Red Bull RB19

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Nicolas carpentiers



muwahaha i predicted this huge channel from shakedown images

[FW17]

Is that floor legal? it looks like it has 2 throat sections

It looks like the highlight of the fillet at the floor/sidepod intersection might fool the eye a bit. But they sure had a crack at a different floor design!

[Henk_v]

Great stuff! Really shows the nuances!

-Shorter bib
-Shorter lower lip on the intakes (in reference to the top of the inlet), but now even more a real protruding lip
-Sidepod is much more slender at the intake
-More agressive front suspesion geometry
-FW is less cranced

[Vanja #66]

https://i.imgur.com/icweU37.png

https://i.imgur.com/kWfbz9X.png

Might be fooling me, but I think we are seeing vortex flow vis in the undercut, under OR of ORACLE.

Good detailing from RB, I'm sure they will come up with an update of the sidepods quite soon.

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https://i.imgur.com/icweU37.png

https://i.imgur.com/kWfbz9X.png

Might be fooling me, but I think we are seeing vortex flow vis in the undercut, under OR of ORACLE.

Good detailing from RB, I'm sure they will come up with an update of the sidepods quite soon.

The sidepod inlets are the same as those used since 2022 shakedown, so I also expect a sidepod change or something in this area

[Henk_v]

Look better, they are actually quite different when put side-by side. Look at the previously posted comparison pics.

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[CRazyLemon]

What exactly was RedBull hiding so vigorously? There surely must be something I’ve not seen.

The floor edge wing seems to be the only radical addition for now, maybe that?

Potentially just not ready in time.

[Bandit1216]

Looks like it's even lower and more squatting then last year. Seems to me they lean even more on the non porpoising chassis and therefore focusing on sealing the floor to get all potential out.

[Henk_v]

https://i.imgur.com/3PP7DOD.png

That is curious. Looks very different from the other flowvis pics posted before.

...how I wish I knew what I was looking at and if it was good or bad

[Vanja #66]

https://i.imgur.com/3PP7DOD.png

That's some wonderful flow conditioning visualisation #inlove

[Stu]

Is that floor legal? it looks like it has 2 throat sections

Agreed...

I was about to repost the image!!
My take…
Provided that the floor is sculpted within the regulation volume/dimensions it can be legal (launch cars last year -AMR & others - featured a double kick diffuser)
It could be a full or partial throat (until we see one being hoisted onto a recovery truck we will not know!)
Could be that there are two throat sections to manipulate the CoP/balance
Certainly very aggressive - but then with the floors being de-sensitised by the new regs (for this year) that really shouldn’t be a surprise!!

[Stu]

https://i.imgur.com/3PP7DOD.png

That's some wonderful flow conditioning visualisation #inlove

Indeed, some ‘monster’ suction going on at the leading edge of the floor!!

[Rikhart]

Most of the sidepod look absolutely identical, this is not the real car we're seeing. Isn't the carbon even scratched on the sides of it? To me it looks like used parts!

[Henk_v]

What surprises me is that (from the look of the flowvis), the air under the nose ends up ABOVE the floor