on paper it seems very beautiful, but can they afford such a revolution of the car after the big changes they did from RB19 to RB20, with the budget cap and all ATR limitations ? let's not forget that with this "new" car they should have a clear path to follow in development, it's debatable they would move resources from this to explore a redesign in how suspension, front wing and floor work together, seems too much of work before another complete revolution in 2026organic wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 20:48This is something that can't change during the season for RB
The soft front suspension + high downforce front wing with high degree of flex is a great combination for McLaren. Even if RB manage to come up with their own wing with the new 2024 guidance for flexibility from the FIA, it won't be a package optimized around it like McLaren have.
Given at the moment RB achieve their excellent aero balance without a trick wing, I'm imagining incorporation of this new tool would free up some design choices in the floor to extract more raw performance
I think with this development path, there is a lot of performance that RB can unlock in the car for 2025. For this season, the high speed performance is still there we know that, and a Flexi front wing will bring RB closer in low speed whilst maintaining efficiency edge even if it doesn't help the curbing issue
also remember that McLaren threw in the bin half season in 2023 and almost a quarter of season this year to come up with this concept, not sure Red Bull can do the same while fighting for championships.