News Details

Bite-size tech: Red Bull front brake drum

Red Bull has made further changes to its front brake duct layout, having revised the drums design in Italy already. The Marina Bay circuit is particularly aggressive on brakes and tyres as temperatures and humidity are already a factor before the cars turn a wheel. As such, all of the teams have made concessions with their designs and Red Bull is no exception. The drum has been opened up more to expose the crossover pipework (highlighted in yellow), allowing airflow collated by the brake duct inlet to mix with the heat radiated from the brake disc more than on the previous solution. This not only has an impact on cooling efficiency but also changes how the heat then radiates into the wheel...
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bite-size tech: Mercedes W07 brake set-up

Mercedes is once again looking for maximum brake cooling in the high...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Bite-size tech: Toro Rosso STR11 asymmetric brake...

Searching for the pace that has eluded it for a few rounds now, Toro Rosso...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Bite-size tech: McLaren front wing

McLaren continues to pursue performance by making circuit-specific changes...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Bite-size tech: Manor front wing and bargeboards

Manor continues to impress with more updates available for the MR05 in...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Feature: RLL’s split fortunes in Barber highlight...

At the most recent IndyCar race from Barber Motorsports Park, Graham...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg out of Croatia Rally (for now)

Friday: Oliver Solberg crashed out of Rally Croatia about four km into...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Elfyn Evans out of Croatia – SS3

Croatia’s Friday stages were all new. With a 16 second lead going into...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Man United and Arsenal approach rejected by Brazilian...

Atalanta's highly coveted Brazilian maestro, Ederson, has reportedly drawn...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Opportunity knocks as Bournemouth visit

Morning all. Given how soon kick-off is, this is a very quick preview blog...
35m ago from Arseblog.com

Sources: Premier League attacker appealed by the idea...

Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon is emerging as one of the standout...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal handed boost as Mikel Arteta confirms key...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Eberechi Eze is fit for their...
16h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.