Red Bull RB9 Renault

[gandharva]

[ziggy]

Exhaust temperature sensors. Seems RBR is going to sqeeze out exhaust diffusor sealing to a maximum in 2013.
Looks like they compare temperatures between coated (as seen in Silverstone) and uncoated exhaust.

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Ant ... 704017.jpg

Here RB are using a high temperature pitot for exhaust gas velocity rather than a Kiel probe for exhaust gas pressure.

The coated exhaust should produce higher gas temperature, because the exhaust is "isolated". So my theory goes this way: Red bull is experimenting with a new resin in the back of the car. What if this resin changes its form, when it is hot? It could act like bi-metal. There could be a "special" formation lap engine map, which produces enough exhaust gas heat, to bring the resin on the right temperature. This could produce much more downforce for the whole race. In the last lap(s) they can again cool down the back of the car and voila, the car is perfectly legal again.

This is offcourse pure speculation, they could also be testing this for 2014 allready...

[Forza]

Silverstone YDT- Day 3 - 19/07/13






Via sutton-images.com/AMuS

[RB7ate9]

Are the straight vents to the sides of the driver (square profile) new? What are the benefits to the straight vent as opposed to the set of "gills" they usually use?

[Blackout]

[stefan_]

Hungary 2013 - Thursday (25.07.2013)

New fin added to the side of the cockpit.

[wesley123]

that whole area is new. The connection from the podvane to the sidepod is different, there is a new fin like pointed out and there is one vertical fin instead of 2

[stefan_]

HUngary 2013 - Thursday (25.07.2013)


via Pius Gassó

[techF1LES]

According to AMuS, "there is a second series of safety pins on the hubs, which are already spread open when the wheel is secured with the wheel nut. Thus, the wheel remains on the axis even when the thread is loose. The FIA wants to make a second safeguard duty. Possibly from the Belgian GP at Spa, but certainly from 2014."

Source: Sicherheit beim Reifenwechsel
Kommt ein Zeitlimit für Boxenstopps?


EDIT: Looking at the pictures, there's definitely nothing new on the wheel hubs - Red Bull still uses 3 safety pins...

[stefan_]

Hungary 2013 - Friday (26.07.2013)

[wesley123]

is it just me or does the sidepod look more slimmed down? There seem to be a much larger gap between the podvane and sidepod on the new solution

[techF1LES]

Slightly revised front wing upper flap and sixth and seventh tier near the endplates

Hungary


Germany

[The_Truth]

Is that a thermal camera on the front wing like Mercedes?

[astracrazy]

if your talking about that thing in the middle of the top flap, no its the flap adjustment screw

[stefan_]

Click picture for high resolution.