Red Bull RB8 Renault (pre-launch speculation)

[Giblet]

I have my sources.

I hang around a bit on http://reddit.com/r/formula1

Well, 1 source I guess

It is a bit of a wilderness, but many neat things show up.

All I have is the link I posted at this time.

[bonjon1979]

I have my sources.

I hang around a bit on http://reddit.com/r/formula1

Well, 1 source I guess

It is a bit of a wilderness, but many neat things show up.

All I have is the link I posted at this time.

That's one ugly snout...

[dren]

It's not showing for me. I just get the imageshack froggy.

[gerhard]

Nose looks to high to be 2012 spec, in my opinion.

By the way, will nose-mounted cameras be allowed this year?

[FrukostScones]

Nose looks to high to be 2012 spec, in my opinion.

By the way, will nose-mounted cameras be allowed this year?

100% RB7 inmyhop

[Giblet]

The transition from the monocoque to the nose looks different and abrupt.

Hard to tell without the paint job as a reference. It makes the whole car look different.

Front wing endplates look different to me as well.

[raymondu999]

I remember they had 3 or 4 endplate configurations that they tested in pre-season testing. Maybe this was a straight-line aero day?

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

It still has an ebd.

But look at the rear wing mounts... Different no?

[raymondu999]

It still has an ebd.

But look at the rear wing mounts... Different no?

I don't remember the RB5/6/7 ever having mounts. I don't see one either. It's just suspended between the two endplates

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

I mean end plates

Need a closer look but this looks like a Frankenstein car...

[wesley123]

Nose looks to high to be 2012 spec, in my opinion.

By the way, will nose-mounted cameras be allowed this year?

100% RB7 inmyhop

Agreed, definetely an RB7

[raymondu999]

Definitely. Just an RB7 in vanilla paintwork

[Giblet]

The more I look at I have to agree, just an unbranded RB7. The one thing is the front wing endplates. The launch car has openings, this one looks smooth to me, like the very early incantations of the 2009 front wings.

[Owen.C93]

Looks like a late 2011 wing to me. They got very simple towards the end.

[wesley123]

indeed end season wing, by then they had this 'opening' removed by extending the lower part of the end plate