I was going to draw everything in red pen, but then thought better of it. Note to emphasise: I'm not claiming I've got the flows around the sidepod right (or really any flows 100% right), this is just my best guess. These flows are complex, and sometimes unpredictable and counter-intuitive. I hope the analysis is still insightful!
As of now, what are the three teams that looks promising to you? And what are the three teams that have played safe?, Aston Martin is a bit confusing to me, McLaren can't guess like that
@@Barcodez5555 they had the fastest car over the last 3-4 sets of rules. The past doesn't have a guarantee of future success but your right it looks scary, Good.
Tip: the pen is great tool for explaining but maybe play with the opacity, like having 90% instead of 100% and after drawing the main flows switch to 50%.. That way the most important part, the main flow is always visible.
@@vyke2107 While I'm not saying I don't want them to be at the front of the pack, I think Aston Martin is going to be competing with McLaren and Williams, where Ferrari is finally going to be competing with Redbull and Merc again. To me it just doesn't seem likely, but hey, after last season anything can really happen.
Really liking how much more curvy these '22 cars are compared to the last decade or so. If nothing else the grid already looks better than it has for a while. =)
@@jannadrielcervo7753 The RB18 from the launch was a FOM built show car. And the only existing shakedown photo shows nothing if i am not missing a new photo thats around.
@@Superstocker669 I know. Yes the footage is too blurry like being shot in a Super 8 from 35 years ago. But you can make an outline that it looks quite similar to the Alpha Tauri. This is just purely my presumptions, but we will see next week what it actually looks like.
28:23 this was a much needed clarification: there are so many 'experts' in the comments already claiming which car will be faster than the other🤦🏻♂️ Glad to see an honest, logical point of view from an actual professional. Sometimes saying 'i don't know for sure because I lack the data' is way smarter than claiming to know everything like these people do on a regular basis.
Yeah people are just looking at the aero without knowing if it will work, they dont even know if the engines are going to be good or the brakes or anything will be cooled properly.
that said I love that this season we got at least 3 main interpretations with very different layouts even between the same philosophies! It was quite some times we did not see cars this different!
Also the whole front nose / wing section is modular : instead of a single detach point from the chassis, it seems to have two independent segments. It’s believed the crash validated element ends with the first segment, then the « tip » of the nose can be swapped for newer spec parts without needing a whole new crash test each time
It is indeed like that. It cuts on costs, time and it even has an advantage on the modularity and modulability of the front of the car. That's one clever solution that a lot of teams will implement in the near future, in my opinion.
@@gallahant Actually, the part of the nose which can be dismounted is exactly the same. What changes is the deformable impact structure: it doesn't include the nose tip. If you look at the images, you can see that there's one gap below the driver's number (the conventional one) and after that, one below the Pirelli logo (it outlines the end of the impact structure)
A lot of these details are missed when implemented mid season as the broadcasters will rarely go into this kind of detail... at least not for teams that aren't at the front
As much as the focus is on the exterior, there's a lot going on under the bodywork, from the powerplant to positioning of electronics and cooling systems like radiators, which I believe Ferrari have placed horizontally. We won't know for sure who's where until they hit the track but I'll be praying the prancing horse will be a title contender....Forza Ferrari! 🔥
Never been a Ferrari fan, but I'm really hoping this works. It's great to see an interpetation of the rules be so different from others, that helps with variety across the field. All these video's are making me excited for the 2022 season.
Huge fan of your channel. As an FSAE alum who LOVES all the technical details in F1 design that by in large are all hush-hush, your channel and to some extent Giorgio Piola's books are the only sources that get into the details at the level I like. So keep up the great work as I know this has to take a lot of effort/work, even for someone as proficient and knowledgeable in CFD/race car design as yourself. I'm fairly sure I know the answer to this, but are you ever going to be allowed to do a discussion on some of the design features of the Mercs you worked on? I realize you probably have a NDA of some sort and even if it is expired I wasn't sure if it's considered "taboo"/frowned upon to go into the design features beyond surface level. As I'd also imagine you're probably still close with a fair amount of people on the team and wouldn't want to upset them.
This analysis is amazing, I’m a proud Italian Tifoso Ferrari and this is what I was waiting for: a clear and detailed explanation of the car. THANK YOU
Kyle, I want to thank you for your in-depth analysis of these cars. It's so refreshing to hear somebody with the knowledge required to actually explain in detail what is potentially happening by an aerodynamic point of view, instead of what other medias write. I get that not everyone is in love with the technical side of motorsports, but I see a general lack of focus on technical articles; not that I'm an aerodynamics phenom (unlike Kyle), but if you have nothing to say...why talking? I think I read the words "aerodynamic concept" at least 1000 times, without anything substantial being told.
This was really cool! I work as a mechanical design engineer for a car company yet what I see chassis and aero come up with is still black magic to me. I’d love to move into aero design like this in the future so I appreciated this a lot! Cool to hear the perspective of an aero specialist from a pretty dang dominant team :P
Kyle I f***ing love your analysis videos. Hearing about flows from an actual aerodynamicist rather than a tv/RU-vid presenter is like going from watching a durex advert at 8 years old to losing your virginity at 16
I like to think that if something looks fast then it probably is, because that Ferrari is the best looking car we've seen yet. Interesting to see the variety in designs, testing and the early races of the season are going to damn exciting.
These videos are perfect for people like me, and many others, who are really interested in knowing why this is here and what it does. Love your videos, keep it up
Kyle, I am so thankful that you're back on RU-vid and are breaking down the F1 cars. It really makes my day. It's really exciting to learn and understand how air can be manipulated. Thank you for your content!
I really appreciate the detail in your presentation, Kyle. Your videos have been a great preparation for appreciating the work put in by the teams for the up-coming season. Thank you.
Absolutely on point! Love the content and I hope you can keep it up during the season, as some heavy development is to be expected! My new hobby is trying to figure out those aero concepts on my own and then compare with your analysis.
@@MeltingRubberZ28 I plagiarized my post..?🤔🤔🤔 Possibly haha but jks aside it came down to redbull finally catching up and having the better driver🤫don't @me lol
I love when such analysis bring us not only an explanation of what it's been presented, but also interesting suggestions about further developings of initial car concepts. Best video on RU-vid in 2022, hands down!
When I first saw the nose I was thinking that they may have made the wing less sensitive to yaw angle changes. Then after seeing the T tray portion I'm more leaning towards them accepting less downforce on the nose in order to condition the air to the T tray. As for the side pods, maybe they're feeding as much air to the beam wing in an effort to drive the diffuser harder. Could be waaay off, who knows. Either way, without a doubt this is the most interesting car so far
I think this is where we'll see a massive Spike for your Channel and I'm happy for you. thank you for these videos these are amazing and thank you for your aerodynamic knowledge cheers
Ok, its time for me to send some love in head of the Merc being shown. You are like a golden goose just spitting out great value to the racing nerds out there. The whole F1 season gets better by you explaining the aero bits in a way that, well at least us regular engineers can follow in a way that we can pretend and sound like we actually know stuff to our economist friends at the bar! So here's a 🍻 for a small algoritm boost!
With the packaging, I think: Ferrari, AMR and Sauber AR appear to be going make or break. Ferrari have taken this some what to logical extreme. This is the long sidepod/milk bottle? packaging. McLaren, Haas, Williams and Mercedes have gone conventional but Mercedes have taken this to the the logical extreme and Williams with the more radical interpretation. This is the short side-pod/coke bottle packaging. I am not sure how to explain AT and RBR, their downwash solution is not fully understood by me. This is like an intermediate packaging? I expect Alpine to take the long sidepod or downwash approach.
@@seb__0589 they didn't get lucky, they just had YEARS more to develop the hybrid engine of 2014 compared to the other manufacturers. Whether that is fair or not, you decide.
@@someonewithsomename More than one of the cars have been filmed in motion already. Surely that suggests those cars represent a phase in the race-ready spec's design at the very least.
I think people need to remember Williams in2019/2018 thought they had a solid racecar as that’s what the windtunnel and computers said. But we all know how that turned out
Great video! I really appreciate you doing these. It has definitely helped me in understanding the aero concepts of these cars. keep up the great work!
Thanks for the honesty at the end on whether it’s good or not! Great analysis overall too 👌. Seems a lot of details on this car judging by length of the video! Pushing a lot of different regs hard! I pray it is quick, but I’m worried that no one else has gone near this concept
I really love these new era of f1 cars. It feels like they came from a parallel universe where the 90s era F1 cars never evolved to be covered front to back with little aero appendages
As a long time F1 fan, I appreciate your channel and the info you put out. Its great having someone with your background to give us a better understanding on what is going on with the aero. I'm happy I found your channel.
I love the variations we are seeing this year! Yes, they'll start to look more like each other as the years go by, but these concepts will largely remain the same. Really excited to see how each package works out next week!
I love the honesty. I’ve seen people saying that it’s badly designed and it’s harming underfloor performance too much, and it’s obvious that no f1 team would decide on a concept and ignore all the losses. It’s refreshing to hear someone not claim to know everything on here!
The fact that this is your longest launch analysis video so far really shows how much there is on the Ferrari, of course whether it works or not remains to be seen when it hits the track
Love your material - back from the infinity splitters or whatever were called lol. Was so happy when you make it to F1 and happy to see you back here. Grateful for the analysis!
I have been looking forward to every release in this series. It is amazing to have such detailed knowledge of the cars going into next season. One suggestion I would make is to use a mouse highlighter while you are drawing. Sometimes I struggle to see where you are talking about quickly. Might be helpful. Love the content!! Thank you
I think the actual side pod is covered and finally there will be deeper undercut. I also recon there is a duct starting from cooling air intake, going along side up to the mounting point of rear suspension which will be collecting hot air and sending it to lower wing beam
about to watch the video and its the video I am most excited for because I am a Ferrari fan. I read an article from the the race and (I forgot his name) said that the car does not look good and very disjointed but ive seen others that says it looks really innovative and out of the box. surely it can't be that disjointed as its Ferrari, some of the best engineers in the world
And I didn't like his analysis either. He didn't do a lot of analysis on Ferrari like what Kyle did but all we can do now is hope Ferrari will have better car to fight for wins in almost every race this season.
I would love you to make an analysis of the IndyCar Dallara IR-03/05 that was raced until 2011, as I see many similar concepts from that car on the current breed of F1 cars!
I come across this video and thought oh no, another RU-vidr giving his opinions. But colour me shocked in that he has actual experience and real qualifications in the subject. I'll be checking his other videos out now.
Thanks for your efforts in giving us this really deep insight into this very complex and interesting topic - best I've seen so far, keep it up. It's really brilliant ! Looking forward to your explanations of the changes to the aero bits once the cars begin to evolve during pre-season testing or early races. Thanks a lot - cheers from Austria, M.
THIS IS THE BEST AERO ANALYSIS CHANNEL I KNOW OF, IS THERE A POWERTRAIN ANALYSIS CHANNEL ALSO, AND THANKS I THINK YOUR CHANNEL IS GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since you asked, here's a suggestion for future content you could make: how about a video that shows why Adrian Newey is so highly regarded in his craft? I'd love to see someone with your knowledge take a look at some of his innovations to see why/if/how they are so brilliant. Thanks a lot!
Kyle, I respect you ALWAYS setting our expectations of your breakdowns! What's telling and makes me trust you most is when you repeat the fact at the end that NOBODY, not even a NEWEY can looks at bodywork and automatically, unequivocally, without a doubt know exactly what the air is doing ONCE it encounters the physical bodywork!!! You can, based on your experience estimate or guessimate and set that type expectations AND that's ALL you can do! You'd need more evidence AKA data to get a more accurate picture or be there in the wind tunnel! Thanks again KYLE!
I would've been waiting for this video, except Kroger already has out with so many details! I'm glad he didn't cut it short just to get it out first, but still got it out quick. Super interesting and he actually has theories. Others just have general descriptions of shapes with no technical information on why, except for a few that still don't count close to this. Awesome!
One thing is for certain: while we haven't seen the actual cars going round in testing, as launch specs can be deceiving, it is cool to see teams doing very different things. By the way I wonder what Pat Simmons is thinking about them, after all he and his team created the rules all the engineers are applying now.
FTA (for the algorithm) I have nothing interesting to comment, but I love the vid and want more people to see it, so I'm commenting FTA. Thank you so much for your detailed analysis of every car and sharing all your knowledge with us.
Sidepods, cooling air louvres would be venting air at a different temperature to the clean air flowing over the main intake, this would allow the hot cooling air to spill into the divet low pressure area, keeping the ‘clean, air flowing over the top toward the rear wing
Hello! I have a question for you. Do you think the 2018 Merc or the 2018 Ferrari was the faster car??? I would much appreciate the answer! Great video btw, love it
Hey man just found your channel. And it's like gold for an F1 nerd like me. Nice to listen to the knowledge of someone who works inside the sport! Btw i subbed without thinking. Top level stuff
Another great analysis, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. It's certainly a very interesting car, I fear it will prove to be too adventurous but time will tell.
While not an indication of performance. I think one can glean from these analyses who has put more or less time (fabrication limits notwithstanding) into their concepts. Ferrari would seem like a team that has put in the most time in that regard.
Thanks for your excellent explanations and visualization. I am watching multiple of those videos from Scarbs and others and although they are all good resources and do also a very nice job, no one else apart from you could explain those things in such a way that I kind of get the grasp and think I can follow somewhat the design ideas and motivations of those concept. I never would say, that I really truly understand what is going on here, but what you are doing is to bring me as close as it is possible for a newbie to understand such things. Great work!
When I first saw the Ferrari I said ok beautiful car but will it be fast? I didn't know if the undercuts beneath the sidepods would be enough but your explaining does a lot in convincing someone like me that this might be a title contender. Great series of videos so far and I can't wait for your take on the W13 (both the stream and render versions perhaps?).The silver arrow looks quick and tight.
Did you watch to the end of the video? He made it crystal clear that with the information he had available, there is no way to tell whether the car will be fast or not.
👍 Can you also add a few less-technical comments in your videos? Like this improves this, that makes the car do that, This makes the car corner faster, this reduces drag etc. Or also give after the technical explanation also a simple explanation of what actually is achieved through a specific part or flow
This car reminds me so much of the F2012 car, it was so different in regard to design to the others, and I absolutely loved the look of their 2012 car, and I love this car!!!
@Kyle.enginners ; Coming back here after over two months. By the way, thanks to your aero F1 launch videos, they were very enjoyable! ... If I have a vote, I vote for F1 updates analyses for the next content, if you feel like it, of course. fyi,, half a million people a bit like me, might very well enjoy them! Thanks ;)
Not only is it beautiful but its nice seeing a car thats so different from everyone elses design. Cant wait to find out where in the pack it ends up. I really wish i could see how the air comes over the side pod. Definitely a large vortex being created i just cant wrap my ahead around the reasons why. I do feel like they've done something very clever to stall some components at high speed.
It was exciting whilst watching this series that as I am someone who doesn't have much knowledge on aero design and bodywork, I was able to say THEY HAVE A DOUBLE T-TRAY when I saw it :D :D
Great content. Very interesting, well explained. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work. As a Ferrari fan with no understanding of aerodynamics, I almost had a heart attack when I first saw those massive side pods. Your explanation will let me sleep happily until the first qualifying session 😂 . I really hope to see a great championship this year with many teams taking the fight to the wire. May the best team win!
