Photo: Red Bull Racing
Yet another stepped nose F1 car been revealed in the form of this year’s contender from Red Bull Racing. The successor to the formidable RB7 from last year is called the RB8. The other major difference besides the ugly nose is that the rear of the car has been played with to make up for the removal of the forward facing exhaust, which is now illegal.
“The restriction nose height which is a maximum height just in front of the front bulkhead hasn’t really changed the chassis shape very much,” said Adrian Newey. “We’ve kept more or less the same chassis shape, but had to drop the nose just in front of the front bulkhead”.
“The exhaust allowed us to run a high rear ride height, it’s much more difficult without that to sustain a high rear height so we have to go back down and have to redevelop the car around that lower ride height,” Newey added.
“The exhaust allowed us to run a high rear ride height, it’s much more difficult without that to sustain a high rear height so we have to go back down and have to redevelop the car around that lower ride height,” Newey added.
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