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Nice footage of the car



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Looks like RB18 sidepods will live to fight another formula.
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The car strikes me as extremely basic. It looks almost as simplistic and generic as those renders Haas put out of their 2022 car prior to testing, which ended up being nothing like the car they actually brought. Except this is a real car on track.

The sidepod intakes look like the Ferrari F1-75, except they have a slight underbite. The rest of the sidepods seem to show very basic geometry and are much, much bulkier and less tapered than the sidepods on the RB 22 render we saw. Interestingly it also appears to have half-length cannons similar to those of the Ferrari SF-25.

The top intake looks like the show car.

The elements of the rear wing are of much more similar size than on the RB22 render we saw. The RB22 has a huge bottom element and two small upper elements on the rear wing.

The front wing endplates (or are they called fences now?) have pretty much the opposite shape to those on the RB22 render. Instead of curling inwards, they appear to be much less focused on inwashing, with the a curl outwards at the top. I have no clue what the functional implications of that are, but it's a very interesting difference. Another difference appears to be that the outermost elements on the front wing, in front of the tyre (I don't know what they are called) appear to be outwashing, whereas those on the RB22 render pointed in the opposite direction. The elements look almost mirrored.

The active aero actuator seems to sit under the nose cone, like on the RB22. Apart from that, the front wing looks very, very primitive. The elements have no waves or anything to them.

Another feature is the single-element bargeboard. It has clearly been developed, since the shape is different from the show car, but I'm extremely surprised to not see them use all the elements they have available to them. It's an extremely important area of the car, and I'd be extremely surprised if any other team runs a single-element bargeboard.

This car looks extremely basic and similar to the show car. Surely this can't be the spec they are bringing to race 1? If so I'd be very surprised if they score at all in 2026. That said, I really hope they won't be P21, P22 all season.
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If the Red Bull render(s) reflect their real designs, we could see the a nice split of inwash vs downwashing sidepods again.

As far as the Cadillac car goes, looks very conservative and much closer to the FIA show car (especially on the front wing, for example). I wonder if the bulky engine cover is a necessity due to cooling requirements of the Ferrari PU or if there is a lot of empty space à la 2024/25 cars with the bulbous nature being purely an aero choice.

That front-on shot looks very conservative especially when it comes to sidepods, like something straight out of 2014. Hopefully this is just a basic spec because it looks extremely simple.
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vorticism wrote:
16 Jan 2026, 20:03
Looks like RB18 sidepods will live to fight another formula.
RB18? looks like RB8 to me : D

I think while probably not perfect, this Cadillac-Ferrari looks nice. Also good job letting this footage getting loose.
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A slight hiccup:

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Pictures from @WorldofPhotog on X

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bananapeel23 wrote:
16 Jan 2026, 20:33
The car strikes me as extremely basic. It looks almost as simplistic and generic as those renders Haas put out of their 2022 car prior to testing, which ended up being nothing like the car they actually brought. Except this is a real car on track.

The sidepod intakes look like the Ferrari F1-75, except they have a slight underbite. The rest of the sidepods seem to show very basic geometry and are much, much bulkier and less tapered than the sidepods on the RB 22 render we saw. Interestingly it also appears to have half-length cannons similar to those of the Ferrari SF-25.

The top intake looks like the show car.

The elements of the rear wing are of much more similar size than on the RB22 render we saw. The RB22 has a huge bottom element and two small upper elements on the rear wing.

The front wing endplates (or are they called fences now?) have pretty much the opposite shape to those on the RB22 render. Instead of curling inwards, they appear to be much less focused on inwashing, with the a curl outwards at the top. I have no clue what the functional implications of that are, but it's a very interesting difference. Another difference appears to be that the outermost elements on the front wing, in front of the tyre (I don't know what they are called) appear to be outwashing, whereas those on the RB22 render pointed in the opposite direction. The elements look almost mirrored.

The active aero actuator seems to sit under the nose cone, like on the RB22. Apart from that, the front wing looks very, very primitive. The elements have no waves or anything to them.

Another feature is the single-element bargeboard. It has clearly been developed, since the shape is different from the show car, but I'm extremely surprised to not see them use all the elements they have available to them. It's an extremely important area of the car, and I'd be extremely surprised if any other team runs a single-element bargeboard.

This car looks extremely basic and similar to the show car. Surely this can't be the spec they are bringing to race 1? If so I'd be very surprised if they score at all in 2026. That said, I really hope they won't be P21, P22 all season.
Given the team has hired one of the authors of the 2026 regs (Pat Symonds) maybe the similarities to the show car are design continuity rather than a lack of inspiration?

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:o
I wonder why we suddenly get hi-res spy shots!?
In previous years we had only some very blurry material.

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the rear of the sidepod looks very 2012/3esque with the ramps.

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Wow. That found 3d model, suspected to be an early design from an F1 team, shared in the 2026 cars topic has more detail than this real life car running on the track.

By the way... So shakedowns are allowed? I thought filming days are the only ones that can be used. Which this clearly isn't with the blank car.
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lio007 wrote:
16 Jan 2026, 21:24
:o
I wonder why we suddenly get hi-res spy shots!?
In previous years we had only some very blurry material.
Maybe because there's nothing to see here.

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mzso wrote:
16 Jan 2026, 23:54
Wow. That found 3d model, suspected to be an early design from an F1 team, shared in the 2026 cars topic has more detail than this real life car running on the track.

By the way... So shakedowns are allowed? I thought filming days are the only ones that can be used. Which this clearly isn't with the blank car.
Pretty sure this counts as a filming day; just not one that will have any usable film from it. Although honestly these days they could just add the livery in post.

I get what you're saying; it's just the team's discretion as to how to use the day. Probably sometime around the Bahrain test they will do an actual marketing-based filming day. Desert sun is a lot better for showing off sponsors than a wet Silverstone anyways.
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