Red Bull RB20

[Holm86]

Didn't they fail the frontal crash test??
Maybe the "real" nose just isnt ready yet, even though i think they passed it later

[organic]

High pressure in front of this inlet could help reduce cockpit losses?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GG1_FGdWIAA ... name=small

Are these cooling anything or are they just channeled inside the fat tunnels all the way to the rear?

Some cool ideas in this car, Red Bull didn't sit still.

I think the same. As Vanja points out the air here will not be good. Rb are bringing new ideas this late in regulation set - nice

[F1NAC]

Didn't they fail the frontal crash test??
Maybe the "real" nose just isnt ready yet, even though i think they passed it later

This is just vanity panel made too thin, similar was with SF23 last year

[CHT]

RB20 evolution is indeed very aggressive.

[F1NAC]

Weird placement definitely, I wonder how much air actually goes in and at what speed. I mean, there is literally a kick in front on headrest.

[Marble]

Another picture of the entries behind the halo area :

[GrizzleBoy]

Weird placement definitely, I wonder how much air actually goes in and at what speed. I mean, there is literally a kick in front on headrest.

Having a low pressure tunnel near that kick could help turn the air coming from it in a less disruptive direction.

[Holm86]

Could it be an intake for a fluid switch?? Like McLaren had for their F-duct???

Could have something to do with the outlet down by the rear wishbone??

It would be a passive system, like Lotus had, not saying its connected to the rear wing, but could change flow in another place, could work in conjunction with the S-duct

[Sevach]

I don't think the vertical inlet is an S-duct, seems like just another cooling inlet, 2 uber small inlets instead of a single bigger one.
Switch to overbite confirmed, interesting when pretty much everyone copied your previous underbite design.

And the strange cockpit inlets matched with their fat tubes/gulley.

[Juzh]

c. Albert Fabrega on twitter
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GG184CKXQAA ... ame=medium

Looks like either a hammerhead or goblin shark mouth. Uncanny resemblance

[Holm86]

I don't think the vertical inlet is an S-duct, seems like just another cooling inlet, 2 uber small inlets instead of a single bigger one.
Switch to overbite confirmed, interesting when pretty much everyone copied your previous underbite design.

And the strange cockpit inlets matched with their fat tubes/gulley.

Personally i think the vertical slot looks more like a boundary layer scrubber than a cooling inlet, but ofc we can only speculate

[Sevach]

Rear 3/4 angle.

[MtthsMlw]

Diffuser

via AMuS

[AR3-GP]

I don't think the vertical inlet is an S-duct, seems like just another cooling inlet, 2 uber small inlets instead of a single bigger one.
Switch to overbite confirmed, interesting when pretty much everyone copied your previous underbite design.

And the strange cockpit inlets matched with their fat tubes/gulley.

Personally i think the vertical slot looks more like a boundary layer scrubber than a cooling inlet, but ofc we can only speculate

No one has been able to identify the exit of this supposed s-duct.

[Holm86]

I don't think the vertical inlet is an S-duct, seems like just another cooling inlet, 2 uber small inlets instead of a single bigger one.
Switch to overbite confirmed, interesting when pretty much everyone copied your previous underbite design.

And the strange cockpit inlets matched with their fat tubes/gulley.

Personally i think the vertical slot looks more like a boundary layer scrubber than a cooling inlet, but ofc we can only speculate

No one has been able to identify the exit of this supposed s-duct.

To me it looks like theres an exit of some sort right above the red circle in front of the rear wishbone on the launch car


But an S duct doesn't really need a dedicated exit, it could also exit within the bodywork so the flow goes out the canon outlets at the rear of the engine cover