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Anton Chigurh

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  1. It’s all kind of ironic, actually, because in 2009 the regulations were changed to try and improve following and overtaking (sound familiar?). So, they change the rules so that the very middle section of front wing has to have a neutral shape. They do this because this area was bound to lose the most downforce when behind another car (since it’s more in the middle of the car), and by having it make little to no downforce, theoretically the perceived loss in downforce is very low when behind another car, so following should be improved. So, they made the first 250mm from the car centerline (Y, ergo Y-250) unable to have wing elements. You may know that where there’s a wing, there are wingtip vortices. Because the wings now “start” at the Y-250 vortex, we then had wingtip vortices, and thus, the famous Y-250 vortex, the cause of much dirty air, was born. This effect was very powerful, and made the bargeboards and under-nose cape work very efficiently, effectively sealing them away from the dirty tire wake. The same effect was used on the floor and the funky vortex generators that they used to have in front of the rear tires, and is still used in the rear brake ducts to seal the diffuser (these brake ducts were severely clipped in 2021, and were a huge reason why Mercedes were slower). A good visual representation of the Y-250:
  2. Start at 6:08 for that part specifically. It’s related to there not being a Y-250 vortex anymore (which was used to manage front tire wake and essentially shoot it out the side of the car, which negatively affected following cars). Because this doesn’t exist anymore, the fins and vanes of the spec part help to manage that wake, but in a manner than doesn’t create really dirty air for the cars behind, which inhibits following and overtaking. I know you asked about how much they would affect performance, but yeah, it’s really hard to say right now. It likely will mostly affect single-lap performance more than race pace (which is typical). Another note: the cars should be able to follow better, but the slipstream will also be less powerful.
  3. But wait, there’s more
  4. Ok, third time’s the charm for Alpine. Here are renders of the “actual car”.
  5. So that’s not the livery apparently. I guess this is. Which still isn’t great but better than all pink.
  6. Lol
  7. The real Haas.
  8. Those are the anchors.
  9. RIP Black Merc. The first time we saw it on TV: https://streamable.com/kkrfv3
  10. Some on track shots: And the F1-75 at Fiorano
  11. The render is incredibly different from the real car. Top images are render, bottom is the W13 on stage. Few more studio shots: At Silverstone this morning, Lewis getting in some trackside engineer work: I wish it was black, too, but at least the livery still looks pretty good.
  12. Interestingly, they did not change suspension layout as had been heavily rumored.
  13. And hello, Ferrari. The leak was genuine. Sidepods have a funny concave flow to them, but they’re very wide and have zero undercut, so I do wonder how they will feed the floor. Looks really cool, though.
  14. Goodbye, Michael Masi. https://www.fia.com/news/fia-president-mohammed-ben-sulayem-opens-way-new-step-forward-formula-1-refereeing
  15. Sidepods are toit like a toiger with them going centerline cooling (thicker airbox area and smaller sidepods).
  16. Just get you one of these. https://reverb.com/item/42142761-fender-freddie-tavares-aloha-stratocaster-w-ohsc-1994-chrome?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=42142761
  17. Yes, because qualifying and racing are two different things.
  18. Since there are no barge boards now, the teams have pushed the side pods way further forward than before (check the AT comparison photo above, where the inlet is now basically where the front of the halo is mounted, vs at or behind the driver’s head before) which I think helps a lot with the car proportions.
  19. Last year, the “official” pole-sitter was the winner of the sprint race. They are changing that so that the official record of winning pole is from going fastest during qualifying, which is how it should be. Example: Lewis won pole at Silverstone, but Max won the sprint race, so Max got the actual stat in the record books for “winning pole”. That will be opposite now. Essentially this just further enforces the fact that the race is simply a two part race during sprint weekends. Overall these are positive changes (from before), but I’d still prefer 1) No sprint races, but if not that then 2) Totally decouple the sprint and it’s results from the actual race entirely.
  20. Confirmed pullrod front suspension but also……..rear pushrod??? Kind of a weird angle there. Pretty interesting.
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