Ferrari F1-75 interesting car, cnt wait to see it under the skin, esp radiator and engine layout
Sidepod dimple appears to be about forming a curved edge to direct airflow toward the rear beam wing.
Bib vane visible in side iew
The flat sided pod flank is the odd thing here. I wonder if the internal rad layout is different? Perhaps stacked near vertically like the MP4-30?
Correction: rad positioned like the mp4-29
@NorthHertsSam do you recall Honda R&D tried some experimentally shaped bodywork a bit like this in 2008?
Vanes on the halo, vanes behind the halo ( with driver names), vanes on the roll hoop!
Interesting nose. The entire length must be part of the crash structure. But being so, long ferrari have split it. I'd guess the entire nose would normally be switched, not just the tip.
This isn't something new. Remember after GR63s crash at Imola, I pointed a two part inner structure on the Williams.
My wild guess for the Ferrari, is the ridgeback sidepod top houses a radiator leaning out from the car. Air is ducted in from the outer face and vents in and out through this louvers. Similar to the mp4-29 but the flow reversed
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Also the super shallow nose and the clever tunnel fences.
Williams shorten the tunnel inlet roof, which allows the inlet fences to sit higher and influence airflow over as well as under the tunnels.
With the front brake scoops there's 3 inlets.
The outer inlet is blanked off, as it was cold at Silverstone, this suggests its a cooling inlet.
The grilled middle inlet probably is the main cooling inlet.
The inner inlet appears to pass around an inner duct?
Front wings will all be different and quite a challenge for #F1 teams in 2022.
A front wing's primary job is to balance the downforce created by the rest of the car, i.e underfloor & rear wing. If you have a well balanced underfloor or small RW you only need a small FW.
The wings secondary role is to manage airflow downstream, this means Armitage directing and diverting airflow from key areas back aking the car, i.e front tyres, underfloor inlets, brakes and cooling inlets.
In 2022 the tunnel inlets are a major area to feed with clean air
In 2022 there's large regulatory box in which to fit the front wing. This gives a lot more freedom than in 2021.
You can run the wing high or low at different points across its span. Then chose how much of the remaining height within the box to create angle for downforce.
Brake duct bodywork will change a lot in #F12022. New rules prescribe and control what can be done around brakes and wheels. #F1
Up until last year teams used the brake duct bodywork to do more just cool the brakes. Air was blown thru the hub out of the wheel for an outwash effect. At the rear fins helped create upwash. Heat from the brakes was directed at or away from wheels to manage tyre temperatures.
In 2022 the brake duct bodywork is more controlled. Its broken up into several sections, the drum that fills the wheel, a scoop to feed air in and out of the brakes and deflectors to manage external airflows
For #F1 rear suspension teams have favoured pullrod since 2009. The rocker/spring/dampers sit low down in the space front of the gear casette.
In recent years Merc brought the gear cassette forwards and packaged the spring/dampers further back.
With the #F12022 regs the gear casette has been shifted rearwards, into this space
Now, McLaren have switched to pushrod at the rear. This places the rocker/spring/damper higher up ahead of the cassette.
There's more room in this area, so it might be a tidier way to package things, at the cost of a small rise in CofG height.
Last but not least for #F12022 reg changes, Aero.
From front to rear things to look out for on the new cars:
Nose shapes are quite free, slim versions are possible, as does the way the tip merges with the front wing with either a short or full length nose. #F1
Layouts will be an early factor in design. With wheelbase capped at 3.6m
Front axle position must be ahead of the pedals
Tunnel inlet is tied to the cockpit position
Tunnel exit tied to the rear axle line.
Thus, the layout could vary. 1) push the front axle rearwards to make for longer tunnels, but his places the front tyre wake close to the tunnel/sidepod inlet. 2) push the front axle forwards to keep dirty air away from shorter tunnels.