Haas VF-23 Speculation Thread

[wogx]

That rear has a bulge, definitely not a VF-22

[organic]

I'm not going to analyse it as probably a render of a very early '23 design. We spent a while looking at the '22 Haas livery release car and it ended up being almost nothing like their real car

[wogx]

[F1doc]

I'm not going to analyse it as probably a render of a very early '23 design. We spent a while looking at the '22 Haas livery release car and it ended up being almost nothing like their real car

Agreed. The mirror proportions suggest '22 car with new livery for show. Rear end has lots of missing "bits" to the suspension. Best to see what cars get brought to the first and only pre-season test. I can't see anyone hiding anything with that short a turnaround to Race 1.

[organic]

Will say the shark fin area of the render is interesting. It is stepped and the bodywork contracts downwards very aggressively compared to last year

[BlueCheetah66]

I'm not going to analyse it as probably a render of a very early '23 design. We spent a while looking at the '22 Haas livery release car and it ended up being almost nothing like their real car

The way the livery is around the nose probably suggests that's going to change

[Holm86]

They already said that this is just a livery launch, this isn't the 2023 car ...

[Vaexa]

For my money it's a render of some early design. The livery suggests they'll retain the bathtubs but that was pretty nailed on, honestly. I don't agree that it's the 2022 car.

[zioture]

[wogx]

[zioture]

[Blackout]

That bulge is reminiscent of the Alfa.
--> Pushrods at the rear confirmed.

Just kidding

[continuum16]

Typical bucket of confusion from Haas: missing suspension elements, weird car design that doesn’t make any sense. What I would take from this is, like others have suggested, they probably will keep the bathtub sidepods, because they conveniently left the top blank black like last year.

Hopefully they post one or two pictures from the shakedown and it’s not another RB18 scenario where finding a clean image is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

[trinidefender]

Typical bucket of confusion from Haas: missing suspension elements, weird car design that doesn’t make any sense. What I would take from this is, like others have suggested, they probably will keep the bathtub sidepods, because they conveniently left the top blank black like last year.

Hopefully they post one or two pictures from the shakedown and it’s not another RB18 scenario where finding a clean image is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Weird car design that doesn't make sense?"

What in the world does that mean. Also odd considering it's just a render and not the actual car.

[Sevach]

It's not real but the tiny airbox is striking.
And the gearbox bulge, reminds me of some early 10s Williams.