Ferrari will run an updated version of its F-duct in the Turkish Grand Prix this weekend.
The team say the changes are it make it “more user-friendly for the drivers.” When they last ran the device in Spain it their drivers had to take a hand off the steering wheel in order to active the F-duct.
The team said:
Having opted not to run the blown rear wing on the low-speed streets of Monaco, the device will make a return in Turkey and Friday’s free practice session will be used to evaluate a new management system for this wing, although its actual structure remains unchanged. The aim of the change is to make it more user-friendly for the drivers.
Generally, the characteristics of the track, which runs anti-clockwise, should suit the car well. Bridgestone is bringing its Soft and Hard compounds, which theoretically have not been best suited to the F10, but much work has been done in this area to improve the situation and make the car competitive whatever tyre choice is available. One can also expect higher temperatures this weekend than was the case in Barcelona, the last time this combination of tyres was on offer.
2010 Turkish Grand Prix
DC
26th May 2010, 8:14
So what is the terminology to use? Ferrari calls it a “blown rear wing.” McLaren has an “F-duct.”
Hamish
26th May 2010, 8:26
The term “f-duct” was a creation of the media. McLarens official name for it is the “RW80”
sato113
26th May 2010, 17:04
or the j-switch…
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
26th May 2010, 8:42
F-duct is what it was widely called first, that’s what most people know it as, so that’s what I’m sticking with for now.
Hamish
26th May 2010, 11:07
Yea Im with you mate, I call it an “F-Duct”. Just making the point thats what McLaren refers to it as.
We want turbos
29th May 2010, 18:28
It was the media that called it an “F” duct because it was on the F of Vodafone.
Chris P
26th May 2010, 8:33
McLaren don’t call it an F-Duct. This is something that was thought up by the media / press.
Prisoer Monkeys
26th May 2010, 8:37
Red Bull do. Technically, they call it an F’ing-Duct.
RFB
27th May 2010, 20:43
If only you knew the actual name used for the Red Bull Racing one…
HG
26th May 2010, 9:30
yes chris, because they wouldn’t tell us the name of it, because that would somehow make them magically appear on other cars :)
Ronman
26th May 2010, 9:54
some funny comments, i always thought it stood for F&^&%ing Duct… not seriously but hey….
PJA
26th May 2010, 13:43
I remember during a practice session on the BBC that they speculated on where the name F-Duct came from and someone suggested it was because the duct was located next to the f of Vodafone when McLaren first tested it. Does anyone know if this is true.
steph
26th May 2010, 17:13
I think so. Specifically I think Jonathon Noble coined the term but I could be wrong
SoLiD
26th May 2010, 18:08
I think it’s logicaly because the way the system works
The top of the F is the intake, the middle stripe is the opening in the cockpit, and the tale of the F is the pipe to the wing… that’s my view :)
Magnificent Geoffrey
27th May 2010, 2:39
I’m just going to pop by and say quickly how absolutely ingenious I think the original F-duct concept is. I can’t wait to see what the technical wizards think up of next.
chris
27th May 2010, 13:51
does anyone have any pics of the f duct? i hear Force India have developed one too.