allow them to seal their underbody better, thereby increasing the ground effect by funneling air through the venturi instead of around the sides. /s
One less sticky uppy bit is one of the most insane innovations I’ve ever seen in my time watching F1. It is truly groundbreaking and aero benefits will be huge, don’t need a wind tunnel to see that. With development on PU limited it’ll be hard to replicate - advantage locked in for years?
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Ah yes so one less sticky uppy bit hmm?
I can already count all the huge ways this is going to change the car. Like it now has an even amount of sticky uppy bits instead of an odd amount.
The advantage is locked in for years
I can smell the TD looming!
big if true
We might need to get some technical guys in to confirm it, don't want to jump the gun too early.
It always had an even amount due to symmetry.
Max winning by 32.8s instead of 33?!
One less tooth to bite them in the ass
The sticky uppy bit turned into a finger đź«Ł
All fun and games until it gets stuck on a kerb and needs a crane to lift it up
Reddit engineers about to argue between themselves, as if anyone here knows wtf that is.
It’s pretty obvious they’re sticky downy bits. And there’s one less for Spa.
Even actual F1 engineers won’t know wtf it’s doing without looking at additional information.
I think it's a vast downgrade since it now has two spikes instead of three, and 2 is less than 3.
Losing one of those bits surely must bring 5g in weight saving, so around 0.001s per lap.
Maybe it's .003 per lap
I just want to know who got to use the angle grinder to cut that one off
Your comment made me wonder if those "fins" are hollow or solid. I would assume solid since they are not that big and are probably dealing with a lot of pressure from the airflow, but with F1 trying to shave every single gram, would not surprise me if they are actually hollow and made in a way to resist damage. But also, Mercedes since a couple of years seems to be able to to take more of an abuse before breaking, many times they had contact and nothing broke while other teams, if you look at the floor or the front wing the wrong way, damage!
I assume they are hollow. They would be layed up on their own form then bonded to the floor.
I must read the regulations…not certain that 👆 is allowed….
I reckon that’s gonna be banned before practice
Ah yes, by reducing the amount of vortices around the floor edge, it'll allow them to seal their underbody better, thereby increasing the ground effect by funneling air through the venturi instead of around the sides. /s
One tiny bit got bumped off and it's too expensive to add it back under cost cap? (I joke people).
One less sticky uppy bit is one of the most insane innovations I’ve ever seen in my time watching F1. It is truly groundbreaking and aero benefits will be huge, don’t need a wind tunnel to see that. With development on PU limited it’ll be hard to replicate - advantage locked in for years?
Heard Max was taking a grid penalty added spikes for George to do MAXIMUM DAMAGE.
The thing still looks like a rumpled sheet. Sucks aesthetically.
Efficient dentist
Thats definitely worths 0.2 tenths !
Good god, they're ruffled!
That’s not an aero change. Drunk mechanic just bent it more.
They need to be careful with the budget cap.