Red Bull RB7 Renault

[HampusA]

great shots!! Wish we had one more focused on either side of the diffuser just to see if those holes on the side are simply holes or if they come from below etc.

[Owen.C93]

They're simply holes. Just extended the perforated gurney to be more like the Torro Rosso etc.

[PaulB]

A few pics of the RB garage at Monza.

[marcush.]

any idea why they have those horizontal open slots in the front face of the tub ?
It almost looks like cavities for ballast?
Or is it one more Newey stiffness vs weight tradeoff?

[Robbobnob]

thats where the air intake for the tub is, the nosecone is solid at the front... true story

[raymondu999]

Given Mark Webber's RBR was on a crane for quite a while I'm surprised nobody's got pictures of the new underfloor yet.

[HampusA]

thats where the air intake for the tub is, the nosecone is solid at the front... true story

Nice, i like Neweys way of doing things. Different but just better it feels.

[-Tifosi_dude-]

Given Mark Webber's RBR was on a crane for quite a while I'm surprised nobody's got pictures of the new underfloor yet.

courtesy of F1alaUne on Twitter (C. Malbranque) here is the underfloor of the RBR, i don't know whose car this is.
http://yfrog.com/hsbnrkgzj

btw you can follow him on twitter, he does quite a few 'tech' posts at every grand prix.

[scarbs]

Given Mark Webber's RBR was on a crane for quite a while I'm surprised nobody's got pictures of the new underfloor yet.

Ta-da...! Screen grab all you please...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swoomrzE ... r_embedded

[PaulB]

Given Mark Webber's RBR was on a crane for quite a while I'm surprised nobody's got pictures of the new underfloor yet.

Ta-da...! Screen grab all you please...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swoomrzE ... r_embedded

Thanks, poorly I've already finished my own RB7 underbody. But belated I'll fix that heat shiels, which we could see in the video!

[ajdavison2]

On a side note, surely RBR can't be happy about their car being so exposed to the press and other teams, is there nothing that can be done? Can the team appeal in some way? Just out of curiosity.

[raymondu999]

Given Mark Webber's RBR was on a crane for quite a while I'm surprised nobody's got pictures of the new underfloor yet.

Ta-da...! Screen grab all you please...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swoomrzE ... r_embedded

Wow. I'm surprised the car stayed there that long. Would that not be a safety hazard?

[thisisatest]

i especially like the tea tray close-up. the central stay is so thin, the carbon debris cut in and lodged itself there!
and the small intake on the side of the tea tray, you can see a small brazed or welded metal reinforcement along the bottom... interesting details.

[marcush.]

so better let the opposition take a perfect look than having the car cannibalized by the tifosi?
I guess they would not have left much apart from the naked tub..

[tok-tokkie]

It looks to me that they had an asymetrical airfoil section at the front of the bib. You can View and Zoom on the image. Biased for more downforce on the right side = inside of Grande, Lesmo & Parabolica. Do they normally have an aerfoil there, let alone an asymetrical one?

EDIT: Or is it part of the front wing that is now stuck on there?