Aston Martin Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer RB14

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adrianjordan wrote:
22 Mar 2018, 18:21
I'm late to the party, but which part is the X-Wing?

I tried googling it but got star wars pictures and then photos from tge 90's of the wings mounted above the sidepods at Monaco and the like...
They are the aero profiles on top of the sidepod inlets, where the crash structure used to be.
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Great image of the packaging:
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ScrewCaptain27 wrote:
25 Mar 2018, 00:25
adrianjordan wrote:
22 Mar 2018, 18:21
I'm late to the party, but which part is the X-Wing?

I tried googling it but got star wars pictures and then photos from tge 90's of the wings mounted above the sidepods at Monaco and the like...
They are the aero profiles on top of the sidepod inlets, where the crash structure used to be.
I thought it was the vertical panel on the outer side of the radiator entry (first introduced by Ferrari), but then I realised that is more like a Tie fighter, not an X-wing!

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Rear suspension and brake with drum removed (Racecar Engineering):
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ScrewCaptain27 wrote:
28 Mar 2018, 09:11
Great image of the packaging:
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Some analysis from the usual suspects regarding cooling/packaging changes would be great. Did they switch to water/air in 2018?

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Bahrain, Thursday:
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Note the thermal-sensitive ink.
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Some posts about X-wings and Y wings have been removed as they were not car specific. Please stick to topic. Thanks

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Red Bull seem to be the only team who aren't using a distinct 'under cut' in their sidepods (bar Sauber, but Saubers sidepods are all 90 degree corners). And I have to say visually Red Bull's sidepods look so much more appealing too. Is the 'cola bottle' trend now no longer that relevant? Are Red Bull the pioneers moving away from that trend?

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jk-27 wrote:
06 Apr 2018, 14:14
Red Bull seem to be the only team who aren't using a distinct 'under cut' in their sidepods (bar Sauber, but Saubers sidepods are all 90 degree corners). And I have to say visually Red Bull's sidepods look so much more appealing too. Is the 'cola bottle' trend now no longer that relevant? Are Red Bull the pioneers moving away from that trend?
Sauber C32 has similar design of side-pods (referring to "no undercut")
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They had also brought two different front wings
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