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Race performance is looking more complex this year:
-Race start/Lap1
-Energy management
-Tyre management
-Reliability
We will be lucky to see ten cars finishing. There's points on offer for the midfield today.
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RBR's SLM set up
Thx to XPB
Inside the nose is a unit that both hydraulically pushes down the flaps & finely adjusts the flap angle, with a splined tool through the hole.
NB the rocker set-up is guesswork, there must a return spring too in case of hyd failure.
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For the sensors and cameras

How teams swap noses with Active Aero.
It varies by team, but most have hydraulic actuators in the nose, which takes a feed from the cars hyd pump.
The nose already has an electronics quick connector.
There will also be a hydraulic dry break coupling, which mates/seals as the nose is fitted
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Its a dry break set up, no bleeding/ pressure loss. Damage would not wreck the whole hydraulic system, it be closed off at steering rack valve block.

RBR's SLM set up
Thx to XPB
Inside the nose is a unit that both hydraulically pushes down the flaps & finely adjusts the flap angle, with a splined tool through the hole.
NB the rocker set-up is guesswork, there must a return spring too in case of hyd failure.
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I always thought battery conditioning was to do with getting the right operating temperature across all the cells, to get maximum efficiency from them.

Oh I know the cost alright!
I've got a handful of Staublis in my F1 part's collection, sadly never seemed to be a mating pair in the right size to fit to my kit car 🙁

Thank you 👍

Here's how a dry break coupling works...
youtu.be/JMU7NOSyjS0?...

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How teams swap noses with Active Aero.
It varies by team, but most have hydraulic actuators in the nose, which takes a feed from the cars hyd pump.
The nose already has an electronics quick connector.
There will also be a hydraulic dry break coupling, which mates/seals as the nose is fitted
#F1

Reliability is going be a huge factor in the championship

#GR63 takes new PU components: ES, CEK, ANC
2026 #F1 PU regs
The PU is split up into components, with a limit per driver.
1st time over that limit its a 10 place grid penalty, then 5 for each one after.
For 2026 there's an extra unit of each, + Audi being new, get 1 extra.

Yes, they can switch them, pretty much the same as they did before. Not sure why Mcl fixed LN1s in situ 🤔

Small details on the Red Bull first seen in testing.
Some strakes added to the wakeboards, also notice the twist in the support beam.
On the diffuser wall a vertical vane, in a similar manner to Mercedes.
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Aston Martin have had huge problems, but the aero programme marches on relentlessly. With an all new front wing, with a creased mid down and a narrow section opening with Straight Line Mode. Also, sone clever work to integrate small turning vanes into the front of the floor.
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Great pics from Audi of their outwash sidepod/floor philosophy
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Williams have run a new front wing endplate strake, this requires the tyre temperature sensor pod to be moved.
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Great info. Thx.
What's the torque/power curve difference between the two?

I've not heard anything about firing orders

Here's the 2026 #F1 clutch and damper from ZF Racing
An F1 clutch is typically 98mm diameter and weighs under 1kg.
Red Bull/VCarb have long been the key customers for their clutches. Altho I don't yet know about which teams are supplied in 2026
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We rarely get to see the car at this angle on TV or photos. But it shows what's needed to clean up the aero, if not the post race debris 😆

If you are at the #Ausgrandprix check in for Willem Toet's #F1 aero talk.
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I know right? !!!

#F1 Wheels, Brakes, Tyres and Nuts, how they looked nearly 40 years ago...
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I'm sure there are regulations for this