RedBull engine cover

[lockup]

To the RedBull aerodynamics guy I met on the Silverstone ARDS course yesterday:

Was this your idea?

update: linky

If not, give Newey a slap from me, ta

Either way, roll on 2009!!!



The StockHatch spinner.

Edited by lockup on Friday 1st February 16:21

[Flying Toilet]

lockup said:

To the RedBull aerodynamics guy I met on the Silverstone ARDS course yesterday:

Was this your idea?


If not, give Newey a slap from me, ta

Either way, roll on 2009!!!



The StockHatch spinner.

That's one of Newey's it was tried last year aswell.

[Teppic]

I really hope that engine cover gets banned. It's absolutely fugly!

Edited by Teppic on Saturday 2nd February 22:06

[S4E Jord]

i cant see it. i want to see the fugly thing!

[lockup]

S4E Jord said:

i cant see it. i want to see the fugly thing!

My bad - link to story now in original post.

[kevin ritson]

Surprised to see Newey picking up influences from the McLaren aero department before he was there

[mchammer89]

Not exactly a cutting edge design is it?

Jag tried the same thing in the 50's with the D-Type, though i've got a feeling the Red Bull won't benefit as much.

[D_Mike]

i think it looks cool.

[rubystone]

Did they buy an A1 GP car...one way to save money I guess....

...or as someone alluded to...it's a 1995 McLaren isn't it?

Edited by rubystone on Friday 1st February 18:29

[Andy47]

rubystone said:

...it's a 1995 McLaren isn't it?

Lol, that's what I thought when I first saw it.

I really don't like it, though I suppose it's good for increased sponsor area!

[johnph]

How many Jagerbulls had they had to drink when they designed that?

[sniff petrol]

Be suprised if they use that at all the tracks though, maybe just for higher speed stability or something?

[motormania]

If this huge advertising plank is being used due to stability issues with the car, would it be wrong to suggest that Newey has lost his edge.

To have made a base chassis so unstable to a point that requires the team to borrow the mother-in-laws picnic table to attach to the rear is rather strange??

[D_Mike]

the cars are going to slide more this year due to more basic engine management software and this fin apparently means more consistent downforce when sliding... the wings don't work as well when air flows across them at an angle.

[Civpilot]

Some random F1 site said:

F1 was in shock yesterday as Redbull unvield their new rear engine cover. When asked to comment on his inspiration of the design Adrian Newey was heard to reply "hang on, this is the bit with he saves the clown at the airshow!"

Rumours that RedBull are going to re-design the cockpit area to allow for an inovative new crash helmet design are currently unfounded, although Newey was seen in a heated descussion with David Coultard whilst holding this image, beleived to be another Neway design...


The team were also hit with reliability issues later in the session beleived to be fueling related. Adrian Newey was heard to be asking round the pit garage if anyone had some "half chewed gum?"