https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/red- ... e-learned/One example is providing equipment capable of 3D printing with industrial metal, which is said to be much faster than using traditional suppliers making castings out of big moulds - and which got an unusual amount of attention in the launch event as Ford and Red Bull gave the engine programme a lot of airtime, which was good to see.
A little different contrast:
No, it's from last night's launch.FW17 wrote: ↑16 Jan 2026, 12:01
Thats the Honda engine
I know.
I wonder what the backstory is on that model. The current issue of the regs demands six forward mounting studs (like we've seen for decades), this model however only shows four bosses for those studs, with the outer bosses omitted. That would allow a narrower chassis. Maybe an earlier rev of the regs did no demand six, and they got clever. Overall it's interesting to see how pared-down it is, combined with a structural trellising.AR3-GP wrote: ↑16 Jan 2026, 08:26They did a virtual reality launch of the PU. It's interesting that the battery is tall rather than low and wide like the Honda.
https://i.postimg.cc/vmbZzSzG/image.png
https://i.postimg.cc/50k9f9M8/image.png
The picture just above our post suggest that there are 6 mounts. So that is a deviation from the render.vorticism wrote: ↑16 Jan 2026, 20:50Looks normal to me. The triangular plate might be blanking off the MGUK connection--in which case it looks to be located ahead of the ICE. Like the Honda teaser images, this one shows a log manifold uniting the intake runners. Odd. We'll see what gets installed in the car.
I wonder what the backstory is on that model. The current issue of the regs demands six forward mounting studs (like we've seen for decades), this model however only shows four bosses for those studs, with the outer bosses omitted. That would allow a narrower chassis. Maybe an earlier rev of the regs did no demand six, and they got clever. Overall it's interesting to see how pared-down it is, combined with a structural trellising.AR3-GP wrote: ↑16 Jan 2026, 08:26They did a virtual reality launch of the PU. It's interesting that the battery is tall rather than low and wide like the Honda.
https://i.postimg.cc/vmbZzSzG/image.png
https://i.postimg.cc/50k9f9M8/image.png
Thats the rear of the ICE PU the flywheel and clutch "should" be located there.vorticism wrote: ↑16 Jan 2026, 20:50Looks normal to me. The triangular plate might be blanking off the MGUK connection--in which case it looks to be located ahead of the ICE. Like the Honda teaser images, this one shows a log manifold uniting the intake runners. Odd. We'll see what gets installed in the car.
I wonder what the backstory is on that model. The current issue of the regs demands six forward mounting studs (like we've seen for decades), this model however only shows four bosses for those studs, with the outer bosses omitted. That would allow a narrower chassis. Maybe an earlier rev of the regs did no demand six, and they got clever. Overall it's interesting to see how pared-down it is, combined with a structural trellising.AR3-GP wrote: ↑16 Jan 2026, 08:26They did a virtual reality launch of the PU. It's interesting that the battery is tall rather than low and wide like the Honda.
https://i.postimg.cc/vmbZzSzG/image.png
https://i.postimg.cc/50k9f9M8/image.png
https://archive.is/l6SmN#selection-435.0-435.266"For example, a big advantage of working with Ford is their production capacity. We use quite a few parts that we call Direct Metal Laser Sintering, abbreviated DMLS. You should actually see that as a digital casting process, with which we can produce these 3D metal parts very quickly. For example, the turbine housing is made by Ford, but according to our design."
