Did anybody notice ??? (Barge boards - Technical)

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:02 am

Did anybody notice that Toyota and B.A.R were running without Barge Boards......Now i always thought that without barge boards your laptimes suffer (ask fisichella, he knows first hand) and button was quite quick with there new modifications.....if you find this a bit curious please let me know....

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:25 pm

If I am not mistaken, BAR and Toyota don't have huge barge boards as such. I guess it all comes down to the design philosophy of the car. But I am no expert and my aero knowledge stops here

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:40 pm

JayVee wrote:BAR and Toyota don't have huge barge boards as such.

They had absolutely no barge boards whatsoever....let alone big ones

(or small ones)

It just confuses me coz they always used to go "OH, No...he has lost his barge boards, thats gonna ruin his race".....now they purposefully take them off and still go like a rocket...

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:50 am

Perhaps they have other aero modifications thet make barge boards superfluous. There are so many widgets and dooflickers hanhing off the sides of cars now, it is hard to tell what does what.

Ed · Post by Ed » Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:11 pm

T-K,

BAR haven't been using barge boards since 2003. Toyota also stopped using them from the German GP in 2003.

Their main use is to direct clean air into the sidepods for engine cooling and to direct airflow around the sides of the car.

It appears that both BAR and Toyota don't see a benefit from using them. However, the image below of the side of the TF105 while not having a barge board shows smaller aero devices that direct airflow behind the front wheels

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:55 pm

T-K,

BAR haven't been using barge boards since 2003. Toyota also stopped using them from the German GP in 2003.

Thanks ed...I find it amazing that i never noticed it before.....

That clears it up quite sufficiently....