Teams Exploit Flap Design to Amplify Outwash Effect

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Flap Design,Outwash Effect,Regulations

Teams in the newer generation of cars have found a way to amplify the outwash effect by exploiting the design of the flaps and endplate connections, despite regulations aiming to limit this. Mercedes was the first to propose a similar solution in 2022, leading to a number of similar arrangements across the grid.

The design centres around how the flaps connect to the endplate and how that can be used to amplify the outwash effect that’s being generated.This is something that the regulations for this newer generation of cars was supposed to limit, in order to improve wheel-to-wheel racing by means of reducing the overall wake output of the cars.

For Alpine, it has forsaken the addition of any winglets above the flaps but has opted for the semi-detachment of the upper three elements, rather than the upper two elements in the case of Williams. Meanwhile, the overall architecture of the front wing has been modified in accordance with the introduction of its semi-detached flap solution, with the shape and function of the flaps being altered significantly, as can be seen with the dotted line on the trailing edge of the upper flaps.

 

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