While teams are continuing to work on finalising their designs ahead of pre-season testing at Barcelona in Spain later this month, they already have some good knowledge of how they will perform on track.
Speaking after the launch event for Red Bull’s RB18 car, which featured only an upgraded show model rather than its finished product, Wache said one interesting characteristic for the year ahead will be straightline speed performance.
F1 has switched its aero philosophy by moving away from cars that generate much of their downforce from wings towards a ground effect concept, which has led to a big reduction in drag.
Explaining the new approach with the 2022 rules, Wache said: “What they wanted to do is clearly to create and generate the downforce from the ground compared to before – where it was generated by the ground but also mainly by the front wing, rear wing and the body work.
“It will affect, for sure, the ride of the car, the mechanical grip and the drag of the car.
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