Toro Rosso STR9 Renault

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Manoah2u
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as i look it like this, it wouldve looked much better if there was no golden spot with the bulls. perhaps could've moved it to the wing or wing endplates?
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My god it feels wrong to put out these kind of pictures...
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Someone has to say it : Asymmetric air vents?
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interestingly, no center pillars that connect to the wing but it does have a monkeyseat
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Massive cooling hole under the engine air intake. But wow the sidepods are small.
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Francesc wrote:
LOL Scarbs can't take his eyes out of the nose. :lol:
I think he's trying to hold back the vomit. This photo needs to go in the caption comp thread.

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Manoah2u wrote:Image

interestingly, no center pillars that connect to the wing but it does have a monkeyseat
Cheeky little beamwing.
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gridwalker wrote:
Someone has to say it : Asymmetric air vents?
What looks like the right side vent is actually the monkey seat.

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stefan_ wrote:My god it feels wrong to put out these kind of pictures...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfAE1IsCIAAkgtB.jpg:large
that's hilarious but also VM18 :? ferrari nose is 100% better than this pen*s..
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They've created lots of space behind the front wing pillars. I fail to see why that was imporant to them with the finger obstructing the airflow to that area.
Aero guys, what do you think?
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Dat ass...

Stacked suspension arms for virtual beam wing, small beam wing, huge Y100 winglet, big brake ducts, vents and ducts,... .

It's livestream aero porn.
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Horizontal front wishbones as well.

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RicerDude
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Cooling outlet on the floor blowing the lower beam wing?
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Check this out.

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via Gianluca Medeot
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe." Murray Walker, San Marino 1985

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