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James
Davies and Juha Kivekas
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Michael
J. Fuller
The
front diffuser is very simply. The sections directly in front of
the front tires have very little ramp leaving two more aggressively ramped
sections to reside either side of the tub. The WR does not have a
raised footbox/crash structure section. Some of the air from the
diffuser is grabbed by the inside face of the wheel well exit that is stepped
away from the tub allowing room for air to flow into the sidepod. |
At
Sebring in 2002 the front diffuser sections of the WRs were filled with
foam. The only speculation here is that perhaps they were having
stalling issues with the diffuser or aero. balance issue with the fore/aft
downforce. |
The
wheel well exit is very large and sculpted. |
Note
the rear brake cooling plenums integral to the underfloor. |
