Adelaide: Innovo i12

For Adelaide, Innovo has brought a complete B-spec car. This analysis will focus on the rear of the car only, however. This car is nothing like the Jordan EJ16 we saw last season, which dominated the championship. Despite this, the car still seems very well balanced, and is one of the bookies favourites for championship victory. With a strong line-up of World Champion Heidfeld  and new boy Robert Kubica, it's looking like possibly another good year for the Innovo team.


Floor
Innovo have brought a brand new floor to Adelaide, helping channel airflow to their double diffuser. They have some strong vortex generators, at the front end of the floor, to energise the airflow to the diffuser at the rear, improving overall downforce. Towards the rear, with the new tighter sidepods, you can see a large tunnel in the floor, feeding air to the upper deck of the diffuser in the central section.


Diffuser
There are few changes to the diffuser, only to help accommodate more airflow from the rear floor tunnel. Their double diffuser concept, is unique, although a similar concept has been introduced by Mercedes AMG. The top deck of the diffuser, is only in the central section of the diffuser, and is fed from 3 different areas. The 2 floor tunnels from either side, feed airflow into the top deck, from the sidepod vortexes, to increase downforce. The other area that feeds the diffuser is the engine starter hole, which feeds airflow from underneath the car, in a same way that the 2009/2010 double diffusers did.


Rear Wing
There are few changes to the rear wing, although the team have introduced slot gap separators, and multi elements in the outer 20mm of the wing. The flap and main plane are both split into 2 in the outer 20mm, making it a 4 element wing, in the space that is classed as the endplate. The Ferrari F2012 has a similar concept.


Exhausts
The exhausts are positioned above the suspension arm, increasing the downwards exhaust plume. As the exhaust gases blow downwards, they meet with the airflow around the sidepods, directing the high velocity flow into the rear floor tunnels, increasing the flow through the double diffuser, helping to generate more downforce.


Strangely, Innovo claim they have a new qualifying device that they may use in Melbourne, to help increase downforce, which they claim is unlike anything that's been seen before. Arguably, Innovo seem to already have the highest downforce levels of any team, with their multi-fed double diffuser concept, so it will be interesting to see what else can be implemented. Overall, the car is extremely well balanced, and will surely be challenging for a win, come Melbourne.