Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari baffles by testing item “unlike anything I’ve ever seen”

Innovation on Lewis Hamilton's Ferrar𒉰i SF-25 confuses ex🍸perts

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari confused technical experts in the F1 paddock with one intriguing aꦜspect of their testඣing programme in Bahrain.

On T𒉰hursday (Day 2) of pre-season testing, Hamilton’s SF-25 was fitted with multiple probes which extended from the front wing and stretched out in front of it.

Upon its return to the garage🎶, Sky Sports’ Ted Kravitz got a closer look - but was left bewildered.

Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari confuses experts in Bahrain

“Let’s look at the aero probe on the front, it’s really quite peculiar,ꦑ and unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” Kravitz said.

“It’s a head-on probe🍨, just measuring the air as it hits the central section🐼 of the nose.

“Y♌ou can see the wiring goes into the cooling hole near the Prancing Horse badge because there’s nဣo other way to wire it.

“It’s very low to the grཧound so Hamilton had to be careful on his laps, not to get any kerb strikes, or to get the car close to anyth𝓀ing which will upset it.

“It’s lower than the front wing, lower than Hamilton would expect the g⭕roun💎d clearance to be.

“It’s a really interesting couple of probes. The air flow under the centra🌱l part of the nose section is crucial to feeding the central part of the floor, and the throat of the car, and getting maximum air flow underneath these ground-effect c🔯ars.

“It’s a crucial section for𒆙 them to measure, even though I’ve never seen two probes like that, at that point of the front wing.”

Kravitz ✃was not the only technical expert in Formula 1 who was left scratching his head by the item 🎃on Hamilton’s Ferrari.

Sam Collins analysed it: “Those probes stick further forward than the leading edge of the 𒆙noജse.

“The car, in theory, should be influencing th🥃at. But is it an✃ aerodynamic valve where the air is being pushed ahead of the front wing?

“I think they are trying to get an understa🃏nding of the air flow☂ just ahead of the front edge of the front wing.

“Then they’ll study more probes downstream, which we haven’t seen yet, which will study the impact of 🐎that.

“It’s an inter♕esting layout. I’ve never seen anything like that.”

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