Red Bull's dominant start to the 2023 F1 season continued in the AusGP last week. We analyse its new front wing that helped its charge in Melbourne.
The squad duly arrived in Australia with a new layout for its front wing, which took into account a revised flap arrangement as well as tweaks to the endplate and diveplane areas. The endplate is now more cambered across the top and middle section, which presents more of the diveplane to the oncoming flow .
In order for this trade-off to work, the new flaps, which are the two uppermost elements of the wing, are different across the middle of their span . Red Bull's efforts were not limited to the front wing though, as some changes were also made to the rear brake duct in order to improve cooling, whilst also improving how the local flow moves around that region of the car.
Instead, it has displaced the lead edge of the end fence in order that airflow is captured between it and the sidewall of the tyre.
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