Red Bull RB8 Renault

[LoudHoward]

Not sure if it's just the lighting, but is this what is happening here?

[stefan_]

Yes, it seems so.

[RB7ate9]

I think the idea is to actually get air to the edges to help better seal the diffuser? Based on the flick at the end of the sidepod "tail", it would seem air would be diverted to the sides rather than directly back.

edit: I can't tell if that's a hole that leads through the sidepod. If it is, then I agree with the original illustration.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

High Res. Right click>view image

[thestig84]

Not sure if it's just the lighting, but is this what is happening here?

Thats what I highlighted in my last post previous page. Your arrow is probably better than my description though!

[RB7ate9]

The rear pull rod is awfully thin.

[J-L]

I sense a protest coming xD

This system is legal.
The air blows in diffuser is just the air that we breathe.
The FIA can't prohibit this.

[bhall]

I stand corrected. They copied this:


(the "flying" C-pillar)

[beelsebob]

I sense a protest coming xD

This system is legal.
The air blows in diffuser is just the air that we breathe.
The FIA can't prohibit this.

Actually, they can, and did, a couple of years ago.

[bhall]

Cheeky bugger

That one's gonna to sting a bit in Maranello.

[LoudHoward]

Thats what I highlighted in my last post previous page. Your arrow is probably better than my description though!

Lol yer, I went to write about it and gave up - arrows are easier for my poor brain.

[beelsebob]

For those saying this copies sauber's concept – I disagree. I think this looks much closer to McLaren's concept. What this looks like to me is that air going round the side pods gets pushed under the "bridge", air going over the side pods has a nice smooth path back to the beam wing, and the exhaust gets routed off the side of the side pod, over the top of the air coming round the side, and down to the diffuser edge, which is pretty much McLaren's concept.

[bhall]

Yeah, why would those be protested? Apertures are allowed for suspension members, and those apertures are allowed to overlap.

[kalinka]

Now the pullrod seems to be in quite undesirable position. Wouldn't this concept work better with pushrod ?

[Hail22]

I sense a protest coming xD

This system is legal.
The air blows in diffuser is just the air that we breathe.
The FIA can't prohibit this.

Actually, they can, and did, a couple of years ago.

The Scottsman speaks the truth, that concept won't make it past the FIA checks before FP1, otherwise Sauber can have last years wing they used at Melbourne and Macca/Ferrari can have holes in their floors