Red Bull RB22

[AR3-GP]

[AR3-GP]

Tire wake study

[AR3-GP]

There's something very "retro" about the shape of the Red Bull. The no undercut sidepod and the big roll hoop snorkel is a throwback to the 90s. Interesting.

[AR3-GP]

[AR3-GP]

[venkyhere]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBB-GQJXMAA ... name=large

with a few more details highlighted. I think the suspension geometry on the 2026 provides more 'steering feel' about grip to the driver.

[Blackout]

https://i.postimg.cc/85Dxtd1k/image.png

[dren]

https://i.postimg.cc/85Dxtd1k/image.png

https://i.imgur.com/7RYNNuG.jpeg

Both fruits, quite obviously.

[lio007]

That's a nice one:

[lio007]

Could it be an indication that we see some more heavily revised sidepods next week? Because the team did not a single run with flow-viz or aero rakes to verify the airflow around the sidepods!?

[AR3-GP]

That's a nice one:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBDNb-IaEAA ... name=large
https://twitter.com/xavigazquez/status/ ... 25968?s=20

The slot in the diffuser wall looks like this:

[venkyhere]

Someone help me understand about the 'ROKT' shoulder cannon beneath the halo :
1) is it a cooling duct (looks likely despite how narrow it is) or an aerodynamic pipe-duct to re-energize the flow at the side of the engine-cover-waterslide area ?
2) irrespective of whether it is cooling/aero, where is the air inlet ? unable to locate it in the high-res pictures 2.3.4. Kindly help locate. Is the inlet same as the main sidepod inlet itself ?

[f1isgood]

Might be helpful:

[venkyhere]

Might be helpful:

https://i.imgur.com/HxNNg75.jpeg

Thanks, I've seen these 'opened up gills' version too, that hints that there is a heat exchanger there, but the snake like pipe on the top seems to be unrelated to these gills, 'to the eye'.

[venkyhere]

Q to all tech nerds in the thread, please hear me out (I can ramble on, sometimes)...

General understanding is that the cooling for ICE (water/oil/charge) will be less than previous regs and the cooling for battery pack and MGU will be more than previous regs.
And we have seen how in 2026 cars, the packaging tightness is extreme (esp McLaren/AstonMartin), which hints that a lot of cooling has moved centerline across the paddock, and the 'thin sidepods' must have only 1 or 2 'big heat exchangers'. We also saw pictures of the centerline air-to-air IC in RedBull's case (which is one of the "big" ones, apart from the water+oil ones) ; reducing the need for large sidepods.
Now coming to my Q - we have seen the 'no undercut' teardrop sidepod with a suspicious 'bottom panel of the teardrop' that isn't blue painted. Could this be 'two storeys' with a roof separating the blue and grey zones, but sharing the same main sidepod inlet at the top/front ? What if all the heat exchangers are in the top storey, and what's held in the grey zone is just 'pressurized ram air' ? (the air wouldn't weigh anything and maintaining the teardrop shape all the way down helps push out the front wheel wake perhaps without too much cost of drag penalty). The higher pressure in this 'mezzanine' area needn't have an outlet and would help push the floor down even more (apart from underfloor suction).
Just a wild thought. Feel free to call me stupid