Home / TopicsFull-Car AerodynamicsWhole-vehicle aerodynamic studies covering ride height, yaw, rake, aero balance, and numerical uncertainty.OpenFOAM in Practice: Exploring the F1 2026 Aero Window Across 37 CasesConstrained by computing resources, I performed half-car OpenFOAM CFD simulations on a third-party F1 2026 CAD model across 37 usable cases. Through this study, I explored numerical discretization schemes and trade-offs involving front and rear wings, tire contact patches, ride height, yaw, rake, and lap times.
