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Old 12-16-2016, 12:32 AM   #589 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
My guess is marketing.

It seems terribly redundant to scallop the wheel openings, and vent the wells from the rear with that vertical slot and to also have louvers.

I mean, that's three different ways the front wheel wells are vented, did the first two ways fail and they resorted to the tried and true louvers?

Or did customers expect to see louvers like on everything else in that market and express disappointment?
The two fastest LMP1 cars for the past few years, the Audi R18...


...and Porsche 919...


...and Toyota's new LMP1 car, the TS050...


...vent the wheels at the top and rear as well. And I suspect they wouldn't do that unless there was some benefit.
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