Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1 technology thoughts

[Mike (djardins]

Rick Lindsay wrote:

What I saw was that it can the front vanes can be adjusted plus or minus 
6 degrees. And, it is only front vanes. How the teams implement it is up 
to them apparently.
> Hello Friends,
>
>    First of all, there is NO spoiler here.  I didn't put that in the subject 
> line (no need) so e-mail routers wouldn't misroute the note.
>
>    A fundamental rules change happened in F1 this season but NO ONE is talking 
> about it now.  Not the List.  Not the SPEEDTV guys.  Not even Steve Machett. 
> That topic is: Driver movable aerodynamics.
>
>    In SPEED's preseason show they showed the on-dash controls for tweaking the 
> front wing's angle of attack.  They spent a minute or so explaining how the 
> driver can increase the angle for added front down-force, then flatten it out 
> on the straights to minimize drag.  They even talked a little about whether the 
> controls were electric or hydraulic and how that might slow down nose/wing 
> changes.  I haven't heard a word about this significant change since then.
>
>    Have any of you heard of seen anything more about this?
>
> With best regards,
>
> Rick
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