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Having another weekender, today in 🇫🇷 and found a bit of #F1tech
Ferrari front brake and duct #f1
📸 @brembo
#F1tech
We've not really seen any photos showing enough of the brake calipers yet. 🙁
Ducati hired an ex f1 designer Alan Jenkins many years ago, which started MotoGP on a new engineering path, not just for aero, but chassis development too.
Looking through @HRC_MotoGP photos from testing and R01, I noticed these add-ons to the RCV213V were fitted mid Buriram test.
They're closed, so there's no airflow through them or to inside the wing. May be they're acting like gurney flaps?
#MotoGPtech #MotoGP
My guess would be its cnc milled, Brembo saved 150g from last year!
AM is increasingly prevalent in this area, I wouldn't be surprised if there were printed BBW or Hydraulic manifolds in F1
Here's a rare look at a #F1 brake by wire (BBW) unit from @BremboBrakes. Rear braking is a mix disc brake & MGUK.
What pressure the driver puts into the pedal is measured by the ECU, which then balances the MGUK Regen and via the BBW disc any disc braking that's required
#F1tech
Only the rears are brake by wire. The driver needs to apply enough pressure to get the front breaks working
Here's a rare look at a #F1 brake by wire (BBW) unit from @BremboBrakes. Rear braking is a mix disc brake & MGUK.
What pressure the driver puts into the pedal is measured by the ECU, which then balances the MGUK Regen and via the BBW disc any disc braking that's required
#F1tech
I know what you mean. I can only guess they knew what they were doing!!!
Something new (old) from @ScarbsTech workbench.
Younger followers may not have seen this before. In the 70/80s when fires & being trapped in the car were more common, rules demanded that drivers had an air supply into their helmet to allow them to breathe.
#F1 #F1tech #F1retro
Yes, as well as better control out of slower, turns. The sector time suggested that Ferrari were better through the tighter sections. This will be a mix of the turbo and their energy strategy. Besides we're quite the reverse.
I explained a bit here...
motorsport.tech/formula-1/cl...
I don't think there will be longer times, it's pretty much the same as it was before
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.
#F1 #F1tech #AustralianGP
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.
#F1 #F1tech @xavigazquez.bsky.social
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
#F1
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.
#F1 #F1tech @xavigazquez.bsky.social
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?...
😁
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 🤔
