Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Diffuser design and ease of overtaking

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Do recall that although Matchett is smart, his analysis is just an opinion.  If 
the diffuser makes it harder to draft - which we are only assuming - its a 
by-product of increased under-body down-force, not an anti-drafting device.  
That's a lot of hyphenated words in one sentence!

Rick


--- On Tue, 4/28/09, Tom Reynolds <kjtar [at] cox.net> wrote:

> From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> Subject: [Ferrari] Diffuser design and ease of overtaking
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 7:42 PM
> The Speed commentators were saying that the double level
> diffusers make
> pasing more difficult-they say the air is disturbed which
> negates what the
> Sporting Regulations attempted to do-make overtaking
> easier-in this example.
> So, why did the Court of Appeal decide to declare the
> diffusers used by
> Williams, Toyota, and Brawn not in violation?  Maybe they
> didn't violate the
> letter of the law, but, given the information above, I
> would say they
> certainly violate the spirit.  Now, when everyone gets
> their modified
> diffusers on their cars, overtaking will, according to what
> I heard during
> the Bahrain Grand Prix, more difficult.  More difficult
> than last year?
> Don't know.  More difficult than was planned for this
> season?  Yep.
> So...?
> Tom Reynolds
> Tulsa, OK
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Fleischer"
> <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
> To: <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList"
> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SPOILER: Did anyone see the F1 race
> this past
> weekend?
> 
> 
> > No kidding,
> >
> > I haven't enjoyed F1 racing this much, well ever
> really...
> >
> > The amount of passing, the fact that the TV coverage
> has trouble keeping
> > up with the action, the text showing position
> constantly being slightly
> > out of date...
> >
> > Some of the moves these drivers put on each other... 
> Man I'd swear they
> > all were going to start chewing tobacco if they
> didn't have to turn
> > right once in a while...  That is racing.  The
> Schumacher years, you
> > watched for who survived the accidents at the 1st
> corner, then it was a
> > parade to the end of the race...
> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
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