Red Bull RB12 TAG-Heuer

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Wow!
That gives a whole new meaning to 'Size Zero'.
Here's seriously impressed by the level of compression. That's when I thought the SF-16 looked sleek at the back.

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RB11 was already very thin at the back... RB12 is a bit more thin
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Perfect tear drop ;)
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Ferraripilot wrote:I thought their batwing looked quite different. Thanks for the post. Is its purpose to bisect flow around the sidepods or to aid in flow attachment, or both?
I would suspect lift reduction on the underside of the tub (more net down-force), and also it may improve efficiency of the floor downstream of it.
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henra wrote:
Wow!
That gives a whole new meaning to 'Size Zero'.
Here's seriously impressed by the level of compression. That's when I thought the SF-16 looked sleek at the back.
But you have to appreciate that the Ferrari follows that exact same shape at the back, underneath the upper bodywork where they *choose* to have it flare outward.

This is likely to guide airflow, but regardless: if they wanted the bodywork to do the same as the RB, it seems likely they would have just kept it the same as the bottom part.

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Blackout wrote:RB11 was already very thin at the back... RB12 is a bit more thin
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/14/79/55/26/f1-bar11.jpg
Incredible how the headrest now wraps around Dan's helmet too, it's like the car was shrink wrapped around him!
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Even from this angle you can tell how much rake the car is running.

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Imho the new splitter vane could help to reduce downforce at higher speeds by lifting the T-Tray.
https://twitter.com/ScarbsF1/status/702048674273214464
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Cameras or sensors mounted in the mirrors?

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Infra cameras for tires...
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I wonder why they've 'spent the weight' to put those straps between the exhausts. No other team did this, right?

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Looks like titanium, so I guess it's probably only 12g...
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Gridlock wrote:I wonder why they've 'spent the weight' to put those straps between the exhausts. No other team did this, right?

http://i.imgur.com/BgWEqoi.jpg

Looks like titanium, so I guess it's probably only 12g...
Looks like they'd cut down unwanted vibrations from having then so close to the main exhaust.

Edit they aren't straps, they are welded supports I think.
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Yeah 'straps' was shorthand for a beautiful piece of bracket :)

All the teams have them in close proximity though, just found it curious. It's quite high to be adding weight, in the obsessive world of F1.
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