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Giorgio Piola tech blog: Australian GP
Although there’s not been much time for teams to deliver radical changes to their cars since the end of testing, Giorgio Piola and Matt Somerfield investigate a number of interesting detail changes among the frontrunners. Ferrari Ferrari SF16-H front wing detail Photo by: Giorgio Piola Ferrari introduced a new front wing flap during the last pre-season test and it is now being used in Melbourne. The penultimate flap (bottom part of the Santander logo) features three small serrations, changing how the inboard flap edges shape the Y250 vortex, shed by the neutral mainplane section below. The performance of this vortex is critical, as it has a huge bearing on other flow structures...
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