2026 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[AR3-GP]

Looking closely at the photos, it doesn't seem to be the FIA ​​show car. I can see some aero development in the bargeboards and an angle in the sidepods. In the FIA ​​show car, the sidepod is straight.

On the presentation, they showed the livery on top of the FIA ​​show car.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-wDw_9WYAA ... name=large

Not much of a rear wing on this…

[SB15]

Supposedly the new livery

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-wIUqpXMAA ... name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-wGrzQbQAE ... name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-wGrzRbQAU ... name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-wE9E0bQAM ... name=large

Push-rod front suspension!

[continuum16]

Curious about the use of gloss paint/wrap. I prefer it to matte, but for years we heard that matte was lighter and therefore more desirable. With F1 demanding a certain amount of the ‘26 cars to be wrapped, I would have thought the chance of gloss returning would be lower than ever.

I wonder if a) weight is not a concern for Red Bull, b) gloss paint/wrap is now more or less the same weight as matte, c) gloss was never really a disadvantage and they just wound us up over it for a decade, or d) Ford demanded it be gloss for some reason.

As for the car shown in the renders, it looks nice visually but it seems to be some Frankenstein amalgamation of the RB21 and some random (but not the FIA show car) 2026 aero pieces. Very strange, and not their usual approach.

[euv2]

Yeah, the renders are mix of the RB21 with the new reg parts, whilst the car during the actual reveal looked like a version of the FIA show car, don't think there's much to be learned from it.

But they absolutely cooked with livery, might just be my favorite main RBR livery ever.

[F1NAC]

It seems like push rod at the front and pull rod at the rear

Edit:

Delete, I am stupid

[FW17]

They have retained the ugly sidepod from last generation

[SB15]

It seems like push rod at the front and pull rod at the rear

It's a Push-Push configuration. Not Push-Pull

[AR3-GP]

What he said.

[AR3-GP]

As for the car shown in the renders, it looks nice visually but it seems to be some Frankenstein amalgamation of the RB21 and some random (but not the FIA show car) 2026 aero pieces. Very strange, and not their usual approach.

I'm making an assumption that this could be a realistic design. In that case, I don't find it strange. The sidepod is smaller (shorter) than last year, but the inlet structure is the same. It shouldn't surprise anyone. They need ways to control the tire wake and the shape of the sidepod creates high pressure under the inlet that pushes the tire wake outwards. As long as the FIA continues to restrict elaborate bargeboard designs, then this is what teams will do to manage the tire wake.

[continuum16]

As for the car shown in the renders, it looks nice visually but it seems to be some Frankenstein amalgamation of the RB21 and some random (but not the FIA show car) 2026 aero pieces. Very strange, and not their usual approach.

I'm making an assumption that this could be a realistic design. In that case, I don't find it strange. The sidepod is smaller (shorter) than last year, but the inlet structure is the same. It shouldn't surprise anyone. They need ways to control the tire wake and the shape of the sidepod creates high pressure under the inlet that pushes the tire wake outwards. As long as the FIA continues to restrict elaborate bargeboard designs, then this is what teams will do to manage the tire wake.

Fair enough, it is plausibly some version of the real car. I guess I don’t know what’s more odd: showing your hand so early or going through the trouble of making a fairly convincing decoy.

[Vettel165]

Wow one of my favourite livery ever, I hope its fast of course. What a car I also drive a ford, its crazy.

[Sergej]

I think I am among the few that liked the past matte livery, but I like this one too, so fair enough. Quite surprised that they reverted to the glossy paint, considering all the talk about minimum weight.

Anyway, may it be fast and all will be fine.

[sucof]

From my favourite "youtube aerodynamicist"

[Martin Keene]

I think the renders might actually be the launch spec RB22…

I think it might be. There is a lot of detail on the car that is not on the FIA car, the screws on the nose tip, covers on both sides of the tub for fuel cell access, engine cover in various sections for manufacturing/access reasons, etc.

Lots of aero will obviously change between it and Melbourne, but equally the concept and architecture will be largely fixed for 2026.

Good looking car.

[Emag]

I like how it looks. They have had the dark matte look since 2016 if I recall correctly, so they were overdue for a mixup.
For some reason when I first looked at it, it reminded me of the special livery they ran at Silverstone with the RB8. Maybe because of the patterns on the side, but of course not as cluttered as that RB8 special livery.