Amazing. While the new R18 may not win any beauty contests in the most traditional sense, as soon as it puts a notch in the win column any doubts will be set aside. The aero concepts, if I'm looking at the car correctly, are perhaps most interesting.
The car is unbelievably low, with the air channeled over the top of the very low side pods, with pronounced channels directing the air back to the rear wing. It almost looks as though the entire car has been transformed into a sort of ground-effect tunnel of sorts, with the now-mandatory fin playing a large part in the process.
It's easy to see how the airflow will enter the front, above the splitter, channel around the greenhouse of the coupe, which it will most likely then be complimented by airflow entering from the side of the car as well, before being directed to exit between the rear wing and bodywork.
The sharp edges of the channels are clearly visible here, and it's not hard to see how this will work. Basically imagine that the extremely flat top of the side pods are the ground, and the rear wing and very end of the body work are like the ground effect tunnel on the back of this 962:
It doesn't look as slippery as I was expecting, but there's not a whole lot of wing on the back of the car either. Regardless I can't wait to see it on the track. It's a bummer it won't be there for Sebring, but at least I'll finally get to see the R15 now the R15++) in person.
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