Red Bull RB22

[AR3-GP]

"more front"

[Kiril Varbanov]

https://x.com/StormyMv33/status/2033618971417854267 - User claims "The Red Bull is 20 kg heavier compared to the Alpine and 19 kg heavier compared to the McLaren. The Red Bull currently weighs 798.5 kg (Excluding fuel) (minimum driver weight 82 kg)" - while this is not unexpected, it's something.
Earlier corroborated by Pierre Waché for RacingNews365.nl.

[carisi2k]

30kg overweight would explain why the red bull looks so lethargic in the corners.

[nicolas]

[vorticism]

+1 Excellent photos as usual.

One compressor outlet (black cap), feeds the first pass on the intercooler upper side, second pass lower side feeds a single outlet which wyes into the two low-profile intake manifolds (red caps).

[djos]

First is a bit of a stretch, I posted pics and video of the PU from Friday night in Melbourne here:

viewtopic.php?p=1332181#p1332181

[AR3-GP]

Are there not 2 radiators here? One in the conventional upper position, and a much smaller secondary cooler that exhaust towards the bottom?

[Brahmal]

Are there not 2 radiators here? One in the conventional upper position, and a much smaller secondary cooler that exhaust towards the bottom?

https://i.postimg.cc/fL5cN7Yz/image.png

Appears to be, nice spot. They did something similar with the RB20 IIRC, though that one was larger.

[porridge]

RedBull PowerUnit
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[Brahmal]

https://www.planetf1.com/features/f1-20 ... ars-design

[AR3-GP]

RedBull PowerUnit
@n_mode_log

This picture makes me think that the MGU-K is mounted alongside the battery. There's a shaft sticking out of the front of the engine in the bottom right of this picture, but this doesn't make sense if the MGU-K was alongside the engine.

[venkyhere]

Following up an old 'floor entry dagger' thread :

Guys, kindly help with your aero expertise and let me know whether my interpretation of floor entry vortex generation is in the ballpark of how it's supposed to work :

https://i.ibb.co/RGgtBhfT/RB22-floor-entry.png

What are the yellow arrows interacting with the four daggers doing? Pretty sure that, from a side view, the dagger would appear triangular with the back edge fully attached to the face of the floor lip. No porosity there.

It's unclear to me, hence my post. I don't know whether it's play of light or whether there is a hole sliced on the 'body' of the "dagger". In fact they look nothing like typical daggers do.

I don't think the vanes are porous
https://i.postimg.cc/nLF7mFzz/image.png

Weren't there two different floors that were tried ? Clearly the top and bottom ones in your pic, are different (reference against the innermost vertical entry).

It's the same floor taken at different angles. I took those screenshots from day 3 evening session at T10. They are milliseconds apart.

I understand, and believe you. However, my brain is having a hard time 'projecting' a mental image of how the 'thing' in the close up pics in my post looks like the top-half pic (from the straighter angle) in your post. I know the 'tail' wont be seen from that angle, but the 'front rib' resembles a simple straight edge 'too perfectly' in the top-half pic.

The bottom edges of the triangular daggers are curved quite dramatically, shaping the dagger like a cone-section. This creates some optical illusions from certain angles that make it quite confusing to look at, I agree. Some of the other cars don't have this curved edge and the triangular shape is much more apparent, but there's no fundamental difference. The only car that seems to be doing something truly unique is the Ferrari with their strange grid-fin arrangement that I still haven't seen a really sharp picture of.

Yes, I understand the shape. The close-up pic (where I drew some dummy lines) reveals the same very well. What I am unable to convince my mind is how 'perfectly sharp & straight' the rib looks in the front-on shot from far away.

Sometimes I am like a dog with a bone , so took one final look at the pics, before 'letting it go' in my mind trying to imagine how exactly these are shaped. Took a stab and created a crude 'engg drawing' (oldies from pre-3D graphics era must know) version of what I think it is. Let me know your thoughts :

[Brahmal]

Sometimes I am like a dog with a bone , so took one final look at the pics, before 'letting it go' in my mind trying to imagine how exactly these are shaped. Took a stab and created a crude 'engg drawing' (oldies from pre-3D graphics era must know) version of what I think it is. Let me know your thoughts :

So top-left is head-on view, bottom-left is top-down, and top-right is side-on? Not sure exactly what is being represented, but I think these are less complex shapes than you are envisioning. Below is a good picture of the Audi floor daggers; they are not the same shape as RBR but are similar conceptually and this picture gives a nice perspective. They are shaped like a scoop or spade, or like your hand when reaching into a body of water to splash someone.

[AR3-GP]

It's clear here they are just normal vanes with a slight tip curvature.



Audi's design is interesting. The face of floor inlet experiences outwash.

[AR3-GP]

Suzuka. Not much to see.