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2024 Formula 1 Season thread
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The SF24 is one sexy package. Let's hope it can be competitive.
The adoption of the new Push Rod rear suspension over the old Pull Rod will be the largest contributor IMO. Allot has been made about changes to the front suspension and the revised geometry assisting anti dive aero. I think the new Push Rod suspensions out back are the key to putting the power down on exit. This really was the RB19''s largest strength IMO. Time will tell how well the executions are here......
That is nice... new livery and new chassis, right?Ferrari SF-24
I don't like the font for the car number though.
Looks like Ferrari (and by extension, HAAS) is the only team that is sticking with a pullrod rear suspension.
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Looks that way. It will be interesting. Looking like turn in under braking versus power down on exit.
The first thing I see in this picture
is this
Kind of sums up Ferrari I guess.
is this
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Kind of sums up Ferrari I guess.
Surprising to see that too, as Aston Martin and Mercedes have followed Red Bull with that development. Ferrari have split the nose away from the main part of the front wing to direct airflow to the floor which Red Bull had last year, Mercedes and Aston Martin didn’t I don’t believe. Just hoping the field is tighter as it was getting that way towards the end of last season. Red Bull may have pulled further ahead, or gone backwards, this is F1 after all and one thing I have learned in the 35 years of watching is no team should be too complacent when upfront. Adrian Newey isn’t the only top talent on the grid despite what many think.
Another beauty from Merc with the W15.
Along with Ferrari they seem to produce the best looking cars each year, although Aston Martin are pretty nice too. Take note Williams and McLaren!!!
Along with Ferrari they seem to produce the best looking cars each year, although Aston Martin are pretty nice too. Take note Williams and McLaren!!!
Its quite painful to see such a prestigious team produce yet another hideous looking car, lacking any brand identity and plastered in sponsors. I certainly hope it is fast though, but McLaren, Williams, Alpine and Haas have produced some rather unattractive racing cars. At least Kick Sauber is eye catching with its colours and it is a temporary livery. Red Bull is Red Bull with its branding, but livery changes are always subtle.
The comparison between the 2023 car (top) and that of 2024 (bottom) shows how much area has been taken away from the lower part of the sidepod front and how some radiator area appears to have been re-sited further up, around where the cooling louvres are...
I'm not a fan of the black on this livery.
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As long as it’s faster than a RB I don’t care what it looks like!
The comparison between the 2023 car (top) and that of 2024 (bottom) shows how much area has been taken away from the lower part of the sidepod front and how some radiator area appears to have been re-sited further up, around where the cooling louvres are...
Not long to wait now though.
Then I'm afraid the looks are really going to bother you as well...
Been watching The Race's videos examining all the new cars and I do have hope that McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes will at least be far closer to RBR in the CC at the end of the season then they were at the end of last season.
Assuming the team who have been working on this years car for the longest, haven’t taken another huge step forward.
Red Bull certainly benefitted from Adrian Newey and his team's innate understanding of aerodynamics so they knew how to best to take advantage of the Ground Effects era when it launched in 2022 which gave them a leg-up on everyone else.
But the other major teams now seem to understand how GE works, as well, and we're seeing that in the changes they implemented across 2023 and are implementing into their 2024 cars. Yes, Red Bull will have its innate advantage as it is refining a winning formula and I expect Max to win the WDC and RBR to win the CC. But I am hoping they don't just run away with it every race like they did in 2023, when it was clear they understood GE far better than any other team did.
I am hoping we see with the other teams in 2024 what we saw with double diffusers in 2009. Brawn was not the only team to start the season with it, but it was clear they understood it far better than Toyota and Williams did and they romped away at season start. But once the other teams (like Red Bull) studied it and adopted it, their own performance improved and they rapidly closed the gap to Brawn such that at the end, it was a very close call as to who would win the WDC and CC.
Indeed. But Brawn didn’t have much in the way of development during that season as I recall.
Also Jenson Button is no match for Max Vestapan.
The RB20
Interesting extra bulge and channel along air box.
Interesting extra bulge and channel along air box.
The RB20
Interesting extra bulge and channel along air box.
Interesting intakes. Same overbite as the MCL38. Abandoned the underbite. It does look like 300kph just sitting there….
Will be interesting to see if the underbite (which the RB19 had and everyone but McLaren appears to have adopted this season) or overbite (RB20 and MCL38) proves to be the better way to duct air to the back end.
So this isn't the RB20 ?RB’s 2024 offering:
Very Torro Rosso I think.
I'm confused...?
This the Torro Rosso ... or whatever it's called.. right?
My money is on the RB20/MCL38. The McLaren will be a contender.
Yeah it’s the Torro Rosso equivalent or Red Bull B-Team where they test additional innovations without exceeding the cost cap
. They just renamed it RB to confuse everyone, as opposed to RBR.