Red Bull RB18 Speculation Thread

[RZS10]

Most of the things that appear weird will most likely just be image artifacts

[Largeman]

https://i.imgur.com/JwE5XXD.jpg

Are those front wing end plates… rectangular?

God we need a clearer picture lol

https://imgur.com/a/5PBSMbU
Looks like their sidepods might be slightly more slab sided, a bit like the ferraris ones

[wogx]

Short rear wing?

[Pandamasque]

So disappointed. I was kinda hoping RB18 would surprise everyone by being an exact copy of the FOM model, only heavier

[Slo Poke]

Not wishing to continue with off-topic, but how can anyone be fooled by that photo, just look at the very basic grass 3d model below...

My only excuse Rikhart is wishful thinking. Personally I consider the 2022 cars to be insanely ugly, illogical, dysfunctional and anything else you can think of, to throw at them! The fool things are nothing short of an insult to what formula one teams and their car designers have been producing for decades and on which rests the culminated excitement of last year’s racing. All of which is about to be basically binned because of one very stupid person’s ridiculously stupid effort to improve overtaking. If the car behind is having trouble maintaining front downforce improve the downforce of that car, for instance, all cars! Simply put the front wings behind the front wheels adjustabley mounted on carbon fibre box beams attached mid-way between the front wheels. That, to me would make sense. Aesthetically, less debris, concentrated air off the inside front wheel on turn-in, improved ground effect control and something to latch a VG on.
I’m sixty seven years old and silly toys fail to attract my interest.

To me the new cars are just a series of tubes.

Godlameroso My Friend. I can’t make my mind up! Am I to be delighted or offended by your post?

[gandharva]

[loyfah]

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[DChemTech]

There's really preciously little material to work with here Probably US spy sattelites have clearer images of the car on track, does anyone here have access to those?

[RedNEO]

https://i.imgur.com/5ghnqBD.jpeg

This turned out to just be a video artifact it’s not actually shaped like that. Scarbs confirmed that shape isn’t there in other footage.

[Bandit1216]

looks like they saved money and just got the cape out of the bin, and put it on the back. Logical place for a cape imo.

[Bandit1216]

There's really preciously little material to work with here Probably US spy sattelites have clearer images of the car on track, does anyone here have access to those?

Sure, but they are fixed on Ukraine at the moment

[jagunx51]

https://i.imgur.com/5ghnqBD.jpeg

This turned out to just be a video artifact it’s not actually shaped like that. Scarbs confirmed that shape isn’t there in other footage.

I hope he is right

[jagunx51]

[scheffers]

They really did a good job to keep this undercover. Still no serious pics.......

[liamski]

Mildly better image?

https://imgur.com/qkLPffR