Red Bull RB19

[Sieper]

Who says this plank is only a few laps old? It’s an FP session. Can use the same for a long time.

[Andi76]

Who says this plank is only a few laps old? It’s an FP session. Can use the same for a long time.

Perez crashed in Qualifying, didn't he? And every team puts on a new plank before qualifying, because from the start of qualifying the car may not be changed. And as every team drives as low as possible and therefore plank wear is always a risk, no team will start qualifying with an old plank.

[Spacepace]

What amazes me most about the bottom of the RB19 is the plank. Its almost "burned" from front to back, just after a few laps. I wonder how it's possible that they don't get any problems with plank wear here...but anyway - if you compare the plank with those of Ferrari and Mercedes you can see exactly on this "burned" plank that they (can) drive much lower. Even if I can not understand that they have no problems with plank wear If the wooden plank already looks like this after a few laps....

It could be burned from the titanium skid plate shooting sparks

[Andi76]

What amazes me most about the bottom of the RB19 is the plank. Its almost "burned" from front to back, just after a few laps. I wonder how it's possible that they don't get any problems with plank wear here...but anyway - if you compare the plank with those of Ferrari and Mercedes you can see exactly on this "burned" plank that they (can) drive much lower. Even if I can not understand that they have no problems with plank wear If the wooden plank already looks like this after a few laps....

It could be burned from the titanium skid plate shooting sparks

Over this whole area and so evenly?

[chrisc90]

What amazes me most about the bottom of the RB19 is the plank. Its almost "burned" from front to back, just after a few laps. I wonder how it's possible that they don't get any problems with plank wear here...but anyway - if you compare the plank with those of Ferrari and Mercedes you can see exactly on this "burned" plank that they (can) drive much lower. Even if I can not understand that they have no problems with plank wear If the wooden plank already looks like this after a few laps....

It could be burned from the titanium skid plate shooting sparks

Over this whole area and so evenly?

OR the lighter areas are the worn parts?

[Sieper]

That’s actually a good one. As indeed, this was qualy so likely a new plank? Do they do that? What color do they actually start out with?

[morefirejules08]

It could be burned from the titanium skid plate shooting sparks

Over this whole area and so evenly?

OR the lighter areas are the worn parts?

Nope. The light areas are the unworn parts

[chrisc90]

That’s providing they are the same material. From memory there are a couple different ways to make the ‘plank’. But that’s about 40% certainty

[morefirejules08]

That’s providing they are the same material. From memory there are a couple different ways to make the ‘plank’. But that’s about 40% certainty

Trust me, one isn’t going to be black.

[BorisTheBlade]

IMHO, the dark colour is from track dirt (tire rubber, etc.) and maybe some burn. The bright patches are the plank wear.
And that alone seems to be highly interesting to other engineers - read that somewhere.
Haven't been following this closely in recent years, but:
It is interesting to me that the wear seems to be on the leading edge, exactly in the middle and on the trailing edge as well. From what I recall in the past, the most plank wear was right on the leading edge.

[SiLo]

IMHO, the dark colour is from track dirt (tire rubber, etc.) and maybe some burn. The bright patches are the plank wear.
And that alone seems to be highly interesting to other engineers - read that somewhere.
Haven't been following this closely in recent years, but:
It is interesting to me that the wear seems to be on the leading edge, exactly in the middle and on the trailing edge as well. From what I recall in the past, the most plank wear was right on the leading edge.

I think this needs to be on some sort of forum wiki. Every year there are discussions around which bits are dirt, and which are wear.

The lighter bits are worn as they are scraped along the track.

[AR3-GP]

Translation:

The much black on the RB19 skid is not due to the fact that the car touches the asphalt a lot, but it is paint. The lightest areas are where it rubs and, considering that the RB19 runs very low, this means that wear is very limited.

As mentioned in the post just above this one (and a post I made long ago in the Rb18 thread).

[Venturiation]

from reddit is it the 19?

[organic]

from reddit is it the 19?
https://i.redd.it/eczcyzk0k93b1.png

Yes. That much is clear from the floor edge alone. It's an edited picture of checo's raised rb19: the damaged side has been replaced with a mirrored image of the undamaged side of the floor (which is confirmed from the perfectly symmetrical plank wear)

[BorisTheBlade]

Nice tweet regarding that topic with comparisons as well: