Yeah - i think all teams will have one by the time testing starts. A mate of mine saw that pic and (jokingly) asked if STR is planning on having sidepods as well, since they seem almost unnecessary, given the size of that top intake
Parking space for a fire truck That Merc though, looks like they are willing to take a few risks with that extreme rear, hopefully it won't ruin the season by making them unbeatable or Honda impersonators.
Proper pictures here Very basic bargeboard area compared to everything else we've seen so far - I assume an assortment of bits will appear next week. It's the mirrors that are intriguing me, though. Not only are they going the same "WING" mirror route as RBR, but the frontal shots look as if they have actually added aero elements INSIDE the body of the mirror... I assume the air will go straight through and around the outside of the mirror itself (if this is really what's happening, could just be an illusion), but what glue they can be using to keep them in place with that much air punching against 'em, who the hell knows!
There seems to be some kind of air dam inside the mirror body, so the mirror itself must be attached to that, which would be a moulded in piece. Neat trick to use the wing mirrors as vortex generators though. Looking forward to next week ot see the car in actual not for PR shots configuration.
Those mirrors are very interesting, in fact lots of little details on the Ferrari are such as the side pods with the second outer opening, the little T wing down the back of the gearbox. I do think though the barge board assemblies been slimmed down to look good for release. Speaking on slimmed down the undercut on that Ferrari is mental. Re the mirrors, you can see a cross shape structure so I would guess they are mounted too that, not 100% sure how effective that will be unless the idea is to reduce the pressure on the mirror arm by allowing some air to travel through, doesn't appear a large enough volume to do much in terms of air shaping.
Slightly frustrating that the best looking Ferrari in years also has to be the one with a butt fugly Halo on top...
I'm interested to see comparisons between cars wheel base length and rake. Merc were supposedly going to a high rake after last years diva. Looking at the Picts its hard to tell if they have and of so how aggressive it is compared to RB. Damn, good looking Ferrari. Feels like its missing something on the engine cover tho
that Ferrari looks bloody good (for what that's worth). Clean, small sidepods, Sauber-esque cooling going on there (or should that be the other way around?). The back end doesn't seem quite the size-0 that Merc has, but with fewer engines, that could go either way. Edit: Also, a McLaren that's very orange (and some blue)
...and still no title sponsor. There are a lot of tightly packaged chassis out there and some rather small air intakes - am I the only one who is expecting a lot of engine cooling problems this season?
Honestly, this is the year I expect the teams to make a mockery of the engine limits. You can try to run within the limits, or you can run the engine flat out and have 150bhp advantage, who give a toss about a grid penalty when everyone else has one too.
That McLaren has some funky stegosaur spikes going on on-top of the side pods, an some interesting floor tweaks, those two long holes are intriguing. Seems most of the cars are opting for a "vanity pack" so to speak for looks on release to look pretty, I fully expect revised barge boards, front wings and nose sections for testing, or an more aero oddities on the halos.
I'm wondering if they have found a way to force cool the engines by deflecting high speed air into the side pods. Maybe the engine limit has force engines to be turned down so they don't need as much cooling either. There is also the possibility that this is the winter setup rather than desert running outfit
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...rmula-one-liberty-media-electric-cars-ferrari Eccles Cakes wants F1 to go fully leccy. Or, he wants Ferrari to leave current F1 and join an electric F1 he'll oversee, thus killing Liberty and Formula E in one go.
