Red Bull RB5

[ISLAMATRON]

werent some of you guys talking about using the 3cm from the centerline for cooling on the engine cover? There it goes on the RB5

[ISLAMATRON]

Islam, those pics are STR

So it seems... I will repost... both pics?

[roost89]

Islam, those pics are STR

So it seems... I will repost... both pics?

Aye, it'll save from confusion. Nice finds though and thank you for posting them!
The teams really have moved on alot in 1.5 weeks.

[ISLAMATRON]

I Said WRONG CAR!!!

[SoliRossi]

Its the STR, you can tell by the tiny bit of body work you can see to the sides of the cooling holes, its the picture of the bull (see how the livery has wavy lines...horns or something) Also on the left of the image you can see the top of the sidepod and there are no lines on it, the RB5 has pin stripes in this place.

[zgred]

[djos]

Looks like Newey has managed to keep all the strong points of the RB5 while integrating the DDD. =D>

[kilcoo316]

Yeap.

The band-aid solution is pretty obvious really - instead of using a central tunnel - which competes with the gearbox for volume, use two tunnels split to either side of it.


Its not ideal, due to increased curvature and surface area within the duct relative to your exit area, but its all they can do in a short timescale.

[vasia]

Definitely a band-aid solution, not a fully optimized one. The rear end was not redesigned as much as Red Bull implied it was going to be. No surprise, since a major redesign on this scale takes several months.

[ISLAMATRON]

it seems to keep the original diffuser and adds another one to it

[timbo]

I like venturis on the sides of diffuser. Simple, yet clever.

[Dmitry_black]

New interesting element.
Monaco:

Spain:

[Bob Brown]

looks like more ventilation for cooldown?

[RacingManiac]

I like venturis on the sides of diffuser. Simple, yet clever.

The feature seems to be there since the beginning, I guess as a function of their decision to run the narrower diffuser.

[modbaraban]

Is it on both sides? They're expliting the same loophole as BMW.Sauber who managed to squeeze some shark grills into that area.