What's Toyota Hiding?

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What's Toyota Hiding?

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In this time lapse video.... http://www.gofastvideo.com/video/1863/T ... uild-Video there is part about 2/3s of the way through where they blur out a portion of the car's body as it sits on the left side of the screen. What are they covering up? I have some friends asking and I have no clue. F1 fans out there????

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Looks like something on the undertray. That's one of the few things they're allowed to hide at this point (since it doesn't need to be covered to keep it hidden from a normal camera), so they may just be playing coy.
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Probably the exact shape of the rear diffuers.
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Steve Ekstrand wrote:Probably the exact shape of the rear diffuers.
That's what it looks like. With the limited rear wing, creating downforce by controlling airflow under the car will more important.
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the central diffuser is the the least restricted aero device in the rules. it's where 'the magic' happens.
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Marshall Grice wrote:the central diffuser is the the least restricted aero device in the rules. it's where 'the cheating' happens.
Fixed that for you! :D To all the "tifosi" out there
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Giovanni Jaramillo wrote: Fixed that for you! :D To all the "tifosi" out there
the forward part of the floor is where all the cheating happens. there aren't many rules for the central diffuser, so how can they cheat?
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Cheating physics is the best kind of deceit.
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Marshall Grice wrote:
Giovanni Jaramillo wrote: Fixed that for you! :D To all the "tifosi" out there
the forward part of the floor is where all the cheating happens. there aren't many rules for the central diffuser, so how can they cheat?
Joke Marshall...intended for Bill. I claim to know nothing of the rules but if there is some way to "bend" whatever rules there are for the rear diffuser I can ASSURE you Ferarri will exploit it to the max and then claim ignorance.
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you guys obviously haven't been paying attention today:

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/n ... 5200.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Christine Berry wrote:you guys obviously haven't been paying attention today:

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/n ... 5200.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
typical Scuderia...always trying to skirt around the rules. Great find Christine.
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Giovanni Jaramillo wrote:...I...know nothing ....
There, fixed that for ya'
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