Thank you both for the thoughtful responses and for the visuals. I agree that this quite an adventurous theory; specifically what Ugo thought could be the top “rail” of the mechanism seem to just be holding “pins”. To my untrained eye, however, I’d say that the RB19 mechanism, compared to that in the AT picture, does seem to allow for an additional degree of freedom, in that the top suspension arms look like they can pivot in their fixation to the cradle. Also, the bottom “rail” mechanism that Ugo highlights would in principle support this pivoting motion. I don’t see this rail in the AT, though it may just be a red herring altogether. Maybe, rather than an adaptive suspension this could be “just” a sophisticated mechanism for track-specific tuning of the rear suspension? It would be interesting to get top views of the RB19 across races, or even within a race to confirm.vorticism wrote: ↑26 Mar 2023, 16:43+1 I also would not expect any significant deflection from this structure. Beautiful machined piece though. 95% of that block turned into swarf. And it supports upward of 500kg(?).AR3-GP wrote: ↑26 Mar 2023, 16:11Interesting theory of his but I have doubts about it.aleallievi wrote: ↑26 Mar 2023, 11:03Very interesting theory by this Italian YouTuber. It seems that the rear suspension’s top wishbone could be dynamically adjusted under (rear wing) load thanks to a clever sliding mechanism. This could change the camber and caster angle at high vs low speeds.
https://youtu .be/mmkhiOW8wDU
It would violate some of the regulations surrounding moveable aero in addition to some un-physical/non-existent degrees of freedom that the author claims are present.
Here's a picture of last year's Alpha Tauri which has very similar detail, but you can see that the "pins" at the back are more likely to be a locating feature. The cradle itself is rigidly mounted to the top of the gearbox carrier (and since AT and Rb are sharing this...). For many reasons including the rigidity requirements of a structure like this and the picture below (*of the AT), I doubt this structure is "sliding".
https://i.postimg.cc/xC6H6zSk/image.png
The rear facing stem/pin is the mounting point for the exhaust pipe. Note the flange visible inside the saddle here on the RB18:
https://www.motorsport-total.com/img/20 ... 267069.jpg
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