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      02-23-2016, 05:53 PM   #45
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I think it sounds very promising, but am wondering how much carbon fiber ends up scattered all over the course when individuals are trying not to be eliminated! lol
I'm looking forward to it.
I can see a lot of CF flying and butt-hurt feelings expressed.

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Don't want to judge the new qualifying format until I see how it works IRL, but I'm thinking it's going to cause a lot of confusion from who is eliminated as the clock winds down.

What happens when someone is on a flying lap and he doesn't make it to the finish line in time? He posts a winning time but gets eliminated because of the clock? Or will he get to finish his lap? And if he doesn't get eliminated and actually kicks someone out of a top spot, what if that person still thinks he's in the competition and proceeds to post a top spot himself? Creates a lot of confusion.
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I'm with you guys, I don't understand what brought on the need for changes to qualifying. It is arguably more interesting than the races in many cases. I thought it was perfectly good as it was.
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Don't want to judge the new qualifying format until I see how it works IRL, but I'm thinking it's going to cause a lot of confusion from who is eliminated as the clock winds down.

What happens when someone is on a flying lap and he doesn't make it to the finish line in time? He posts a winning time but gets eliminated because of the clock? Or will he get to finish his lap? And if he doesn't get eliminated and actually kicks someone out of a top spot, what if that person still thinks he's in the competition and proceeds to post a top spot himself? Creates a lot of confusion.
If I read it correctly, this is an addition and flying laps will still count. If they didn't it would be chaos but I could be wrong.

I think that this will add a bit of race-like excitement to qualifying as well as throwing a wrench into the system for those at the sharp end of the grid relative to keeping out of last minute heroics of the slower cars.
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There goes fast forwarding to the last 2 minutes of qualifying.
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I know it's winter testing and times don't mean much, but it is nice to see that Haas is right there in terms of lap times. They were second to Force India today.
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New Ferrari looking like it went on a huge diet over the winter.
It all went to the front wing!

All the front wings are out of control. I know they are amazing in what they do... and, they really through the visual balance out of whack.

Still... I will continue watching.
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Mclaren sounds good. Off throttle sounds like the blown diffuser cars of a few years ago.
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So I've been wondering lately why teams don't use dimples on their cars. Like a golf ball.

It's common knowledge that the dimples on a golf ball create less drag as the ball is moving through the air. Why don't teams utilize something similar on certain body panels to help smoothen the air around the car?

Has this been attempted in the past?
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So I've been wondering lately why teams don't use dimples on their cars. Like a golf ball.

It's common knowledge that the dimples on a golf ball create less drag as the ball is moving through the air. Why don't teams utilize something similar on certain body panels to help smoothen the air around the car?

Has this been attempted in the past?
FIA reg?

Either that or the cost of producing a dimpled chassis makes it non-feasible?
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So I've been wondering lately why teams don't use dimples on their cars. Like a golf ball.

It's common knowledge that the dimples on a golf ball create less drag as the ball is moving through the air. Why don't teams utilize something similar on certain body panels to help smoothen the air around the car?

Has this been attempted in the past?
FIA reg?

Either that or the cost of producing a dimpled chassis makes it non-feasible?
Can't they just make the molds with dimples?
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FIA reg?

Either that or the cost of producing a dimpled chassis makes it non-feasible?
I'm going to guess there's a rule against it somewhere. With no budget cap in place, money will never be an issue for the bigger teams. They will literally spend $100,000,000 if they think it will give them one tenth of a second per lap.
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Why would there be any additional cost when adding dimples to body panels? The carbon fiber can easily be molded to include the dimples.
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The only driver spinning enough to benefit from dimples got fired this year
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Golf ball dimples produce turbulent flow that minimize the low pressure side of the ball, thus minimizing "form drag" (if I have my terms right, it's been 15 years or so). You don't want highly turbulent flow until after the rear wing / diffuser.
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Golf ball dimples produce turbulent flow that minimize the low pressure side of the ball, thus minimizing "form drag" (if I have my terms right, it's been 15 years or so). You don't want highly turbulent flow until after the rear wing / diffuser.
Adrian Newey is in the house...
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I looked into a bit.. I guess unless the object is a sphere, it wouldn't really benefit.
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The dimple is used to trip flow to energize the air flowing over the surface and reduce boundary layer and delay flow separation. There are many ways to do it, such as vortex generators you see on the various places of F1 front wings as well as areas around the intake and etc. You could put those vortex generators on a golf ball, but it may make it hard to hit or roll it on the green

Also, all aero surfaces need to work together to produce proper balance and right amount of downforce (or lift for air vehicles). The front wing needs to generate downforce, but it also needs to channel air flow over the top of the front tires as well as into the front brake duct. The air flow then needs to be controlled and directed into the engine air intake on the top, the sidepod for cooling as well as the diffuser entrance that's under the car. It then needs to go over the rear tires and rear wing, as well as interacting with air exiting the diffuser and the hot air flow from engine exhaust. They all have to play well together, that's why teams spent tons of time in CFD and wind tunnels to make sure every bit of aero surfaces are tuned to work well together as a system.
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The dimple is used to trip flow to energize the air flowing over the surface and reduce boundary layer and delay flow separation. There are many ways to do it, such as vortex generators you see on the various places of F1 front wings as well as areas around the intake and etc. You could put those vortex generators on a golf ball, but it may make it hard to hit or roll it on the green

Also, all aero surfaces need to work together to produce proper balance and right amount of downforce (or lift for air vehicles). The front wing needs to generate downforce, but it also needs to channel air flow over the top of the front tires as well as into the front brake duct. The air flow then needs to be controlled and directed into the engine air intake on the top, the sidepod for cooling as well as the diffuser entrance that's under the car. It then needs to go over the rear tires and rear wing, as well as interacting with air exiting the diffuser and the hot air flow from engine exhaust. They all have to play well together, that's why teams spent tons of time in CFD and wind tunnels to make sure every bit of aero surfaces are tuned to work well together as a system.
NOW, Adrian Newey in the house!!
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