Mercedes F1 chief would love Red Bull ‘invite’ to ‘figure out’ radical innovation
Mercedes' F1 technical chief James Allison admits his side haven't "ꦍfigured out" a design concept unique to Red Bull.
Mercedes F1 t♕echnical director James Allison says he ♋would love to have a closer inspection at Red Bull’s unique approach to their cooling system.
Red Bull’s new RB20 raised eyebrows whe♑n it was launched with several intriguing and aggressive concept tweaks compared to its dominant predecessor.
One of th🤡e most visually dramatic changes on the RB20 is the new engine cover bodywork that features a high waistline and full-length gulleys running the length of the car from the halꩵo.
The design is reminiscent of Mercedes’ approach with their W14 challenger and the🌜re are whispers that Red Bull could move towards a full ‘zeropod’-style concept early in 2024.
Red B✤ull’s development has certainly caught the eye of rival teams, with Allison admitting Mercedes are yet to fully understand what ⛄the reigning world champions are up to.
Al💜lison joked that he would “deeply love” to be invited into Red Bull’s garage to delve into the inner workings of the RB20.
“Well, I would deeply love to be invited i♎nto the Red Bull garage and to ta🃏ke the engine cover off and delve around under those sort of ‘snorkelly’ things,” he told Sky F1.
“There’s definitely a different approach being taken there because what glim🙈pses you see o💃f their cooling system, it’s definitely not light and svelte.
“So they’re doing that for a reason, an𝄹d I’d love to know what that reason is, but we haven’t figured it out yꦍet.”
Mercedes are hoping their revamped W15 challenger will help them close th♏e gap to Red Bull after enduring two difficult and frustrating campaigns.
Allison confirmed Mercedes have managedꦓ to solve one of the main proble🍃ms that plagued the W14 - an unpredictable and snappy rear-end.
When asked if Mercedes have made the new W15 more drivable for168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, Allison replied: "I think we largely have.
"Bouncing i﷽s still a threshold that all the cars in the pitlane will work up against until this generation of car moves onto so🌌mething different.
“So t🔥here is still some bouncing we can bury ourselves in or come out of, just in pursuit of what the right performance🅺 compromise is.
“But the soꦐrt of horrid, snappy rear-end, that is happily not troubli♛ng us in the way that it did in the past.”
Allison added: "It is mostly mechanical changes on the car, but iꦓꦡt is always a marriage between the aerodynamic behaviour through the corner and the suspension.”
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