Darko Senčar
The year 2022 will be started by all Formula 1 teams new race car. Both sports and technical rules have changed. Changes to the front wing will lower the thrust level, but it will tracking the race car much easier. The reason for this is less turbulent air.
It doesn’t sound most logical that it will larger front wings provide less thrust. With the new rules in F1 comes major changes in the field of aerodynamics. Especially on the front wing. It will create less due to the larger surface area "Disturbing" air, as in previous years. The thrust will decrease, but it will be a lot easier to follow the race car in front of you.
Journalist F1 Mark Hughes and technical expert George Piola on the F1 website, they describe an analysis of upcoming aerodynamic changes. Because the air in a race car first hits the front wings, the front wings are always the starting point for the development of aerodynamics. Hughes: “The problem with the old wing design was the so-called Y250 vortex. Flat part in the middle of the nose. ”
This creates a swirling airflow that moves faster to the bargeboards, which means more turbulent air behind the car and consequently difficult tracking of the car. The new rules are intended to ensure that the Y250 vortex is avoided. The number of permitted elements on the front wing was reduced from five to four. Basically, the surface area of the wing will increase because there will be fewer complex elements than we have been used to so far. Bargeboards will also be simplified, which will further contribute to lower production turbulent air.
Hughes lastly pointed out the fact that there will be a limit on the upcoming season front wing tilt adjustment. The allowable inclination will have a smaller angle, which means that the thrust force will also be lower. The air trapped at the top of the wing creates a thrust. The higher the inclination, the greater the thrust.
