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

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Yeah, that was cool.  I believe one of the teams, perhaps Red Bull, has a
movable front wing, but they can't really get both halves of the wing
segment to move at *exactly* the same time.
Tom Reynolds
Tulsa, OK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Hill" <bruce.hill1 [at] cox.net>
To: <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Diffuser design and ease of overtaking


> Did you see the segment on the movable front wing flap done by Jock
> Clear of Brawn GP? He indicated that the drivers can use the flap to
> increase front down force in order to get closer in the curves and then
> slingshot pass on the straights.
>
> Bruce
>
> Rick Lindsay wrote:
> > 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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