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Old 15 Jul 2017, 15:50 (Ref:3751474)   #1
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The new floor that Renault have brought to Silverstone seems to have helped them make a step forward, but only Hülkenberg's car is fitted with it. When they'd finished the design, why didn't they just... make two? Genuine question, which may have a simple answer.
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The manufacturing is the time consuming part of new bits rather than the design. This is can be the difference with the big and small teams. (Gary Anderson mentioned in a question here that top teams put a lot of effort in reducing manufacturing times http://www.autosport.com/premium/fea...-than-mercedes )

Big carbon fibre parts can take days to build-up and possibly can only be 'cooked' one at a time.

It's not just Renault this year that has had these problems:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129434

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To enlarge on the point;you can't start making the second part until the first one is out of the mould.With the short component life before an upgrade comes along it isn't worth making a second mould to allow simultaneous production of two components.
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For the size of a floor, their biggest autoclave may only be able to do one at a time?

Or given the cost of making these parts, wouldn't you want to verify it before investing time and money in a second one that may not provide the advantage hoped for ?
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