Monday saw Aston Martin Red Bull release the first pictures of its brand new RB14, just before the car was sent out on a wet Silverstone track for a shakedown and filming opportunity.
They are the aero profiles on top of the sidepod inlets, where the crash structure used to be.adrianjordan wrote: ↑22 Mar 2018, 18:21I'm late to the party, but which part is the X-Wing?
I tried googling it but got star wars pictures and then photos from tge 90's of the wings mounted above the sidepods at Monaco and the like...
I thought it was the vertical panel on the outer side of the radiator entry (first introduced by Ferrari), but then I realised that is more like a Tie fighter, not an X-wing!ScrewCaptain27 wrote: ↑25 Mar 2018, 00:25They are the aero profiles on top of the sidepod inlets, where the crash structure used to be.adrianjordan wrote: ↑22 Mar 2018, 18:21I'm late to the party, but which part is the X-Wing?
I tried googling it but got star wars pictures and then photos from tge 90's of the wings mounted above the sidepods at Monaco and the like...
Some analysis from the usual suspects regarding cooling/packaging changes would be great. Did they switch to water/air in 2018?ScrewCaptain27 wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 09:11Great image of the packaging:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201803 ... 685319.jpg
Via Formulapassion.it
Sauber C32 has similar design of side-pods (referring to "no undercut")jk-27 wrote: ↑06 Apr 2018, 14:14Red Bull seem to be the only team who aren't using a distinct 'under cut' in their sidepods (bar Sauber, but Saubers sidepods are all 90 degree corners). And I have to say visually Red Bull's sidepods look so much more appealing too. Is the 'cola bottle' trend now no longer that relevant? Are Red Bull the pioneers moving away from that trend?
