Next year is the year where a new era of Formula One begins, where next year, 2022, to be exact, there will be changes to regulations and racing car designs.
On Thursday (15/7/2021), Formula One showed a new generation car which showed the basic design of a 2022 race car. All these updates were supposed to be implemented in 2021 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, F1 postponed it to 2022.
The change in the design of this car is to improve racing actions such as mutual overtake between drivers where we know last year the drivers did not show too much overtaking action and last year's podium was almost always filled by the same drivers, namely Hamilton, Verstapen, and Botas and also the winner of the world title always gets Hamilton.
If you are curious about what has changed in the 2022 F1 car, read the following discussion
Changing aerodynamics
to improve the racing action Formula One changes the aerodynamics which at this time is claimed downforce the car loses as much as 35% compared to this year's car when in a position to follow another car in front of it within a distance of 20 meters. And as it gets closer to 10 meters, the lost downforce gets even bigger to 47%. This is because the air flow from the car in front (dirty air) creates turbulence and destabilizes the aerodynamics of the car behind it.
For the 2022 car itself, the design of the aerodynamic components has been modified and simplified to overcome this. The front wing will be linked directly to the nose cone, the complicated bargeboard is removed, the rear wing is wider, while the venturi tunnel feature under the car is the biggest downforce generator through the 'ground effect'. This design is not expected to create as big an impact as the current car design.
Fairing and wheel cover
Finally F1 changed their wheels by using 18-inch alloy wheels, these larger wheels are intended to make F1 more relevant to the latest road car styles and technology.
The wheel cover that has returned since the last time it was allowed in 2009, is accompanied by the application of an additional small wing (winglet) on the top side of the front wheel. Its function is to control the air waves that emerge from the front wheels and are directed away from the rear wing. The role of the winglets replaces the vortex generator that will be absent from the front wing, but is just as effective and supports the potential to follow other cars closely.
New front wing
The design of the front wing is completely changed, especially in the construction of the muzzle and front wing. The dimensions of the nose cone are made lower and directly merge with the front wing. The series of front wing blades will no longer hang on the pillars that are connected to the nose cone, as well as the endplates that form an integral part of the wing.
The purpose of making a wing like this is to produce more consistent downforce when doing a slipstream or following a car in close proximity. In addition, the air waves from the front wheels will be controlled and directed to the underside of the car in the least disturbing way.
Curved Rear Wing
The new construction of the rear wing creates a rotating airflow that collects the rear wheel airwaves and coils them into the airflow from the diffuser. Airflow from the back of a 2022 F1 car.
Narrower airwaves are then flown higher, thanks to a steeper diffuser angle. The resulting airflow at the rear will make it easier for other cars to follow and stick behind when trying to overtake. Because the air flow is cleaner due to less disruption. While the rear wing design changes drastically, the DRS feature will remain but is still under study
Retro Aero Features
If the current F1 car has a flat floor from front to back, the new car will have a tunnel-like opening in the corner near the sidepod. The angle of the large opening of the venturi tunnel will allow more air to flow into the bottom, which is then continued into the diffuser. The dimensions of the larger diffuser and steeper angle will make stronger downforce generated.
More Environmentally Friendly Machine
F1 will still use the specifications of the 1.5-liter turbo hybrid V6 engine that has been used since 2014. However, there will be a number of adjustments applied to the engine so that the competition on the track can be more balanced.
The FIA will also require every F1 team to use a new type of fuel that is more sustainable. F1 fuel from 2022 is required to have a bio-component ratio of 10%. The type of fuel, which will be named E10, has improved its bio-component ratio from the current fuel which is only 5.75%. E10 itself comes from the abbreviation of Ethanol and 10% fuel mixture.
Increased Safety
F1 in 2022 also has enhanced safety, which as we know at the Bahrain GP 2020 there was an incident involving Romain Grosjean there was a terrible accident when the car driven by Grosjean hit a wall which then set his car on fire.
In 2022 cars the chassis construction is designed to allow the engine parts to be separated from the chassis in a safe manner, without exposing the fuel tank in the event of a major collision. The accident that killed Anthoine Hubert in the 2019 F2 was also the basis for the development of the 2022 chassis, especially the longer monocoque section to help dissipate energy during a collision, as well as the stronger side to withstand collisions from the side.
Source:Formula 1
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021