F1 test: RBR

[Lorenzo Pessa]

Looking at F1 test pics I found something "strange" on a RBR

http://f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/12700/12754.jpg
http://f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/12700/12732.jpg
http://f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/12700/12740.jpg
http://www.formula1.com/wi/597...2011/dcd1115no09.jpg (http://www.formula1.com/wi/597x478/sutton/2011/dcd1115no09.jpg)


I think it is a device to measure aerodynamic downforce but a friend of mine with some racing experience was not so sure.

[Lorenzo Pessa]

Looking at F1 test pics I found something "strange" on a RBR

http://f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/12700/12754.jpg
http://f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/12700/12732.jpg
http://f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/12700/12740.jpg
http://www.formula1.com/wi/597...2011/dcd1115no09.jpg (http://www.formula1.com/wi/597x478/sutton/2011/dcd1115no09.jpg)


I think it is a device to measure aerodynamic downforce but a friend of mine with some racing experience was not so sure.

[RacingManiac]

Looks like a good way to get some flex-wing testing to correlate to modeling maybe? They ran the same thing at the beginning of the year also. And to note they were the only team that did.

I wouldn't be surprised if more teams will run something similar by the first test next season, especially seeing how hard of a time Ferrari was at trying out the flex-wing last couple of races...

[JulianH]

McLaren tested a similar system in the winter tests 2011:

http://img2.auto-motor-und-spo...-ee36e715-460864.jpg (http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Barcelona-F1-Test-2011-articleOpeningImage-ee36e715-460864.jpg)

[P. Jayaraman]

Scarab's F1 blog has a pretty good writeup on how it might work:

http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/