Aston Martin Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer RB14

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The size of that opening is just mad, and it's interesting to see a different interpretation of the Ferrari sidepods lowered side crash structures.

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I keep staring at this sidepod opening, just wow, it kinda reminds me of the mp4-27 but even that is ''big'' compared to this.
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If any team came up with a different air intake to go with the halo I thought it would be RBR. However air intakes (on the 3 cars shown so far) don't seem to have changed appreciably due to the halo.
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The wing mirror mounts are odd, they both curve the same way, the right hand one is the same as the left. Maybe a little error in the photo editing?
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Nice and mean lookng car.
Looks like it was from a videogame.
Especially those side pods. :mrgreen:
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As it's an actual car and not a render, it's the first time we've seen the 3-d camera too. Those sidepods are sooo narrow! Maxed out engine cover, halo looks like a lower drag treatment than the Toro Rosso or McLaren multiwings. Overhead intake looks bigger than last year, so maybe that's doing more cooling.

Love the livery, I wish they'd keep their 'special' liveries, regularly better than the race ones.
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Check out at how unusual the RB14 upper wishbones on the front suspension are linked to the chassis! And how bent they are!

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the nose is very low / they lift the A-arm

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I really love the engine cover!! How smooth it is! Not seen this idea for long! I think due the new location of the side crash protector, this is possible! :)

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So extreme and brutal design. Well done Red Bull. Seems that Renault really improved packaging of PU.

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What a nice car!

- completely reworked front suspension
- s-duct is back
- sidepod cooling inlets are crazy. look at how they incorporated the crash structure!
- super thight packaging

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I see no S-duct... hmm interesting

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nevill3 wrote:
19 Feb 2018, 11:31
The wing mirror mounts are odd, they both curve the same way, the right hand one is the same as the left. Maybe a little error in the photo editing?
Looks a bit odd on some shots but they don't curve to the side, they curve back.

I really love the look of that car and the sidepods are very interesting.