CFD Images COTA 2019
The CFD images from Austin show streamlines front wing endplates. The teams follow pretty different approaches with some deflecting the air beside the car and others on top:
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The cars have passed scrutineering. Some cars are just reentered submissions from last race. Unfortunately for some that meant repeated rule violations that have lead to penalties. Among these are TeamRacing, SHM and PurePowerRacing. For Pure Power the penalties add up to three. Further issues in the images:
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The cars have arrived in the USA for the fourth and penultimate race of MVRC 2019. With three newcomer teams in the top five of the championship, lead by an MVRC all-star, this race might determine who will take the cake home at the end of the season.
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The CFD images from Suzuka show streamlines close to the barge boards. The teams follow pretty different approaches with this important part, some even omit it entirely:
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The cars have passed scrutineering. Some warnings have been issued. OKRacing and Pure Power Racing manged to receive penalties for violations already shown in previous races. There is no image for the Idadox car. Here the engine cover fin is missing. This is results in a warning.
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The cars have arrived in Suzuka for the third race of MVRC 2019. In total 16 have made the trip. It looks like the teams are getting happy with the overall car and focus has shifted to extracting performance out of the diffusers. There are quite a few interesting solutions:
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The cars have passed scrutineering. Some warnings have been issued. OKRacing forgot to cover the engine cover fin (image missing), WWInc. did not supply an engine inlet, Talno has some bodywork sticking out of the legality volumes and Pure Power managed to receive the first penalty of the season. Apart from minor issues, the team […]
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The CFD images from Singapore reveal a bit about the cars. Larger vortices at the rear wing indicate more rear downforce, possible showing that balancing issues have been fixed, meaning the front wing can also work harder. Will the car with the largest rear wing vortex win the race?
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