Red Bull RB8 Renault

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allstaruk08 wrote:Image
maybe i'm a bit late but is there a hole in the main element next to the endplatte. or is there only a bit colour missing.

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There is somethine above the Red Bull on the Red Bull mobile logo, you can see the way the flow viz has run along it

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its just the top edge of the sticker, looking back further in the thread you can see the edges of some of the others.
EDIT here it is again, you can see it clear as day here:
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DDRS ducting and the RB mobile seems a sticker
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Very good article by Gary Anderson.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20118852

What is the letterbox shaped holes that he is talking about though?
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n smikle wrote:Very good article by Gary Anderson.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20118852

What is the letterbox shaped holes that he is talking about though?

Anderson says: "The second problem is that when the car goes closer to the ground, as it does at higher speed with downforce acting upon it, a diffuser that works at high ride-height will stall earlier because the airflow cannot stay attached as the air pressure under the car decreases."

So someone can think that they can do this with an hydraulic system...

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They have once again found red bulls secret? For like the 50th time since 2009...
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wesley123 wrote:They have once again found red bulls secret? For like the 50th time since 2009...
The real secret is..............the driver.....Seb!

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n smikle wrote:Very good article by Gary Anderson.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20118852

What is the letterbox shaped holes that he is talking about though?
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Hmm strange that he calls them letterbox.
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Cay man wrote:So someone can think that they can do this with an hydraulic system...
If they were doing that they would have solved their problems long before now. Seriously, other teams have had their chances and blown them. Searching for some crumb of comfort that Red Bull have got to the front via unequal means won't help.

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n smikle wrote:Hmm strange that he calls them letterbox.
I agree, look like VHS tape recorder slots to me... :D

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jz11 wrote:
n smikle wrote:Hmm strange that he calls them letterbox.
I agree, look like VHS tape recorder slots to me... :D
Which also looks like surprise a letterbox hole.

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Huntresa wrote:
jz11 wrote:
n smikle wrote:Hmm strange that he calls them letterbox.
I agree, look like VHS tape recorder slots to me... :D
Which also looks like surprise a letterbox hole.
Bingo ;)
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They haven't blown straight into the starter motor hole for a few months now anyway. All the air going into the ducts just goes into the hot air outlet around the gearbox while leaving the starter motor hole in the open like other teams.
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