Internal Cooling Ducts

In Simple Terms

Teams can use special internal cooling ducts to cool their cars, but these ducts must stay within a defined drum-shaped area and air flowing through them must pass through a specific plane (called YW = -50). There's also a limit to how much air can flow into this cooling drum to prevent teams from gaining unfair advantages.

• Internal cooling ducts have a specific exemption but must be contained within the 'Scooped Drum' structure
• All cooling air flow must pass through the YW = -50 plane as it travels from inlet to outlet
• Teams cannot exceed specified flow rate limits for air entering the cooling drum
• These rules prevent teams from using cooling systems as a loophole to improve aerodynamics