Red Bull RB5 aero-mech development in 2009

[wesley123]

actually ferrari did it way before the brawns, i believe they started it in 2007, but ferrari already changed it to get more weight to the rear

[mstar]

Have ferrari had this all season in 2008? and in 2009?

[wrcsti]

I remember a few weeks back everyone was talking about how the Brawn cars have their calipers mounted below the rotor. Now it seems like every team is doing it.

Now all the teams have the brakes this way... Did it really take the Brawn's doing this for the other teams to realize it? Seems like a pretty straight forward issue.

I think the brawns had the calipers sitting like this
Rear O) front
against to what those pictures showed, moving weight forward rather than lower.

[EL_XR6]

I remember a few weeks back everyone was talking about how the Brawn cars have their calipers mounted below the rotor. Now it seems like every team is doing it.

Now all the teams have the brakes this way... Did it really take the Brawn's doing this for the other teams to realize it? Seems like a pretty straight forward issue.

Red Bull have had this since the RB3, it must be an Adrian Newey thing,

[x-ondrasek]

Red Bull have had this since the RB3, it must be an Adrian Newey thing,

I think so. I believe the first time they were used was on the MP4-20.

[bar555]

FRONT WING - CHINA




FRONT WING - BAHRAIN




REAR WING - CHINA




REAR WING - BAHRAIN

[WhiteBlue]

looks different here

[djos]

looks different here

Nice pic WB (welcome back) - it looks like the little rearward facing vents they had on either side of the cockpit have been reverted back to shark gills. I assume due to reduced cooling requirements?

[fbn]

sorry, but what are calipars?

[bar555]

sorry, but what are calipars?

The disc brake or disk brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel. A brake disc (or rotor in U.S. English), made of carbon , is connected to the wheel axle. To stop the wheel, friction material in the form of brake pads (mounted on a device called a brake caliper) is forced mechanically, hydraulically against both sides of the disc. Friction causes the disc and attached wheel to slow or stop .

for more info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_brake

[bar555]

FRONT WING - SPAIN




FRONT WING - MONACO




FRONT WING - TURKEY




FRONT WING - G. BRITAIN , SILVERSTONE

[Gonner]

I'm quite surprised they didn't touch the front wing while they did this huge change to the nose.

[Draco-REX]

I'm quite surprised they didn't touch the front wing while they did this huge change to the nose.

Possibly a case of "Don't fit it if it ain't broke."

But more likely, due to the lack of testing, they decided to change one thing and see if it worked before changing something else.

[djos]

FRONT WING - G. BRITAIN , SILVERSTONE

anyone else notice the wire coming out of the nose hole? Have RBR finally implemented the driver adjustable front wing?

[xDama]

FRONT WING - G. BRITAIN , SILVERSTONE

anyone else notice the wire coming out of the nose hole? Have RBR finally implemented the driver adjustable front wing?

It's not a wire, it's just a 'rible' from the yellow sticker on the nosecone.

Isn't RBR allready using the adjustable front wing? Quite strange...