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Bugatti's Cosworth built V16's crankshaft has its crankpin split 90° for the one part of cross plane crank V8 and then the other part mirror's this and then split 45° between the two parts of two cross plane crank phase of its V16 crankshaft. This 45° split is to get one firing order per two top dead center position of the crankshaft for the 90° configuration.

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Curiosity kills the cat, suspect that the louvers on the top sidepod indentation are suppose to underperform as heat exchangers and instead are a form of vortex generators


The difference to the AMR22 makes it even more apparent
#aero #aerodynamics #aerodynamic #F12022 #F1 #formula1 #formulaone #technology

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That raised rear section from #mclaren's #MCL36 with its push-rod set up begs curiosity and then an illustration suddenly pops up

The low wing elements that sits just above of the diffuser too harks back MP4-29 at when the had vertical aero shapes on the rear wishbones known as the butterfly suspension


A push-rod link is an obvious choice probably to squeeze as minimal space on the lower region of the transaxle as possible to get the smallest dimensions and flow as much air towards those steeply angled wing just above the diffuser


The suspension components then are mounted above the gearbox where hot air exits, an area not as critical as the lower region of such a design

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Red Bull Racing RB16B rear diffuser gets more serrations for the Steiermark Grand Prix

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The French Grand Prix. The lap times between Lewis's lead on lap 18 to the beginning of lap 20 saw Max closed a gap 2.741 second to him overtaking Lewis entering the first corner in the undercut battle.
Many were surprised that even Lewis's race engineer predicted a 1.5 second "should be" lead just as Lewis was driving down the pitlane
We will see how Lewis lost this

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Cleaned up subtitles and translation on this video

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Next piece would be about why the swan neck wing stand is the preferred choice and another alternative possibilities

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