Red Bull RB22

[AR3-GP]

https://i.postimg.cc/5NkT1G9r/image.png

Is this really an undercut, probably need a front-on image to confirm, but from this, it just looks like a more sculpted version of the same 'teardrop' thing

The undercut is in the front. The rear doesn't have an undercut.

[Sieper]

This is not just an undercut, they moved the cooling up higher, above the C from oracle there now is a bulge. They are comparing the two solutions. I think they will go to this more traditional "undercut" style. though the weight is higher up.

[AR3-GP]

It looks like active aero was revised?

[euv2]

https://x.com/AndreaGalante__/status/20 ... 05092?s=20

[AR3-GP]

The new front wing didn't stay on for very long. It looks like it was only run with the aero rake. After the rakes were taken off, the flat front wing was put back on the car.

[organic]

They've added a wiggle to the mirror stay.



A nice view of the SP undercut. It very much is a g-line undercut combined with a slimpod.





Compared with geometry from Barcelona/test 1 the difference is pretty stark.



The sidepod is a midway point between two extremes:

Mercedes - They have the standard height inlet, the g-line undercut (although moderate) and blend between in/downwash at the rear

Audi - at the front of the sidepod it overhangs the floor LE, pressurising the FLEDs, and the sidepod itself is narrow (exposed SIS)

[Badger]

Completely as expected. The sidepod never looked its final form in the first tests, and it was never expected that the undercut would be as extreme as the teams with wider pods.

[organic]

As spotted by brakeboosted red bull also extends the crash structure winglet, but not to the extent of Ferrari today, but it is the second most extreme vertical extension of the diffuser on the grid

[Cassius]

New shape of the more forward engine cooling outlet as well?

[organic]

New shape of the more forward engine cooling outlet as well?

Yeah. Probably why they tested a multitude of variants of that outlet at Barcelona

[vorticism]

A nice view of the SP undercut. It very much is a g-line undercut combined with a slimpod.

So does this reduce/eliminate the floor extension?

https://i.postimg.cc/zvm0LShM/image.png

The transparent panel also looks to be gone.

[venkyhere]

As spotted by brakeboosted red bull also extends the crash structure winglet, but not to the extent of Ferrari today, but it is the second most extreme vertical extension of the diffuser on the grid

https://i.ibb.co/4wYHqwrK/20260218-122244.jpg

Tighter engine cover as well. The big-hole main rear exit is the 'odd man out' amongst so many 'tight exit' cars on the grid. Like the odd guy with a beer belly in a special forces unit.

[vorticism]

As spotted by brakeboosted red bull also extends the crash structure winglet, but not to the extent of Ferrari today, but it is the second most extreme vertical extension of the diffuser on the grid

https://i.ibb.co/4wYHqwrK/20260218-122244.jpg

The height of the tailpipe relative to the CS is odd. The wing stays encapsulate the sides of that same area--so why haul around a void in that region? Maybe they'll also show up with an exhaust plate/ramp in that area. They have room to drop the tailpipe down--look at the height of its support.

[ChrisM40]

As spotted by brakeboosted red bull also extends the crash structure winglet, but not to the extent of Ferrari today, but it is the second most extreme vertical extension of the diffuser on the grid

https://i.ibb.co/4wYHqwrK/20260218-122244.jpg

The height of the tailpipe relative to the CS is odd. The wing stays encapsulate the sides of that same area--so why haul around a void in that region? Maybe they'll also show up with an exhaust plate/ramp in that area. They have room to drop the tailpipe down--look at the height of its support.

Isnt the exhaust position and length fixed by relative position to other components, in the regs? It may not be as simple as just moving it down.

[euv2]