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Friday, March 21, 2014
The loss of the beam wing for 2014 has
led to many different solutions from the teams this season, Toro
Rosso approached it by strengthening the endplate supports and the
way they're affixed to the floor. Many of the other teams (including
their sister team) have opted for supports that run centrally to the
underside of the mainplane. These supports will of course add
structural integrity but compromise the aerodynamics especially where
the support meets with the underside of the mainplane and so it's a
catch 22 situation.
During the Free Practice sessions in
Melbourne the team looked at the singular inverted Y-Lon option used
by McLaren and Marussia when they launched their cars and now finds
it's way onto the RB10 (albeit in a slightly different guise). It
wasn't retained for qualifying and the race but goes to prove that
the team are eagerly assessing other avenues. The circular section
that surrounds the exhaust is of particular interest to the teams
assessing it's merits as it can help accelerate the airflow forward
of it, be it being dispatched from the cooling outlet or over the
engine cover. I suspect the team will re-assess it's use over the
coming GP's.
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