Red Bull RB8 Renault

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Parties in Jerez state the RB8 was suffering massively from understeer. Webber had difficulties in the high speed corners.

[Owen.C93]

Another view of the intricate part between the floor and rear wheel. Right click, view, for full size.

[raymondu999]

Parties in Jerez state the RB8 was suffering massively from understeer. Webber had difficulties in the high speed corners.

So we have a poster above who says it's unstable on corner entry; and now despite losing a chunk of rear downforce they're understeery?

[wesley123]

just fooling the other teams perhaps? I can't imagine the RB which was so good over the last few years to have a sudden flaw

[amouzouris]

i noticed on the photo above the part next to where the diffuser begins..last year it was a triangle to produce turbulence turning the air inside the diffuser...this year looks like a bat wing..any one know why that is?

[timbo]

So we have a poster above who says it's unstable on corner entry; and now despite losing a chunk of rear downforce they're understeery?

Well, being both unstable on entry and understeery on full throttle is not exactly rare. But I wouldn't read much into it.

[zgred]

[mx_tifoso]

Is just me or is the most rearward wishbone arm getting toasted? Close to where it mounts onto the gearbox.

just fooling the other teams perhaps? I can't imagine the RB which was so good over the last few years to have a sudden flaw

Ferrari. 2005.
Renault. 2007.

[imightbewrong]

Woha, check the rear suspension. No double wishbone, it is a single top wishbone that is partway branched to a second arm that connects to the bottom side of the upright!

[amouzouris]

[img]http://www.formula1.com/wi/597x478/sutt ... 62.jpg[img]

[img]http://www.formula1.com/wi/597x478/sutt ... 63.jpg[img]

Woha, check the rear suspension. No double wishbone, it is a single top wishbone that is partway branched to a second arm that connects to the bottom side of the upright!

thats what i said few pages back by seeing the launch photos but nobody replied!:P

[imightbewrong]

One more image to confirm it:


Awesome, more developments and another expected trick in the bag from RBR! That must really help the aero at the back, I wonder how well the suspension work. Will be interesting to see!

[Owen.C93]

Another view.

http://www.formule1.nl/media/uploads/me ... 7-0322.jpg

And last years car.
http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress.com ... cooper.jpg

I'm not entirely sure what you guys are referring to but I hope those help.

[beelsebob]

Another view.

http://www.formule1.nl/media/uploads/me ... 7-0322.jpg

And last years car.
http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress.com ... cooper.jpg

I'm not entirely sure what you guys are referring to but I hope those help.

Look at the lower of the two wishbones – it's not wishbone shaped - it's just a single bar.

[imightbewrong]

I think I was wrong.. I think the lower wishbone is still there. It's just further rearward and very small. What do you guys see?

[beelsebob]

I think I was wrong.. I think the lower wishbone is still there. It's just further rearward and very small. What do you guys see?

I see the lower wishbone only having a single support, not two – i.e. a bone – not a wishbone.