F1 2022 Car Launches

[J1nxy]

They showed of the new sponsor, which was a big deal given how much is paid,and then wheeled out a show car, which Christian said wouldn’t reasonable the car that hits the track. All the launches are going to be the same, the teams won’t show their hands until fp1 of the first race, they’ll have so many upgrade packages already queued up for the season.

 

[AdamM6]

They showed of the new sponsor, which was a big deal given how much is paid,and then wheeled out a show car, which Christian said wouldn’t reasonable the car that hits the track. All the launches are going to be the same, the teams won’t show their hands until fp1 of the first race, they’ll have so many upgrade packages already queued up for the season.

They need to do correlation work before FP1, 90% complete cars will be running in the Bahrain test I would think...

 

[jonneymendoza]

Well that Red Bull launch was the most cringeworthy thing I have seen this year, exactly what I would expect from them.

What a complete waste of time...

Can anyone post pics of the RB car?

I cant be asked watching a 39min video...

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

 

[KiNgPiN83]

They need to do correlation work before FP1, 90% complete cars will be running in the Bahrain test I would think...

Exactly. There will be a solid base of a car and then they will interchange parts to see if the simulations were lying or not. Lol!

I do wish they'd go more wild with the liveries though.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I see Honda have been relegated to the small HRC logo on the back of the engine cover.

 

[XeNoN89]

Robo stroll awkwardly struggling to read the autoque

 

[Feek]

Aston Martin is live now

 

[SonicSW20]

Its leaked already:

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/sp7bw4

 

[Mr Jack]

Not a show car this time. And possibly even with a DRS system on that rear wing. Interesting shark gill vents on the side pods too.

 

[AdamM6]

Aston Martin AMR22

Looks more like a real car, with the Merc plenum hump and some serious cooling fins on the side pods...

Even some DRS details.

 

[Feek]

We've not seen those vents on the side pods before have we?

Seb needs a hair cut

 

[AdamM6]

Cooling looks like it's going to be an issue with these new cars.

 

[Cleisthenes]

I think the Aston looks pretty great, I'm glad to see some of the light green highlights.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

We've not seen those vents on the side pods before have we?

Seb needs a hair cut

Pretty sure the silver demo car had them.

Anyone else noticed how high the front wing is. I wonder if they're looking to use more of the front airflow further back for the floor / ground effect. Or perhaps they're planning on using a massive amount of rake once it hits the track.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Ok, looking at that, I'm going to thrown an idea out there. The side pods are squared off like that, because they're designed to flex at high speed to reduce the size of the opening / reduce drag. They're black so it doesn't show up on cameras easily during the race.

 

[Mr Jack]

Pretty sure the silver demo car had them.

It does, but fewer, narrower and starting further back.

 

[jonneymendoza]

How are these cars meant to race around monaco? They are huge

 

[Hawk Tuah]

They're smaller than last years cars.

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Pretty sure the silver demo car had them.

Anyone else noticed how high the front wing is. I wonder if they're looking to use more of the front airflow further back for the floor / ground effect. Or perhaps they're planning on using a massive amount of rake once it hits the track.

I would have thought that will be to help maximise the ground effect from the floor working the air being more important/balanced than pure front wing downforce.