Mitch2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:33 am
So actually, they do the job they’re meant to very well - satisfy 90% of the public whilst not giving anything away to rivals.
Nice cynicism,
however actual aerodynamicists have found value in the HAAS renders. They
are representative of something, even if it is an earlier stage of development. There hundreds of differences compared to the FOM standard models (which themselves are of value to visualise the rule changes,
Scarbs' photos of the second FOM model car have helped me to understand how areas of the car are (broadly) designed and work together which are not otherwise clear,
like the splitter).
Of course they are not showing anything which rivals themselves haven't worked out, but for us as fans,
we as casual fans hadn't worked out that everyone will (probably) put the sidepod air inlets as far forward as allowed. That's only obvious now thanks to the HAAS renders, for example.
Edit -- The surfacing on these new cars is of course going to be more simple, something more like a 2000's F1 car. But I still find it interesting to look around 2000's F1 cars at auto shows or car museums, even if the bodywork is simplistic (or in the case of 80's & 90's cars, super simplistic) compared to modern F1 cars.
Tizz wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:05 am
I still have difficulty to understand the purpose of showing
a car that is not going to test, not going to race and probably never will be produced. Not even as a mockup. I have even bigger problems understanding people having any interest in that.
Since RB seem that they will be showing a real chassis, it is almost certainly will be a real tub. To build a fake tub would be silly! If they are going to do a shakedown at Silverstone tomorrow, then the launch car probably actually has a power unit and wiring in it too -- all assembled and ready to be loaded in the truck for that matter (if the shakedown is not until weeks later then, sure, perhaps the bodywork is just hollow tomfoolery).
The very same chassis almost certainly
will go to Silverstone (probably using the aero bits from the launch, which will be sufficient for a shakedown), it will go to Barcelona and it will probably go to Bahrain too, even if it is the spare car and the later tubs have some refinements. With the cost cap, they can't afford to build unncessarily build 7-8 tubs per season anymore.