The New RB9

/chuckle

 

You can't seriously be that naive?

 

Red Bull open to passive DRS concept for 2013 - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

Must be but that behind the driver's head position looks like an hole.

It would be interesting using the head's movement to create an f duct, you've heard it here first

 

Chuckle because they will probably win the WCC yet again this year......


I think newey is hiding one of two things, a passive drs system, or something very clever with a driveshaft covering wing device. One or the other or perhaps both.

 

3 things -if you blow up the side profile shot of the RB9 with the white background, you can see a C channel above the plank, running from a duct outlet below/behind the tea tray to the rear. Maybe a way to direct air under the car, either side of the plank, to the rear diffuser?

 

gosh, the complexity of the car already saying come chase us mclaren and ferrari

 

I find it amazing that the designers can package an 800 HP motor along with all the cooling in about the volume of 3 grocery store paper bags.

 

Already banned.

 

Apart from the garish purple, the only substantial new thing possibly on this car is the passive DRS. I think Newey has milked his one-trick to the max and may have not focused hard enough on other ways to improve his car.

 

Note the pushrod front suspension ... Newey knows what he is doing.

Pete

 

+1. Strange to hear people say he doesnt know what he is doing lol! We all wont know anything until they are on the track.

 

I doubt you'd find many sane people who would say he doesn't know what he's doing

On the front suspension, we can only wait and see what the year brings. I can only note that the 2 fastest cars in race trim (from the end of last year), IMO the Ferrari and McLaren, are now both pull-rod.

 

Further to this, two photos zoomed in from this hi-res profile provided by Red Bull (you can see it full-size on http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/pictures-of-the-new-red-bull/ )

one, showing duct entrances below the exhaust outlet - ducting air to the center of diffuser?
tw0, showing the duct outlet under the front splitter, near the front of the plank, as I mentioned in the earlier post. What's that one for?
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It appears RB are the only team clinging to the ramp style exhaust. let's see where this goes....

 

As of last year (or was that the year before?), always found it funny that Infiniti paid to have their name stuck on this car. What did Infiniti contribute, car-wise, to the RB9? Cup holders?

 

Nissan and Renault have a partnership. Besides, sponsors don't necessarily provide anything to the teams but money.

 

Nonetheless I'm surprised that the huge "RED BULL" has been replaced on the side of the car. I guess they figure that there's enough association by now.

 

McLaren last year was definitely push rod and again push-rod this year: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/01/10/f1-cars-autosport-international-2013/mcla-asi-2013-3/

Ferrari is the only car hamstrung by this pull rod front suspension.
Pete

 

My friend, the MP4-28 has pull rod front suspension

 

It appears that the link I posted is lying about the year of the car ...

Yes you are right:

Makes absolutely no sense to me. Because of the lack of angle the pull rod will be acting like a spring as well.

I guess aero has become so important, what the wheels are doing no longer matters ...
Pete

 

I thought about your point on the angle and that was my initial thought also. The mistake (IMO) is that we are referencing the pull-rod to the road. Which isn't relevant. You are of course correct in that there does need to be an angle, but the angle needs to exist (again IMO) between the pull-rod and the upper wishbone. When you look at those two elements (ignoring the road) you can see there is angle.