🗣️'The target for the windtunnel is to be online in the middle of 2024. We’re hoping that will have at least some contribution to the ’25 [car].' Aston Martin F1 technical director Dan Fallows gives an update on the team’s new windtunnel project⬇️
The windtunnel is part of the new factory project currently underway at Silverstone, but while the main facility is scheduled to be occupied by next May, the adjacent tunnel won’t be in use until the following year.
“We’re hoping that will have at least some contribution to the ’25. I think depending on how the commissioning and things of the tunnel goes, that will be probably the first car that will have a significant impact with the new tunnel. Fallows noted that switching to a new windtunnel is not the work of a moment, and the team will only use it when it is fully correlated.“And that’s really just to determine that it’s going to give you the numbers you expect to see.“We’re fortunate enough to be testing in the Mercedes windtunnel, which is a very high quality facility, so we need to make sure our new facility is giving results which are consistent with those.
“There’s no doubt that it will be a world-class facility, and having access to that 24/7 if required is obviously very important,” he added.
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