Red Bull RB22

[organic]

Front brake duct/debris shield detailing



Floor edge and outboard face of bargeboard upwashing detail

[ME4ME]

Looks like the front wing flap actuator linkage is coming out near the side of the nose and connects to a structural metal member connecting the 2nd and 3rd flap.

[MtthsMlw]

Front brake duct/debris shield detailing

https://i.ibb.co/Q7Pr6Q0s/20260126-115832-2.jpg

Floor edge and outboard face of bargeboard upwashing detail

https://i.ibb.co/mVXnFKFZ/20260126-115832-1.jpg

lol that diffuser side is completely open

[AR3-GP]

I don't understand the diffuser sidewall. What am I looking at?

[vorticism]

First sidepod cannon exits we’ve seen this year. What I alluded to back in June.
https://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewt ... 1#p1293691

Trailing the side headrest.

[vorticism]

I don't understand the diffuser sidewall. What am I looking at?

There's an allowance for it. Viewed from the side, the diffuser sidewall only has to exist within a small area (a polygon defined in the regs). Hence these gaps we've been seeing--an intentional allowance by the FIA. No loopholes here. The vertical element you see to the side of the diffuser hole is a wheel-mounted turning vane (a standard part common to all teams, similar to the previous regulations' various shared winglets). The diffuser can also be continuous with no cut-outs. That is also an option.

[nico5]

Did RB not get the memo there's no OP bargeboards like in 2020, or do they wanna be Merc 2022 2.0?

[Lasssept]

[discojesus100]

Zero undercut at the front of the sidepod like it’s 1999

[Emag]

Zero undercut at the front of the sidepod like it’s 1999

It's because the sidepod is very small. Almost half in width compared to the likes of Mercedes and Ferrari, and it's also almost completely "pressed-against" the body. This is basically a zero pod but with a horizontal inlet instead of vertical.

[SiLo]

Zero undercut at the front of the sidepod like it’s 1999

Reminds me of the Sauber C31 sidepods.

[matt_b]

Need to see more angles but it looks like a Mercedes 2023 sidepod with a horizonal inlet rather than vertical one, their thinking must be that the minimal sidepod design can work to good effect under these reguilations. You would think Mercedes wouldve looked into this given the data they gathered over those years.

[wiktor977]

Need to see more angles but it looks like a Mercedes 2023 sidepod with a horizonal inlet rather than vertical one, their thinking must be that the minimal sidepod design can work to good effect under these reguilations. You would think Mercedes wouldve looked into this given the data they gathered over those years.

Or they have PTSD, and words like 'zero-pod' or minimal sidepods are prohibited in their factory

[PlatinumZealot]

https://i.postimg.cc/cLRBnMp8/IMG-20260126-131439.jpg

It's a zero pod done right!

I mean zero pod was not compatible with Ground effect floors but it might be a silver bullet in these regs!

[ScottB]

https://i.postimg.cc/cLRBnMp8/IMG-20260126-131439.jpg

It's a zero pod done right!

I mean zero pod was not compatible with Ground effect floors but it might be a silver bullet in these regs!

Didn't the zero pod start out as an idea for the pre ground effect car, they just didn't get to it?

Though does make sense that they might be too internally scarred to revisit the idea...