Who interpreted the 2022 rules in the best way? The FIA received about thirty requests for clarification on the reading of the rules after the solutions that were seen on the ground-effect cars that were seen in Barcelona during the three days of pre-season tests.
The Red Bull RB18 in Spain did not thrill with performance, remaining quite covered, but it did show some interesting solutions that were not limited to the heavily hollowed bellies in the initial part, with a design that freed up a large air passage at the bottom. .
Red Bull Racing RB18, detail of the sides very hollowed out in the lower part
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
Adrian Newey also impressed in the choice of suspensions (front pull rod and rear push rod, choosing schemes in contrast to those adopted in the recent past) and in the rear end for the unusual beam wing design.
We are talking about the lower rear wing which made its return this year after the abolition decided at the beginning of the hybrid era.
Ferrari F1-75, detail of the dragonfly wing beam wing
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
The beam wing has been interpreted by everyone in a unique way: with two cascading profiles one on top of the other, which make this solution look like the double wings of a dragonfly, taking up the concepts that had already been seen on the show car proposed by FIA and FOM .
Red Bull, on the other hand, has focused on an alternative that is debatable: instead of stacking the two profiles on top of each other, it has renounced the dragonfly scheme to aim for a totally different concept: the elements have been placed one in front of the other. with the clear goal of creating a sort of second small speaker in a strategic area of the machine.
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18
Photo by: Erik Junius
The aforementioned beam wing, in fact, can help to improve the extraction effect of the air from the underlying rear diffuser, especially since the first flap is also hit by the hot air of the radiators that vents at the tail of the engine hood, improving efficiency. of the rear wing.
In short, Milton Keynes did not forget the ideas that were in vogue before 2014 and immediately proposed an idea that made more than one turn up their noses. If Newey’s solution is not rejected, it is likely that it can be taken up by other teams due to the advantages it could bring …
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB18
Photo by: Carl Bingham / Motorsport Images
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