McLaren, Lotus and Toro Rosso have all introduced splitters with fences added to the upper, outboard leading edge. McLaren (above) introduced their fences (marked in yellow) as far back as Malaysia, whilst Toro Rosso updated theirs to three piece elements in Spain and Lotus introduced singular fences in Monaco.
Above: The 3 element splitter fences used on the Toro Rosso STR10 (image:
Giorgio Piola)
Above: Lotus E23 in Monaco
These airflow conditioning devices have a wing shaped profile, which will create a pressure gradient/vortex that enhances the flow structure moving around the sidepods undercut.
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