19-02-2018, 01:34 PM
It's deserves it own thread.
Mega Res
Side: https://i.imgur.com/H8A2pIS.jpg
Front: https://i.imgur.com/N1O8MAa.jpg
Angled: https://i.imgur.com/b2esmec.jpg
Were do we start, well the simplest: That livery, always love the RB testing livery's really wish they would keep them for the season. This blue digital camo is one of the bets yet, with the white sponsor logo's, it's just refreshing. In all honesty liveries are one of the biggest let downs of F1 design, with advancement of graphics and applications such as hydro-graphics, liveries should be magical. Of course while maintaining the brand, which this does, expect for the yellow nose. Good to see bigger presence of Aston Martin, make it seem like a car car, instead of a drink car.
When KTM debuted in MotoGp they rocked up with this
This blew me away, so simple, so bold, clean, that menacing orange streak, fantastic. Come season livery, all coloured in, bland, tired Redbull colour scene.
Anyway.....
No renderings this time, this is the real deal.
Huge amount of fuss for the almost none existent side pods, or cooling. Scrabs note the split lines of the bodywork which would allow for various cooling to be added, he speculates that the shark fin split lines means it could be used for a cooling solution.
It actually has wings, I see them and for some reason I think Su-25 Frogfoot. No link to the barge boards is creating a huge open area to the side pods, can we expect some "flexing" on this area. Although this is just looking at the 'front view' side, angle and on track views show a link from sidepod inlet to the bargeboard.
As Jody called out, the suspension, wish bones angled, all for aero benefit? Could RB be most affected by the new 5mm ride height steering lock to lock regulation? Gained what they could by pushing a higher profiled front suspension rig?
Again floor profiling, are there more slots in the floor than we are used too...
https://twitter.com/f1talks/status/96553...3022275584
(really wish I could embed a tweet)
From the shadows one could say there is little to no rake, but ofc this is a launch shot. Can we see more when its on track?
Will we get to see the 360 on board footage for the first time from the filing day? 360 cam, little black dome behind the front pitot tube on top of the nose. For some reason I thought the 360 cam was going be on top of the "T-bar".
Its very intriguing, do we see alot of Newey influence this time around? Possibly the suspension profiling?
Damn british weather hiding that diffuser!!
The rake, as expected.
Mega Res
Side: https://i.imgur.com/H8A2pIS.jpg
Front: https://i.imgur.com/N1O8MAa.jpg
Angled: https://i.imgur.com/b2esmec.jpg
Were do we start, well the simplest: That livery, always love the RB testing livery's really wish they would keep them for the season. This blue digital camo is one of the bets yet, with the white sponsor logo's, it's just refreshing. In all honesty liveries are one of the biggest let downs of F1 design, with advancement of graphics and applications such as hydro-graphics, liveries should be magical. Of course while maintaining the brand, which this does, expect for the yellow nose. Good to see bigger presence of Aston Martin, make it seem like a car car, instead of a drink car.
When KTM debuted in MotoGp they rocked up with this
This blew me away, so simple, so bold, clean, that menacing orange streak, fantastic. Come season livery, all coloured in, bland, tired Redbull colour scene.
Anyway.....
No renderings this time, this is the real deal.
Huge amount of fuss for the almost none existent side pods, or cooling. Scrabs note the split lines of the bodywork which would allow for various cooling to be added, he speculates that the shark fin split lines means it could be used for a cooling solution.
It actually has wings, I see them and for some reason I think Su-25 Frogfoot. No link to the barge boards is creating a huge open area to the side pods, can we expect some "flexing" on this area. Although this is just looking at the 'front view' side, angle and on track views show a link from sidepod inlet to the bargeboard.
As Jody called out, the suspension, wish bones angled, all for aero benefit? Could RB be most affected by the new 5mm ride height steering lock to lock regulation? Gained what they could by pushing a higher profiled front suspension rig?
Again floor profiling, are there more slots in the floor than we are used too...
https://twitter.com/f1talks/status/96553...3022275584
(really wish I could embed a tweet)
From the shadows one could say there is little to no rake, but ofc this is a launch shot. Can we see more when its on track?
Will we get to see the 360 on board footage for the first time from the filing day? 360 cam, little black dome behind the front pitot tube on top of the nose. For some reason I thought the 360 cam was going be on top of the "T-bar".
Its very intriguing, do we see alot of Newey influence this time around? Possibly the suspension profiling?
Damn british weather hiding that diffuser!!
The rake, as expected.