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[stonemonkey]

Just a far out thought but could the movable section of the front wing be used to affect the stiffness of the wing?

[Flux]

amazing slow mo shots on the FP1 coverage of the difference between redbull and mclaren wings. the bulls wing is much more active and flexible especially over bumps and very clearly lower, much more visible to see than the photo's.

[What's Burning?]

I noticed today after focusing on the Red Bull front wing a and free framing it a couple of times. They have a carbon fiber weave that goes along the center of the wingplate on the horizontal axis. It's about 5 centimeters wide and has a very broad carbon weave through it and it's un-painted unlike the rest of the wing. Cant really make out much more than that since it's embedded into the wing and it's flat on top. (it has to be flat for aero purpose) but I does look like it's a separate structural cross member and there didn't seem to be an obvious reason why it's unpainted. It also doesn't go the full length of the wing, basically going from the wing support members out to where the wing begins to curve up near the end plates.

My only thought on this is that it may be flexing at a different rate than the rest of the wing and therefore may break or warp whatever paint is applied to that area.

[Jabberwocky]

no paint... so it can stretch more with out cracking it's coating

[f1ea]

no paint... so it can stretch more with out cracking it's coating

Yeah. That's what it seems to be. The unpainted longitudinal element is behaving like a beam and absorbing the bending stress when it flexes, while the rest remains stiff. It could be the same material just aligned differently, or maybe it has some other material as well.

I havent seen either up close pics, but there definitely seem to be a beam of some sort in RB's wing. Ferrari's look different and maybe not working so well in Hungary...

Seems like yet another pt for Newey's design team

[What's Burning?]

Life would be so much easier for techie fans if we only had HD images.

[kerc]

no paint... so it can stretch more with out cracking it's coating

Yeah. That's what it seems to be. The unpainted longitudinal element is behaving like a beam and absorbing the bending stress when it flexes, while the rest remains stiff. It could be the same material just aligned differently, or maybe it has some other material as well.

I havent seen either up close pics, but there definitely seem to be a beam of some sort in RB's wing. Ferrari's look different and maybe not working so well in Hungary...

Seems like yet another pt for Newey's design team

Newey should design a road car.

[smokin]

Newey should design a road car.

Maybe he has...

[vindicator86]

Newey should design a road car.

Maybe he has...

Thats a pretty big F-Duct .

[McLaren]

How can that front wing be legal,it couldn't flex much more if it was made of elastic.The thing is ment to be rigid something that clearly isn't.

[What's Burning?]

How can that front wing be legal,it couldn't flex much more if it was made of elastic.The thing is ment to be rigid something that clearly isn't.

No, it's meat to be rigid at a certain load placed on it during the FIA tests. It was, and so it's legal. The only options are to discuss the legality of it under the "spirit" of the rules or allow every other team on the grid to be able to design a wing that does exactly the same thing.

[f1ea]

How can that front wing be legal,it couldn't flex much more if it was made of elastic.The thing is ment to be rigid something that clearly isn't.

No, it's meat to be rigid at a certain load placed on it during the FIA tests. It was, and so it's legal. The only options are to discuss the legality of it under the "spirit" of the rules or allow every other team on the grid to be able to design a wing that does exactly the same thing.

[What's Burning?]

Best detailed picture I've seen of the RB front wing.

[McLaren]

Best detailed picture I've seen of the RB front wing.

Theres a few pounds worth of design work gone into that

[Hammer278]

Man I can't even draw that while looking at it....and they designed that bloody thing and made it!