The design centres around how the flaps connect to the endplate and how that can be used to amplify the outwash effect that’s being generated.
This is something that the regulations for this newer generation of cars was supposed to limit, in order to improve wheel-to-wheel racing by means of reducing the overall wake output of the cars.
However, knowing the value of generating outwash from the front wing and the role it can play in improving performance downstream, teams have inevitably looked for a means to recover any losses.
