The Official 2018 Spanish Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**
Discussion
Vocal Minority said:
Sorry, I misread your post - my fault
I suppose all you can do is design your car to run well in clean air - I suppose you can’t really design a car to mitigate the impact of dirty air as you start inherently compromised and it will never be more effective than the car in front of you with clean air no matter what.
true - no worries - I suppose you make the car work for 'best case' to give all the options and go from there. Will be interesting now its 'out of the bag' as to how it does in quali / race performance...I suppose all you can do is design your car to run well in clean air - I suppose you can’t really design a car to mitigate the impact of dirty air as you start inherently compromised and it will never be more effective than the car in front of you with clean air no matter what.
Certainly it looks (to my eyes) somwhat inelegant because the aero is so front end heavy - but, as ever, stationary looks be damned - its speed round the track thats the winner...
Oh, eta - one final point - ill assume the nostril vents are to ensure laminar airflow from the nose and down around the base of the car - but why would a front wing need an access plate immediately to the front and in the centre? what would that be giving access to?
If there was no trickery that would be a single piece of carbon fibre no?
My best guess - to tension the front wing to maximise aero through the amount it can flex?
Edited by paolow on Thursday 10th May 21:45
sparta6 said:
Your naivety is quaint 
Big business moves in mercurial ways.
But for sure the only people who know the absolute truth are the four gentleman who sat in that private meeting room and shared a bottle of cognac.
apologies, i didn't realise i was in a conversation with the CEO of BacofoilBig business moves in mercurial ways.
But for sure the only people who know the absolute truth are the four gentleman who sat in that private meeting room and shared a bottle of cognac.
paolow said:
Certainly it looks (to my eyes) somwhat inelegant because the aero is so front end heavy - but, as ever, stationary looks be damned - its speed round the track thats the winner...
The front end is/was the problem with the car in the four races so far, IMO. In several occasions you'd see Fernando throw the car into a corner with all his might hoping it'd stick, but it just wouldn't handle it. This looks like it goes in some way towards addressing that. I think there's some pretty significant changes to the diffuser too now.I would expect the gains from this would snowball nicely. The car that was scrutineered looked like it had the low drag FW fitted. Will be interesting to see what they end up racing with on Saturday and Sunday.
Perhaps they should have called the car that raced at the past four tracks as the MCL32B as that would seem more appropriate.
Vocal Minority said:
I don't understand why everyone needs Formula One cars to be pretty personally.
We have road cars for that.
Hey ho.
Good grief! It's enough to make you stop breathing. We have road cars for that.
Hey ho.
Part of the attraction of F1 (used to be?) how stunning the cars were. They were awesome to look at then and are now.
I'm not sure they need to be pretty, but they do need to grab your eyes and emotions.
Derek Smith said:
Vocal Minority said:
I don't understand why everyone needs Formula One cars to be pretty personally.
We have road cars for that.
Hey ho.
Good grief! It's enough to make you stop breathing. We have road cars for that.
Hey ho.
Part of the attraction of F1 (used to be?) how stunning the cars were. They were awesome to look at then and are now.
I'm not sure they need to be pretty, but they do need to grab your eyes and emotions.
For all of its lack of pretty - the new design is striking. It's why I liked the MP4/10 so much as well.
My beef is specifically with the idea they have to be pretty.
Of course some eg Lotus 49, Jordan 191 & 195, Maser 250f etc are doubtless most pleasing to the eye. And that's smashing.
But I don't lament cars that are not - all racing cars are by definition extreme, and something away from the norm - so they are automatically striking to look at.
Straight out of the box and Kubica is significantly faster than Stroll.
The gap may well close or reverse over the course of the session, but it just shows the class of Kubica to be able to jump in a car he's barely driven, in his first official session in 7 years and immediately go quicker than the regular driver.
The gap may well close or reverse over the course of the session, but it just shows the class of Kubica to be able to jump in a car he's barely driven, in his first official session in 7 years and immediately go quicker than the regular driver.
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