> These components need airflow to keep from frying while the car is parked, so a Home Depot’s worth of Milwaukee M18 Fuel leaf blowers ($387 each, including a lithium-ion battery) is stuffed into the beast’s many openings.
This was as entertaining to read as it was to see visually. That's such a funny solution for a multi-million dollar endeavor like this.
It's the same for all F1 cars, as there is no radiator fan and the airflow from driving is required to keep the car cool. you actually can't idle for too long or you'll overheat. you also have to cool the brakes after running or there is a fire risk.
not sure about so-called prototype [ie, lemans] cars, but i do suspect those cars have radiator fans. Even many (most?) passenger cars keep the electric fan on the radiator going, and water pump circulating, after you shut the engine down. it looks like the 2 leaf blowers in the front are for the brakes and the one in the top is for the engine.
Of course in F1 they have custom enclosures made to fit and lock into the radiator openings. It is funny to see these do look like bog standard off the shelf leaf blowers.
I used to use an e-go leaf blower with a fabricated attachment for the air intake.
This was as entertaining to read as it was to see visually. That's such a funny solution for a multi-million dollar endeavor like this.