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Post by wilmywood8455 on Apr 1, 2023 9:55:16 GMT -8
Aston Martin's podium in Bahrain turned heads, and comparisons began to be drawn between their AMR23 and the 2022 championship-winning Red Bull RB18. But in the detail, it looks like the team in green have forged their own path. Mark Hughes takes a closer look.
Aston Martin have stood accused of simply copying last year’s Red Bull RB18 to create the AMR23 which caused such a sensation in Bahrain. However, although the sidepod looks similar in profile it’s very different on top. There has been plenty of original thought evident at this team in the past couple of seasons, and it can be seen in the detail of the AMR23, and last year in the clever new rear wing they introduced at the Hungarian Grand Prix. This was so ingenious that it was allowed only to run for the remainder of last season – as it was accepted it did not break any regulation – but caused the 2023 regulations to be rewritten so that it was outlawed. The rear wing subverted the regulations which sought to smooth-out the wake by prescribing curvatures of a maximum radius at the endplates. Having no defined corner for the endplates reduced the effectiveness of the wing, and Aston Martin countered that by incorporating a ‘rolled’ endplate which adhered to the radius curve regulations but had the same effect as a traditional squared-off endplate.
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