They wouldn't. It looks like a reasonable evolution on what they had in multiple areas. RB always leave it to the last moment to manufacture parts, so this is the car for now, more updates will probably follow in the early races.
My aero knowledge is limited, but it feels like by doing it that way you can divert the maximum amount of air possible to the undercut and then suck your intake air from higher up in the airstream.
The undercut looks way massive from this vidCassius wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 14:00https://x.com/therealjackster/status/17 ... 46018?s=20
Looks indeed a very small SP inlet (15 to 17 seconds into video). I also don't see an underlip anymore, but maybe that is just the blurriness.
Yes, that was in the first year of the new regulation. Now we are in the 3rd year in a budget cap era, so it doesn't make sense to produce parts just for a shakedown and 3 days of testing unless you want to keep something very radical secret until the first race. But that contradicts with Waché/Newey's statements about the RB20 being another evolution.
It's possible that they are running late with aero. This could have pre-empted a shakedown bodykit that is not the final Bahrain spec.Cassius wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 14:15Yes, that was in the first year of the new regulation. Now we are in the 3rd year in a budget cap era, so it doesn't make sense to produce parts just for a shakedown and 3 days of testing unless you want to keep something very radical secret until the first race. But that contradicts with Waché/Newey's statements about the RB20 being another evolution.
Think they'd shoot themselves in the foot and boldly go where W14 wanted to go?
Took a still from the vid and sharpened it a bit, seems like the undercut is indeed massive, similar to the AMR24kediown wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 14:10The undercut looks way massive from this vidCassius wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 14:00https://x.com/therealjackster/status/17 ... 46018?s=20
Looks indeed a very small SP inlet (15 to 17 seconds into video). I also don't see an underlip anymore, but maybe that is just the blurriness.
I could be wrong about that. These photos are not the best. I've seen clearer images of the loch ness monster.
Seriously though, they wouldn't do that. It goes against everything they were trying to do last year and everything that the other launches have shown us. Likely what you are seeing is just the lower lip being so high that it looks more like a roof than a floor for the intake.