Oracle Red Bull Racing RB19 Speculation Thread

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From the original file, tweaked a bit by @AMRacingF1

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Compare it to the undercut last year

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The front of the sidepod undercut (around the O of ORACLE) outwashes far more aggressively, more ferrari-like in that sense

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Sidepods look very wide.

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10 Feb 2023, 21:51
https://i.imgur.com/rpEYcJ1.jpeg

Compare it to the undercut last year

https://i.imgur.com/oumBukE.jpeg

The front of the sidepod undercut (around the O of ORACLE) outwashes far more aggressively, more ferrari-like in that sense
Yes I feel that "O" of the "Oracle" is more forward facing than previously.
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SmallSoldier wrote:
10 Feb 2023, 21:48
From the original file, tweaked a bit by @AMRacingF1

https://i.imgur.com/BJIhXiU.jpg
Why does every frame of this rb19 have a strange looking discontinuous engine cover?

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Red Bull are not wasting any money on camouflage livery.
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10 Feb 2023, 21:38
The car on track today was not the RB18. The nose is significantly wider and the front wing is completely different philosophy. Can't see anything else from the videos we've seen

The rear wing used is surprisingly low downforce in comparison to the one used last year for shakedown but I guess it seems things are not as last minute this year as in 2022.
Last year the track was damp. I guess it is dry this year.

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This should lay to rest suggestions of zero-pods. If anything the sidepods look slabbier than last season :lol:

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organic wrote:
10 Feb 2023, 21:52
SmallSoldier wrote:
10 Feb 2023, 21:48
From the original file, tweaked a bit by @AMRacingF1

https://i.imgur.com/BJIhXiU.jpg
Why does every frame of this rb19 have a strange looking discontinuous engine cover?
4K footage is data intensive. It's likely that the photographer is using something with a low capture rate. The discontinuity is because the car moves too much during the shot.
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Does anyone else see a slightly anhedral front wing?

The front wing lowermost plane seems to be raised slightly in the centre where it meets the nose - a less extreme version of what aston-martin had last season.

Could be just my mind/the angle playing tricks though

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FW looks the most different to last year to me. The rest is hard to see.

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The floor edge looks profoundly uninteresting, like the final version of the RB18. Any cutouts/tricks might be brought later though I suppose

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RB might be using some actual parts for camouflage around sidepod undercut. Or very interesing colour to confuse everyone :mrgreen:

Front wing is definitely very different in philosophy, but the car is using low downforce wings in any case.
And they call it a stall. A STALL!

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organic wrote:
10 Feb 2023, 21:52
SmallSoldier wrote:
10 Feb 2023, 21:48
From the original file, tweaked a bit by @AMRacingF1

https://i.imgur.com/BJIhXiU.jpg
Why does every frame of this rb19 have a strange looking discontinuous engine cover?
Just because we are working with so little pixels. Remember last years tea tray in front of rear wing speculation. Same root cause. It seems to have a more pronounced shaping of that indent on the sidepod and likely indeed more undercut. Nose imho very similar, not wider. That also seems a pixels interpolation problem.

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Sieper wrote:
10 Feb 2023, 21:57
organic wrote:
10 Feb 2023, 21:52
SmallSoldier wrote:
10 Feb 2023, 21:48
From the original file, tweaked a bit by @AMRacingF1

https://i.imgur.com/BJIhXiU.jpg
Why does every frame of this rb19 have a strange looking discontinuous engine cover?
Just because we are working with so little pixels. Remember last years tea tray in front of rear wing speculation. Same root cause. It seems to have a more pronounced shaping of that indent on the sidepod and likely indeed more undercut. Nose imho very similar, not wider. That also seems a pixels interpolation problem.
Duchessa reckons nose/front wing are the most different and I believe he has seen the full car (as he is at the filming day I think)