Sidepods On F1 Cars: What They Are & How They Work
2023年8月11日 · A sidepod on an F1 car is the bulge in the body of the car at either side of the driver, moving back to varying degrees alongside where the engine sits inside the car. Sidepods are used to cool the internal components and guide airflow over the car.
WATCH: F1’s 2022-spec sidepods explained - Formula 1
The revamped 2022 rules have thrown up some fascinating sidepod variations, from Ferrari’s ‘wide-pods’ to Mercedes’ radical slim-line design. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches?
What Are F1 Sidepods? - Performance Drivers Club
F1 sidepods are key components of Formula 1 cars that play a crucial role in enhancing aerodynamic efficiency and managing airflow. These intricate structures are carefully designed by skilled engineers to optimize the airflow around the car, reducing drag and increasing downforce.
TECH ANALYSIS: Mercedes stick to their guns on unique sidepod …
2023年2月15日 · Front corner of W14 (L) and W13 (R) sidepods compared. The exposed upper side impact beam is used, as before, to direct airflow down to the lower exposed floor, accelerating that airflow and giving it extra energy as it travels to …
Gary Anderson: The variance in F1 2022’s sidepods explained
2022年3月9日 · Aston Martin has gone for a fully-open sidepod undercut, running from front to back. This enables it to get the maximum airflow over the top surface of the underfloor, which should generate a larger area of pressure differential – high pressure above, low pressure below.
Technical Insight: The varied designs of F1’s 2022 sidepods
2022年3月12日 · Ferrari and Aston Martin have in fact chosen to keep the sides of the bodywork quite high, channeling the flow of air higher towards the rear. The lower area of the AMR22 sidepods (above) act as a corridor for the flow of air, while Ferrari surprised many with its innovative and completely unconventional choice of bodywork (below).
ANALYSIS: Ferrari sidepods hint at unique direction for F1-75 - Formula 1
2022年2月17日 · The Ferrari designers have opted for a sidepod arrangement which ramps gently down in its lower regions, but which has an upward ramp where the sidepods merge into the engine cover and with a scalloped-out section in that transition. Like the Aston Martin, it has cooling slats on the sidepod top surface.
Gary Anderson explains Mercedes’ radical F1 sidepods
2022年3月10日 · Mercedes’ striking sidepod design has been the biggest talking point of Formula 1’s 2022 pre-season Bahrain test. Ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson gives his verdict on the design and its legality
How the downwash solution ended up winning F1's sidepod war
2023年8月15日 · Much like the downwash ramp solution, the sidepod bodywork employed by Ferrari is wider than what's needed to envelop the internal components, with much of that bodywork engaged in reconditioning...
Why Mercedes' radical sidepods are testing's biggest talking point
2022年3月10日 · SAKHIR, Bahrain -- In the space of Formula One's two preseason tests, Mercedes has presented two very different versions of its new car. When the W13 left Barcelona after the first test it looked...