Bojan Vrbnjak
formula 1 sent to the teams in an internal document new wing designs for race car concepts from the season 2021. She did not make it public no photo, and therefore something information. Racing cars will look even more so dramatically as in previous drafts, their front wings however, they will be reminiscent of wings of modern passenger aircraft. Because formula 1 has internally introduced a race car called "Lima“Who got more elegant in dramatically front and rear wings.
Pat symonds, technical chief Formula 1 in Nicolas Tombazis iz FIA, focused mainly on the front wings. That's supposed to get it futuristic arc and would separate from the actual flat wings. 2 meters wide wings should be dramatically curved upwards, like the end of a passenger plane’s wing. Teams will be allowed to use in this area your ideas.
Also hind wings has been corrected. From aesthetic reasons na would become wider, in addition, it should end plates curved inward. Further changes include, for example 25 millimeters the lower tip of the car's nose, new bottom, higher chassis and more spacious cockpit, thanks to the higher headrest and of course the system Halo.
It was first tested in a wind tunnel in August 50 percent model race car. Guardians of the rules they were very enthusiastic about the results. The goal is that you can race cars better follow and that it will be with that improved just racing, was obviously achieved. Wind tunnel testing with Lima model will last until October until they are finally published as well new rules of the 2021 season.
In these testing it will also be a question of whether it could be front wings maybe even narrowerwithout creating turbulence. The highest priority but he has - in spite of everything aesthetic action - better tracking a competitor in front of him. It's still in August Symonds said: “The results are better than we expected and thought before we started this project. With the current configuration, the results are great."
