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1、FormulaGiorgioPiola1technicalanalysis2008-092008GeneralFerrariF2008-nosecone(07January)TheF2008’snoseconeappearsvisiblyhigherthanthatontheF2007,aresultofthelongerpillarsthatconnectittothefrontwing(1).Thebaseofthenoseisalsoheavilysculpted,therebyprovidingbettermanagement
2、oftheairflowpassingunderneathit,anareathatiscrucialtothecar’soverallaero-dynamicefficiency.FerrariF2008-enginecover(07January)Thenewenginecoverisslimmerthanitspredecessor,withthebodyworkactinglikeasecondskin,encompassingtheen-gineheadsandtheairboxhiddeninside(yellowarro
3、w).Thisprovidesacleanerairflowtotherearwing,increasingthewing’sefficiency.Thisisevenmorecrucialthaninthepast,followingthetractioncontrolban,asitwillimprovethecar’sgriplevels.FerrariF2008-sideprotection(07January)Thesideprotectionaroundthedriver’shelmet(blackarrows)is15m
4、mhigherthanontheF2007.Thisispartlybecauseofnewsafetyrulesbutisalsotheresultofthechassis’slightlylowerfrontsection.Thehigherprotectiondoesn’tlimitthedriver’srearvisibilitysince,asontheF2007,therear-viewmirrorsareplacedontheoutermostedgeofthesidepods.2McLarenMP4-23-fronts
5、uspension(11January)Thechangesmadetothecar’sfrontsuspensionareparticular-lyinteresting.AsontheFerrariF2008,thefrontofthechassisnowhigherthanthatofitspredecessor,hencethequantityofairflowpassingunderneaththecarhasbeendramaticallyin-creased.Asaresult,theteamhaveangledthel
6、owerwishbone(2)downwardsandincreasedthenumberofsmallsculptedwinglets(1)underneathinordertomanagetheairflowmoreefficiently.McLarenMP4-23-rearbodywork(11January)ComparedtotheMP4-22,therearofthecarhasbeenvisiblylowered,withtheexhaustpipesnowplacedfurthertotheside.Therearen
7、ewmovablecovers(1),whichcouldbereplacedwithcoolingslitsastheseasonprogresses.Thewingletbe-hindtheventingchimney(2)hasalsobeenrefined.Ratherthanbeingcurved,asontheMP4-22,theprofileofitstopedgeisnowcompletelyflat.Thisincreasesthequantityandpressureoftheairflowdirectedtowa
8、rdstherearwing,andusesthelowpressureoftheexitinghotexhaustgassestoac-celeratethatairflow.McLarenMP4-23-cockpit
