Red Bull RB13 TAG Heuer

[matt_s]

There isn't much undercut on the sidepods. In recent years it seem to be de-rigueur to have the base of the sidepod under the radiator inlet to be narrower than the inlet, and then continue to be narrower at the floor than the cooling tunnel that vents around the upper wishbone.

The RB13 does are this trait. Is the whole package so tightly wrapped that they have basically done away with most of the cooling tunnel and just have the small exit vents at the wishbones?

There is no undercut at all at the 'dB' of RedBull

[Morteza]

[.poz]

About the open nose:

It' looks like it's not parallel to the ground, like the car is built to run with more rake

[Jef Patat]

Lol, certainly not to a level to get it parallel.

[Mr.G]

https://twitter.com/Graftechweb/status/ ... 3168865280

https://twitter.com/Graftechweb/status/ ... 7954097152

That RB diffuser looks higher than the Ferrari one. Or are my eyes playing tricks on me? The RB one looks shorter/further away as well.

Both of them are RB... one is RB12 other is RB13

[hixaxon]

https://twitter.com/Graftechweb/status/ ... 3168865280

https://twitter.com/Graftechweb/status/ ... 7954097152

That RB diffuser looks higher than the Ferrari one. Or are my eyes playing tricks on me? The RB one looks shorter/further away as well.

Both of them are RB... one is RB12 other is RB13

Oh, right. Slow start into a season for me. Thx.

[gandharva]

Sensor problems at flywheel and now battery issues.

Tech analysis: Dissecting the new Red Bull RB13:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/tech ... 13-877732/

[F1Krof]

Ohh I see what they're doing. They've seem to follow the efficient low drag philosophy. They rely on trickery underfloor and diffusor performance to generate most of the downforce, while beeing super slick on the straights. We know they are the kings of difusor super arrangement.

[PhillipM]

Yes....every single team is also doing that, so I would assume that's what they're doing

[zioture]

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[F1Krof]

Yes....every single team is also doing that, so I would assume that's what they're doing

No they aren't. Look at Mercedes as an extreme example. So different. They have a good engine, just put as much wings and stuff above the car, brute downforce which is more reliable rather than chasing complex ground effect difusor tricks. Mercedes don't rely too much on the Diffusor perofromance. To some extent I see Ferrari doing something similar to Mercedes, although not as much.

[PhillipM]

They all extract as much as they can from the floor and diffuser. All.

[aral]

Just a reminder to post about what is actuall on the RB13, rather than bringing Mercedes etc into the thread.
Thanks.

[F1Krof]

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Wonder the central teething are extended all the way from the beginning of the T-tray? Extremely advanced... [-o<

[bosyber]

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Wonder the central teething are extended all the way from the beginning of the T-tray? Extremely advanced... [-o<

They have had those before, I don't think they would be allowed (or even useful) to be running all the way from the front, they are fortex generators.