Red Bull RB12 TAG-Heuer

[Scuderia1967]

Sidepod air intakes remind me of the BGP001

[Gridlock]

Different exhaust layout to Renault.
https://twitter.com/scarbsf1/status/701731479966060545

[dren]

Very tidy and a bit more undercut than past versions. A single lower front A-arm suspension member. Very tidy overall car.

[Gridlock]

Is the S-Duct exit just well-hidden, or absent?

ETA - seems like it could be what the TOTAL logo sits on?

[Sevach]

Those sidepods are setting new standards imo.

[gandharva]

Is the S-Duct exit just well-hidden, or absent?

No S-duct.

[Stilo]

No S-duct.

Yeah there is.

[turbof1]

No S-duct.

Yeah there is.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21702387/s-duct.jpg

Not necessarily. If there is a S-duct, it's closed off for now, but it can also be a bump in the chassis/crash structure/vanity panel to accomodate suspension parts.

[gandharva]

It's a bump. Just like the one on VF16.

[Ferraripilot]

Is that bat wing a carry over from last year? It appears to be bolted directly to the tea tray

[patrik]

Might be a stupid question (sorry if it is...) but, are we sure RBR is running a 2016-spec Renault engine?

[bhall II]

No S-duct.

Yeah there is.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21702387/s-duct.jpg

That looks a little too high on the monocoque to be an s-duct vent. However, an s-duct - with a new twist - will almost certainly appear at some point...



Of course, it could vent into the cockpit.

[domh245]

There definitely looks like some kind of vent in this photo above the 3

http://i.imgur.com/CFq82Vg.jpg

[turbof1]

There definitely looks like some kind of vent in this photo above the 3

http://i.imgur.com/CFq82Vg.jpg

Ah interesting! They have changed the vanity panel. Compared to this picture:


The sensor pitot has been relocated and while the angle is more or less the same, you can definitely see it's closed on the latter picture. This tells me they are testing the benefits and disadvantages of a car with and a car without.

[RegerandeBull]

There definitely looks like some kind of vent in this photo above the 3

http://i.imgur.com/CFq82Vg.jpg

That's a picture of the RB11 from the tyre testing earlier this year.