Mercedes, Williams y RB introducen mejoras en China en la misma zona del coche

Aunque los equipos suelen ser reacios a introducir grandes paquetes de desarrollo para los fines de semana de carreras al sprint, debido a lo limitado del tiempo en pista, esto no les impide buscar mejoras de otras maneras.

Y, curiosamente, en las propuestas de los equipos presentadas a la FIA para la carrera de este fin de semana en Shanghai, tres equipos han realizado revisiones en la zona que rodea al piloto y el cockpit.

mercedes, williams y rb introducen mejoras en china en la misma zona del coche

RB F1 Team VCARB 01 halo detail

Detalle del halo del RB F1 Team VCARB 01

Foto de: Jon Noble

En RB, se ha remodelado el reposacabezas situado detrás del casco del piloto para ayudar a gestionar mejor la separación del flujo de aire en esta zona, lo que debería tener beneficios más adelante.

En Mercedes y Williams, los cambios han llegado a la zona del halo, que también está destinada a limpiar el flujo de aire.

mercedes, williams y rb introducen mejoras en china en la misma zona del coche

Mercedes F1 W15 halo detail

Detalle del halo del Mercedes F1 W15

Foto de: Jon Noble

Mercedes ha añadido una pequeña aleta a cada lado del cockpit, detrás del Halo.

La idea es que estos retoques ayuden a generar pequeños vórtices que ayuden a controlar el flujo que sale del cockpit, lo que a su vez hace que el aire se dirija mucho mejor hacia el alerón trasero.

mercedes, williams y rb introducen mejoras en china en la misma zona del coche

Williams FW46 halo detail

Detalle del halo del Williams FW46

Foto de: Jon Noble

En el caso de Williams, la geometría de la parte delantera del Halo se ha ajustado para aumentar el ángulo de ataque.

Esto ayuda a ordenar el flujo de aire alrededor del halo y controla mejor las pérdidas que ha notado dentro de la zona del cockpit.

Los beneficios de hacerlo así deberían redundar en una mejora del flujo de aire hacia la parte trasera y el alerón trasero, lo que a su vez aumenta la eficiencia aerodinámica.

El jefe de rendimiento de vehículos de Williams, Dave Robson, dijo que aunque los cambios parecían relativamente menores en el gran esquema de las cosas, la zona del cockpit era bastante crítica en términos de distribuir mejor el flujo de aire por el resto del coche.

Por eso consideraba intrigante que otros equipos también hubieran introducido cambios aquí el mismo fin de semana.

“Es una zona importante”, dijo. “Vi la lista [de la FIA] esta mañana y me sorprendió la coincidencia.

“Pero en nuestro caso, hicimos algunos vis de flujo en nuestra cubierta del Halo hace un par de carreras, y vimos algunos aspectos del flujo que no nos gustaban. Eso es lo que nos inspiró para mejorar el flujo, tomar las pérdidas del cockpit y asegurarnos de que acaban en la parte correcta de la parte trasera del coche”.

Robson consideró que había dos factores críticos en juego con los equipos que introducían mejoras en esta área: demostraba que los detalles importaban más, y también era algo que se podía hacer de forma barata y rápida.

“Es uno de esos cambios graduales que hay que hacer”, afirmó. “Y esperemos que sea más eficaz de lo que parece.

” Pero lo otro es que es relativamente rápido de hacer. Estamos en esa fase en la que hemos llevado el alerón delantero [actualizado] a Japón, lo que supone mucho trabajo y una gran introducción, y estamos trabajando en el siguiente paquete de mejoras aerodinámicas.

“Por lo tanto, algo como el carenado del Halo es relativamente pequeño y podemos introducirlo a bajo coste”.

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