Red Bull RB11 Renault

[dren]

A nice evolution in typical Red Bull fashion. The nose slopes as I was expecting, it just doesn't drop. It made last year's car the best looking because of the curve. Nice and tidy packaging. If the Renault PU is much of an improvement, we may have a competitive year on our hands.

[FrukostScones]

so Red Bull copies Merc shapes?

Could you please clarify what you're talking about?

nose and diffuser

[gandharva]

I'm a bit disappointed by the lap count. Only 35 laps (TR also only 46). Seems Renault will have to work hard during the night.

The car is very impressive. Sidepods are much narrower this year. Lots of tweaks in the detail. I still wonder what's going on with the central rearwing support. If rumors are true (yes, shitty source...) we might see a new nose tomorrow.

[gandharva]

The best pics I could find from today with imho greatly improved lightning achieved by a short Photoshop session.

[Juzh]

Diffuser edges do seem larger compared to RB10. Or could be just my eyes playing tricks on me because of poor lighting. Certainly 2014 version has a more flowing feel to it, whereas 2015 simply cuts off at a 90° angle.
Merc resemblance does not seem significant.
2014

2015

W06

[gandharva]

"We had a small issue with the brake controls system around lunchtime but you're always going to have little niggles like that on days like this. We stopped running late in the afternoon with a technical issue, but it wasn't too serious. An alarm went off on the engine and at that stage of the day, knowing that an investigation would take time we chose to stop. Aside from that, everything went pretty much as we hoped."

http://www.infiniti-redbullracing.com/a ... st-day-one

[FrukostScones]

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[zztopless]

I was under the impression that this is a standardized part and therefore weight is not an issue because it's the same for everyone. Maybe i'm wrong.

That was my understanding too; that as of the start of last season, teams had a choice between the old LED display and the new LCD/OLED display, with the steering wheel's design (shape, size etc) still being done by the teams, using one of the two options for all the electronics and the display.

If this is the case, I have a feeling that the nature of the panel is simply being reported incorrectly by the media, which wouldn't be surprising, given the general confusion surrounding display technologies (thanks in no small part to the disingenuous marketing of LCD TVs as 'LED TVs'), as well as the (incorrect) use of "LCD screen" to describe any small, flat-panel display.

Mercedes are the only team I have noticed listing the specifications of the steering wheel display on their website (cards on the table, the only other team websites I've checked are Red Bull and McLaren ) and specifically describe the panel as OLED. I suppose this could be a mistake, or something that was put together before the spec was locked down for last year.

This is the kind of thing one have like to see covered and easy to find on f1.com video/article (as well as the steering wheel display specifications listed by each team, depending on which option they chose).

Edit: I did manage to find this in the technical regulations at http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules ... 1/fia.html :

8.6 Driver controls and displays :
8.6.1 Any electronic modules used for driver information displays and switch inputs must be supplied by an FIA designated supplier to a specification determined by the FIA and be suitably housed by each team.

[George-Jung]

Diffuser edges do seem larger compared to RB10. Or could be just my eyes playing tricks on me because of poor lighting. Certainly 2014 version has a more flowing feel to it, whereas 2015 simply cuts off at a 90° angle.
Merc resemblance does not seem significant.
2014
http://cdn-2.motorsport.com/static/img/ ... d-rear.jpg
2015
http://images.adrivo.com/images/950/q_8 ... 646132.jpg
W06
http://i.imgur.com/L1W0sLn.jpg

The exhaust also seems to exit way lower than the 2014 Red Bull...

[munudeges]

I'm sure they are trying to hide something with that camouflage livery, but what?

Nothing, they are trying to draw attention, move on.

The reasons for using that colour scheme are very, very well known in the automotive world.

[Blackout]

Is that a bump with a Kers sticker on it, inside the left hand sidepod?

[turbof1]

It looks like they copied mercedes their rear wing endplates lower slits:

Of course could just as well be the livery.

[gandharva]

Is that a bump with a Kers sticker on it, inside the left hand sidepod?
http://formule1.nl/media/uploads/media_ ... 004.09.jpg

Yes, it's a high voltage sticker. Above it, there seems to be some sort of knob.


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[i70q7m7ghw]

The packaging is very impressive, which I guess is to be expected from Red Bull. Hopefully, if Renault have made some gains Red Bull should be hot on the heels of the Mercedes runners.

The undercut and size of the sidepod intakes is particularly impressive, and the packaging at the rear is probably the tightest of what we've seen so far, Mclaren are not far behind in this area.

[f1rules]

im sorry, but look at the comparison pics, rb dont have the tigthest sidepods anymore