stewie325 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 20:40
Andi76 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 20:00
stewie325 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 13:47
Agree, there seems to be sufficient space for the undercut to be even larger in the middle of the sidepod area, where it's currently very bulbous.
Sorry, but can't you see that the whole sidepod area is packed with radiators and other components?
There is NO empty space here. On the contrary, it's all packed
https://postimg.cc/T5MtWMJS
https://postimg.cc/hzjp3XTR
It's not at all obvious unless you have that pic taken from the front.
Merc's so called "zero pods" looked huge from the front. From the above pics, I reckon the RB20 has a good amount of empty space to shrink the side-pods to a similar volume to the W13, but instead the volume will be placed higher with a big undercut. All speculation until someone shows the RB20 internals from a better angle.
https://e0.365dm.com/22/03/1600x900/sky ... 0310085011
The front view is not really important I think,
because Zeropods are not about the inlets, but that there is "nothing" behind them.
So, what is important are these views:
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These perspectives show very clearly that Red Bull, as the current packaging and the position of the radiators and aggregates is, does not have nearly the space and that the side boxes are absolutely full. You only have to look at the huge gap between the edge of the floor and the radiators and power units on the Zeropod Mercedes and how small it is on the Red Bull. There is clearly no room for a Zeropd concept in the classic sense. And a further "raising" has absolutely nothing to do with the Zeropod concept of the 2022 Mercedes. Sorry if I don't see any path or similarity here. But I am a realist and judge by what I see, and there is no similar volume to the W13. Not even close.
And the Red Bull goes into the undercut, where the radiators are clearly above it. Nevertheless, there is a world of difference in space. And even more important - you can see the completely different packaging and placement of the radiators and power units at Mercedes and the absolutely conventional arrangement at Red Bull, which practically have the "V" arrangement as introduced by Sauber in 2004.