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Old 04-03-2011, 03:39 AM   #31
steevyjeors

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Very clever solution by Newey, and most probably difficult for other teams to implement without a large change in design philosophy, cause I do not believe for a second that Ferrari and McLaren could not build a wing that behaves similarly, it's just that their cars would not be any faster with it cause it would most probably unbalance their cars (front to rear downforce).
I don't agree with that, though I do agree with your analysis of what RBR are doing.

If Ferrari or McLaren could do what RBR do they'd be doing it and adapt the rest of the car accordingly. I think the other teams simply don't have the expertise at the moment to lay the carbon fibre in a way that would not flex at all up to a certain load then flex predictably at greater loads. Thats not to say they won't catch up of course and I bet members of the RBR carbon fibre department are getting regular job offers right now.
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