Could be to stall the flow and cause the following airflow to spill over and around the side of the nose.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
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Could be to stall the flow and cause the following airflow to spill over and around the side of the nose.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
They've had the low nose concept for years but also struggled with getting to grips at the start of the season with rear downforce and rake and understanding its narrow window. McLaren have generally never been quick straight out of the box in recent years.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
So will the new nose be a help or a hindrance?
As for the noses I've started to grown accustomed to them. Like the narrow rear wings they look odd and ugly to begin with.
I'm an enthusiast and not an aerodynamicist but it appears it's a funny way of doing it. I've read somewhere Ferrari's blunt approach was the optimum.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
I thought that too but changed my mind again when I saw them on track:Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Photos - Lotus E20 first run - GPUpdate.net
Photos - Sauber C31 first run - GPUpdate.net
Could this some how be directed towards the diffusser. Not reading the rules to well. I know exhaust blown diffusser are banned, but is this some way around it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Geezus! How much movement in that front wing on the Lotus was Renault. It's about as extreme an angle as the Costa Conwhatsitsname!Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
After Red Bull revealed the same nose, maybe that's really the best decision, but on the other hand, McLaren might have been doing their own and better thing, as truefan said. I think that we won't know the truth until Q3 in Oz, because in recent years testing has become notoriously unreliable indicator - Red Bull sandbagged in 2010 and McLaren looked crap last year, if only to come as a decent challenger. For me it is also interesting what are Mercedes GP doing - the fact that they are so late maybe hints for even more original solutions. These designs, however, have made the new season more interesting for me and maybe a tad more unpredictable. Obviously the new rules forced the teams to change their designs - which means that a new order might appear!
:rolleyes: I didn't make any prediction there :rolleyes: In fact my point was we should wait and see if it works or if it's the 'real' nose and not just a nicer one for the presentation... before explaining already why it's betterQuote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
McLaren did their 'own thing' last year too - with the sidepods. In the end it didn't turn out to be the best car, but was still pretty good, even if they were having troubles in testing. Had McLaren gone with conventional sidepods in 2011, is there a reason to think the season would have been notably different? So in the end the nose itself may not make that much difference at all and most probably the defining factors, which decide the ranking of the teams, lie elsewhere.
Torro Rosso:
http://photos.gpupdate.net/large/192108.jpg
Looks a lot like an Red Bull RB7 with a new nosecone. Designed "in house" my a$s....