Haas is one of three teams, including Red Bull Racing and Mercedes, to have mounted a winglet on the inboard rear quarter of the front wing endplate.
Haas VF-23 front wing detail
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
In this case, the Haas winglet also has a slot to marry-up with the slots below it between the front wing elements.
Aston Martin AMR 23, detail front wing
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
Aston Martin AMR 23, detail front wing
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
Sticking with the rear inboard corner of the front wing endplate, but this time on the Aston Martin AMR23, where we find that the rearmost flap isn’t fully attached, and a small notch has also been taken out of the element ahead.
Aston is clearly looking to help improve the outwash that is generated by the rear section of the endplate and wing elements here, in much the same way Mercedes has with its designs, both this and last year.
To help maintain rigidity this section, the Aston also has metal inserts, rather than just being made up from carbon fibre, as the rear element sits away from the main body of the endplate.
Red Bull Racing RB19
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
The Red Bull RB19 finally broke cover, giving us a wide array of details to examine. Notably, here we can see the width of the nose has increased at the tip, with a NACA duct being used for cooling this season, rather than the oval-shaped inlet used last year.
You’ll also note that Red Bull has mounted a winglet on the inboard rear lower corner of the front wing endplate to help with the outwash effect.
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19, leaves the garage
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Red Bull, like many of the other teams, painted flo-viz paint on its car during the first session of pre-season testing to evaluate whether the bodywork was achieving its aims, aerodynamically-speaking.
In the first image we can see the car as it emerges from the garage with the paint having just been applied.
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
Fast-forward to the shots of the car on track and we can see how the airflow has created a visual representation of the flow field in the oil-based paint.
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
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