2024-02-15 19:38:26
Red Bull has drawn the curtain on 2024 F1 presentations, by officially revealing the new RB20, the car that has the responsibility of trying to match the most successful of the Milton Keynes team since its arrival on the grid in 2005. There were 19 victories for Max Verstappen with the RB19 and two for Checo Pérez for a total of 22 races.
In the first images, the new car created by the technical department that leads with a master hand Adrian Newey, takes a step forward and distinguishes himself from most of his rivals. All those who have tried to copy him in their new 2024 cars. They appear new solutions on the floor, sidepods and engine cover, with which it differs, always giving the feeling like they are walking several steps ahead.
Most distinctive is a new nose, even shorter than the previous one and somewhat thicker and crushed than in the RB19. It has an air of the new Ferrari, but something more refined and with a sharp downward curve. Original, as almost always.
New forward pontoons and new floor
In the side view you can see the real new features. While everyone has imitated the entrance of the pontoons with the prominent lower lip forward, At Red Bull they have decided to advance this mouth as much as possible to the height of the front halo anchorage, creating a thin funnel mouth. which then widens downwards inside the area intended for the water and oil exchangers.
And below, The beginning of the floor is completely different from what they had in 2023, with a curved slide area and not as excavated as before and that is the preview that they have evolved the background that everyone has been trying to copy since Checo hit the barrier in Monaco and everyone had the photos of the RB19 floor. Some engineers marveled at the shapes and channels inside, which are what make the air under the car accelerate due to pressure. No one has achieved so much with the so-called Venturi effect in this era of the ground effect and they are not likely to be wrong now.
Engine cover, what is that?
Los pontoons no longer fall suddenly towards the ground, but in a much more sustained manner towards the diffuser, something that has also been seen in the Mercedes W15 and to a lesser extent in the Aston Martin AMR24. But in the engine cover just above, a voluminous hump appears that has all the appearance of being a way to find better cooling without opening gills To the exterior. This has always been an obsession of Newey’s in his cars, have a completely sealed car so as not to lose aerodynamic efficiency. If it works it might be copied, but that will be from the summer onwards for the rest… that of 2025.
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