Just a quick look at the pictures released by the team from F1 Red Bull and everything fits together. “Roundly”. And she does it with the dull clarity of someone who, not even for a moment, has decided in the slightest to unbalance. But on the other hand it was to be expected. In this visual default, where hiding details remains the primary objective, as could a virtuoso of design such as Newey to reveal even the smallest indication on the 2022 car?
The conjecture continues by embracing an overall reflection that takes us back to the nineties. The then young engineer, fervent and promising mind, had decided to bring with him, after abandoning the British manufacturer Leyton House“rebranding” del team Marchan intellectual property concerning the nose of the CG911 once landed in Grovethe team’s base of operations Williams F1.
He tells it himself in the book “How to Build a Car”, Referring to a 1991 episode. The result of this operation was a great success. In a few months the registered couple Head-Newey gave vita at the FW14. The decision to adopt the aforementioned philosophy was so successful that the car was immediately much faster than the previous car.
Aerodynamically speaking, without going into mere technical details, equipping the British car with a nose with a different position made it possible not to interrupt the flow that hit the lower part of the wing. The “organic” consequence was surprising, capable of exponentially increasing the downforce of the car.
Therefore, thinking about the renderings revealed yesterday, or if you prefer by examining the mule car present during the Austrian verbal theater, a dip in the sea of banality scripted on social networks in the presence of the pilots (read here to find out more), it comes by itself to think that the inspiration of Adrian remained in his beloved pencil. Or even better, designed on the work table in perfect “boomer” style. Away from prying eyes.
Believe that the sixty-three-year-old genius, with more than thirty-five years of experience behind him F1has not thought of solutions much more smart, if we want to continue to use modern words that make the idea marvelous, it seems at least unlikely. In support of what has been said, a proof: the new one Aston Martin AMR22 uses just such a solution. Although we still have to wait for confirmation, it is always correct to do it before blundering not to laugh, the feeling remains that described.
However, taking into account that the new corpus legislation has in fact conveyed the engineers towards a narrowing technical funnel and for many senseless, the perplexity expressed in the previous paragraph remains. And, apparently, it will fuel the “questionable” until, in two weeks or so, we will admire the lines of the car forged in Milton Keynes directly on the Catalan slope. As long as there is a way to do it … given the galloping uncertainty that nevertheless surrounds the modalities of the “Barcelona” tests, still quite murky less than two weeks after their start. Only then, as mentioned, will the doubts be resolved.
To this must be added the usual scenario in which Red Bull it moves easily to “unveling” its creations. Late enough, usually takes advantage of the useful times granted that precede the baptism of others to the last. Not to mention the latest and blatant argument relating to current diabolical technologies, where in a few minutes, get a model CAD through the photos and then pay attention to the product of competitor in the wind tunnel it is really simple. A situation that, of course, all the stables have a clear interest in procrastinating until the time is ripe and hiding their creations will no longer be allowed.
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In the margin of the writing a further official thought emerges: the degree thesis of the good Adriana brilliant work made known years ago, followed by one First Class honours degree in aeronautical engineering and aerospace engineering fromSouthampton University In the 1980, he released his own ideas on the ground effect. Phenomenon that returns to the top category of motorsport after several decades. That’s why, the RB18 it will have to be kept an eye on in a particular way …
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