Red Bull launch thread

Axident · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:01

Duke said:
Anyone get the video working?

nope

Pete19s · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:02

Spunkey said:
Do I spy a little vent in the nose-step? Wonder where that feeds?

Sauber look to have a vent in the step of the nose too. Video borked here too.

~Mike~ · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:02

It was working.

GravyMonster · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:03

Pete19s said:
Sauber look to have a vent in the step of the nose too. Video borked here too.

Saubers' is an outlet vent, or at the very least a slit to create a low pressure area on the nose, this one looks like a vent which directly takes in air. Hard to tell though from the dark, quick cutting preview video though.

GravyMonster · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:04

Glaucus · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:05

Brilliant video, stepped nose, need some static pictures could tell a lot from video.

Kerming · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:05

ok, that settles it, mclaren is the f1 2012 world champions.......

Skeeter · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:08

Tiny sidepods are tiny.

JonnyGLC · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:08

Kerming said:
ok, that settles it, mclaren is the f1 2012 world champions.......

Your posts get more stupid with every one you make.

Pete19s · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:08

Spunkey said:
Saubers' is an outlet vent, or at the very least a slit to create a low pressure area on the nose, this one looks like a vent which directly takes in air. Hard to tell though from the dark, quick cutting preview video though.

Hadn't seen the launch video when I posted that. It's a reasonable sized slot, much bigger than what you would normally find in the nose itself. I wonder what trickery it's for?

Kerming · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:09

makes you think, have mclaren made a mistake?

Kerming · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:09

A random name said:
Your posts get more stupid with every one you make.

just abit of humour

[TW]Taggart · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:10

awful video. cant see the damn car. all style and no payoff

Glaucus · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:12

Skeeter said:
Tiny sidepods are tiny.

Look normal to me, doesn't look like much difference if any to mclaren, other than rbr seem to have larger openings.

GravyMonster · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:13

Here's a close up of the slot in the nose-step:

Oh, Newey, you tricky little *******

Skeeter · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:13

Kerming said:
makes you think, have mclaren made a mistake?

Nope. Makes me think McLaren have sensibly stuck with the lower nose design they already had, rather than taking a risk on a high nose design they would have been a couple of years behind on developing compared to their rivals.

GravyMonster · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:13

Glaucus said:
Look normal to me, doesn't look like much difference if any to mclaren, other than rbr seem to have larger openings.

Look at the size of the sidepod compared to the width of the floor. All other cars the sidepod exceeds that width, the RBRs doesn't.

Glaucus · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:16

Spunkey said:
Look at the size of the sidepod compared to the width of the floor. All other cars the sidepod exceeds that width, the RBRs doesn't.

I see, would be much easier to compare with a top view. Come on where's all the pics.

Skeeter · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:18

Thoughts on the nose vents? Possibly to feed more air under the floor? Mercedes used a sort if front wing r duct design last year at some point.

Kerming · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:19

their site is a little behind on the update.