{"id":15744,"date":"2012-04-05T06:50:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T10:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=15744"},"modified":"2012-04-05T06:50:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T10:50:44","slug":"mercedes-clever-f-duct-not-easily-copied-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/mercedes-clever-f-duct-not-easily-copied-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes’ clever F-duct not easily copied – report"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the case of Sauber’s clever exhaust solution, Red Bull simply rolled out a copy in the days before the 2012 season.<\/p>\n

\"Mercedes\"Writing in O Estado de S.Paulo, Brazilian correspondent Livio Oricchio said the Sauber philosophy makes ingenious use of something called the ‘Coanda effect’.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the FIA’s strict clampdown on blown exhaust technology for 2012, the C31 uses the Coanda effect – named after Romanian aerodynamics pioneer Henri Coanda – to legally entice the flow of exhaust to the diffuser.<\/p>\n

Ferrari is understood to be the next team set to follow suit.<\/p>\n

Red Bull, Ferrari and Lotus, however, have a vastly different attitude when it comes to Mercedes’ clever F-duct, which uses the existing DRS rules to redirect air from the rear of the W03 car to the front.<\/p>\n

The concept not only significantly boosts straight line speed but also improves handling.<\/p>\n

The FIA’s Charlie Whiting has declared that Sauber and Mercedes are doing nothing wrong.<\/p>\n

But the three aforementioned teams continue to rail against the F-duct, even leaving open the threat of protest ahead of the Chinese grand prix.<\/p>\n

Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko explains: “Lotus, who are very responsible, have discovered two ways in which the F-duct is not in accordance with the regulations.”<\/p>\n

So is the difference in attitude when it comes to the Sauber and Mercedes innovations actually about the ease in which they can be copied?<\/p>\n

Oricchio quotes Red Bull’s Adrian Newey as having said in Malaysia: “In regard to the aerodynamic (F) duct of the Mercedes, and sending the airflow from the back to the front, it is necessary to review the entire project.”<\/p>\n

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