Overall downforce loads are even greater at the Hungaroring than in Monaco. Every possible piece of bodywork is finalised with this in mind and every year teams try to reduce the additional drag the changes create. On the F1.07 the usual single tail winglet on the rear crushable structure has been...
The latest version in Hungary sports two changes. Firstly, the boards now feature a generous vertical fin (1) on the edge of the horizontal upper profile at the front. This provides a channel for the airflow coming from underneath the front wing. Secondly, a small horizontal lip (2) has been applied...
The revised wing introduced at the Nurburgring has been further developed for Hungary. The main profile sports a deeper central spoon section, featuring straight sides (see lower arrow) rather than the previous arch shape. The flap now has an increased chord, especially at the extremities, and...
Even the slightest detail counts in the continual development of the aero package. In Hungary, the winglets in front of the rear wheels have been altered with revisions to their endplates, which are now slightly shorter and bent inwards so as to eliminate turbulence generated by the airflow passing...
The famous horns were gone at the last round at the Nurburgring and remain absent in Hungary, though it is too early to say whether the change is definitive. What is clear is that the new 'cleaner' configuration of the engine cover works in partnership with the heavily-revised rear wing adopted at...
In Hungary we are reaching the point in the season where common trends are emerging in the development of cars. Solutions that have proved efficient in the hands of the frontrunners are being adopted by teams further down the grid - and this long, high, narrow engine cover is one example. Here, Red...
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