How the 2022 F1 Aero Tunnels Actually Work

So those old flat floors are out - and well now we have aero tunnels - and strap in - these are genius. I’m so excited for these aero-tunnels man.

And these, rather than a flat floor and this ‘kick line’ that ramps up into the diffuser. So flat floor with air being pulled through by a large diffuser.

Now, we’re going to have these sort of three-part tunnels

throat so you'll have this bit by the side of the cockpit where you have a ramp section going down converging and then you have a section which i've described in some of my drawings as a flat floor it's not strictly flat it's kind of curved then you're then allowed to have a much bigger effectively a diffuser which is just an even bigger tunnel starts much earlier

if we go back to the journey of the air going under the floor the air will arrive at the front of the car so the air will arrive pretty much untouched and then go into this converging section and it will start to accelerate as it goes into this converging section until you reach that first kick line and this is where you'll get the first burst of downforce the first burst of really low pressure the air will then continue to accelerate under that middle flatter section of floor

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On the previous cars this would create loads of dirty air that made life much worse for the car behind - it came out the rear of the car very low and spread wide by all the outwash.

now what you'll have is the tunnels will end with the beam wing which is the lower rear wing which is of quite strong quite a powerful wing and then you'll have this big curved upper wing and these will all collect the airflow that comes out of the diffusers and then push it upwards and eventually outwards which they describe it is the mushroom

This actually lifts the dirty air up and above the car behind - genius!

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[Driver]

What where's Scott?? He's away for this week, so you've got me (Callum) instead!

I'm really excited to see what clever loopholes the teams find with these aero tunnels! *Drop a sub if you haven't already*

[repapeti]

Most of us take it for granted with all these talented creators on the platform, but I want to give a shoutout to the editor! You're doing a great job!

[killbillvol]

"without cars, motorsport is just jogging." Now I weirdly find myself wondering which F1 circuit would provide for the most exciting foot race. The brain is a crazy place.

[king_zapp]

Are you guys just keeping Craig Scarborough captive in your basement? Feeding him carbon fiber and motor oil until the new season starts?

[MiniMii]

I can't wait for whenever the first wet session is this year, hopefully we'll get some dramatic and beautiful rooster tails come off the back of the cars

[Jojo_Bee]

They'll create vortices in a way it will seal the floor of the car. What I am also curious is the amount of design work and loopholes in tech regs engineers will find in order to design better, more efficient, Venturi tunnels and diffusers

[randomdude]

I'm optimistic about the regulations for closer racing in 2022.

[rbeh]

I'll be interested to see what happens if they ride the curbs and the impact that might have on the aero underneath the car. I can't see the 2022 cars being as aggressive on the curbs if its going to massively impact downforce

[broncojones]

Can't wait for the first wet race were the cars produce mushroom clouds behind them... In all seriousness, the way the diffuser anfd the rear wing is desingned I feel like this will massively incerease the already big problem of spray in wet races. Also the cars will hoover a dry line in like 2 laps after rain stops I guess.

[hubert]

Scarb is the man! Many thanks to him for his great insights. Especially now during winter when there's no racing and weather doesn't permit to ride my lovely bikes.
Much love <3

[gdogg]

Turbocharged, ground effect F1 cars…all we are missing now is active suspension for F1 to look like all the doodling looked like in my mid 90’s school books…

[cr]

We've been saying for a long time that all the cars look too similar. I'm worried they will now all look exactly the same. Definetly looking forward to seeing how they turn out and just hope some inovation has been allowed.

[bakedbeings]

This sounds like the hydrodynamic effect that draws boats (like the Ever Given) into the side walls of canals (say, the Suez) when they get a bit too close. The narrowing channel of water speeds up, creates a lower pressure zone, etc etc stuck boat.

[hansmuds]

Haas engineers: Write that down! Write that down!

[milosmilictrob]

Cant wait for RB to come with some bullshit because they have man that sees air.

[kamui]

0:23 We should add a real 'sprint race' sorta like old times Le Mans where drivers ran to their cars to decide their starting positions. Show certain detractos that race car drivers are real athletes and have excellent physical conditions ;)

[MachSchnell]

I hope to be able to show this visually with my wind tunnel! Great Video!

[redracerbooks]

Really great explanation of ground effects and aero tunnels!! Love it!

[ElementsMMA]

Amazing. Lots of words. Cars fast. Thank you!

[varnica]

I remember when i first saw driver61 and was stunned that he only had 60 or something thousand subribers. You could easily see that that number would increase fast and here we are now idk 15 months or so later i cant remember correctly (first watched video was the senna video pretty sure)... he is already at 750k. Great job scott keep making the team and the channel bigger and bigger good luck brother