2026 F1 Cars - General Thread

[hollus]

Local laws about making user data available and user limits like age verification.
The UK played hard and certain sites chose to block the UK rather than comply with UK requirements.
Similar things in other countries, I guess.

[Xyz22]

Vcarb in action in Imola


https://autoracer.it/racing-bulls-shake ... g-vcarb03/

[murphy]

Vcarb in action in Imola
https://autoracer.it/wp-content/uploads ... 72636.webp

https://autoracer.it/racing-bulls-shake ... g-vcarb03/

I am loving the look of the new cars, just needs a big v10 in the back.

[De Wet]

Vcarb in action in Imola
https://autoracer.it/wp-content/uploads ... 72636.webp

https://autoracer.it/racing-bulls-shake ... g-vcarb03/

I am loving the look of the new cars, just needs a big v10 in the back.

Hell Yes...

[vorticism]

Front & rear pushrod, rake, horizontal floor board elements, and pronounced rake (though not extreme) on the VCARB.

Some guesses at what we’ll see in a couple of months:
Front pushrod. The front wing pressure distribution has changed. The largest part of the wing is now outboard, the opposite of the 2022 formula which had the largest part of the wing inboard. This will alter the flow fields between the front wheels.
Rear pushrod. The diffuser is not as tall but the onset of the diffuser remains in approximately the same location as the 2022 formula. It is perhaps better to not risk impinging upon it with pullrod mechanisms, although the higher CoG of a pushrod assembly could conflict with the use of rake.
...
Horizontal floor board slats. First known suggestion online: https://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewt ... 1#p1293691
Rake. The question is how much. The rear wing allowance seems small relative to the size of the front wing, and there are no beam wings. Use rake to increase overall downforce that is necessarily rearward of the front axle. That said--does rake conflict with using higher center of gravity pushrods at the rear...

Also, floor stays and diffuser winglets are visible. No use of the louver allowance, though! Disappointing.

[TeamKoolGreen]

The dirty tumbling air in this representation looks worse than 2021

https://x.com/i/status/2013641905347694874

[dren]

Vcarb in action in Imola
https://autoracer.it/wp-content/uploads ... 72636.webp

https://autoracer.it/racing-bulls-shake ... g-vcarb03/

Quite a large air intake!

[dren]

Front & rear pushrod, rake, horizontal floor board elements, and pronounced rake (though not extreme) on the VCARB.

Some guesses at what we’ll see in a couple of months:
Front pushrod. The front wing pressure distribution has changed. The largest part of the wing is now outboard, the opposite of the 2022 formula which had the largest part of the wing inboard. This will alter the flow fields between the front wheels.
Rear pushrod. The diffuser is not as tall but the onset of the diffuser remains in approximately the same location as the 2022 formula. It is perhaps better to not risk impinging upon it with pullrod mechanisms, although the higher CoG of a pushrod assembly could conflict with the use of rake.
...
Horizontal floor board slats. First known suggestion online: https://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewt ... 1#p1293691
Rake. The question is how much. The rear wing allowance seems small relative to the size of the front wing, and there are no beam wings. Use rake to increase overall downforce that is necessarily rearward of the front axle. That said--does rake conflict with using higher center of gravity pushrods at the rear...

https://d3cm515ijfiu6w.cloudfront.net/w ... down-5.jpg

Also, floor stays and diffuser winglets are visible. No use of the louver allowance, though! Disappointing.

Are those two horizontal attachments inboard of the vertical fence? EDIT: I think I'm seeing the top of the floor and a suspension component based on new photos.

[chlebekf1]

Alpine managed to get down to a minimum of 768kg

[dialtone]

Vcarb in action in Imola
https://autoracer.it/wp-content/uploads ... 72636.webp

https://autoracer.it/racing-bulls-shake ... g-vcarb03/

Quite a large air intake!

Large isn’t quite accurate. It’s massive, it looks double the size of their previous already large one.

[BassVirolla]

Vcarb in action in Imola
https://autoracer.it/wp-content/uploads ... 72636.webp

https://autoracer.it/racing-bulls-shake ... g-vcarb03/

Quite a large air intake!

Large isn’t quite accurate. It’s massive, it looks double the size of their previous already large one.

Not just the intake, but the volume of the centerline cooling. Huge!!

[cplchanb]

the 2026 Audi car just launched. another silver arrows has joined the chat

[hollus]

It has been unlocked for days!

[cplchanb]

It has been unlocked for days!

oops just saw it hidden amongst the locked threads!

[Unzinn]

The only thing worth mentioning from the Audi launch was they actually showed a different render on the projector, quite different sidepods from the generic show car.