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Post by wilmywood8455 on Apr 1, 2023 9:48:47 GMT -8
Red Bull have won the opening two races of the 2023 Formula 1 season and their rivals are playing catch-up as we head into the Australian Grand Prix. In this week's Tech Tuesday, Mark Hughes looks at the areas on Red Bull's car that could be key to the leaders' dominant start to 2023, with technical illustrations from Giorgio Piola.Red Bull’s increased performance advantage this season has had rivals studying the RB19 very closely – even if this year’s car looks similar to last year’s. The keys to the car’s aerodynamic performance are likely those which will crack the whole code of these regulations for everyone else. There were already several unique features on last year’s RB18 – notably the greater curvature of its tunnel roof and the extreme angle of its front suspension’s anti-dive geometry. While we have not yet seen the RB19’s floor, we can see that it has retained the extreme angle of anti-dive in the front suspension. We can also see that they have enhanced the level of anti-squat in the rear suspension – by mounting the rearmost top wishbone link even higher than before, to a structure above that of the gearbox to which it was previously attached. Those three features – the curved tunnel roof, the extreme anti-dive front and anti-squat rear suspensions – and the way they all work in conjunction, are likely very closely linked to the Red Bull’s great performance.
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