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Mr_Golf_Club

Wow the steering arms / suspension are incredibly different


Suikerspin_Ei

Correct, Red Bull use pull rods in the front and push rod in the rear. Ferrari use push rod in the front and pull rod in the back. In theory both performs similar, but I have read that pull rods is better for packaging (lower in the car).


giannibal

pull rods are better for the car because most of the heavy parts are lower and thus the center of gravity sits lower and the car is more responsive and well balanced. On the other end push rods have most of their part sitting higher and the trade off is in the ease of setup/repair


JesusIsMyLord666

Opposite is true for the back. Push rod allows you to package the gear box under the suspension which lowers the center of gravity.


giannibal

I haven't considered that, I was mostly thinking about the front while typing my comment. Thanks for the insight


Mr_Golf_Club

Very interesting looking into this now myself - so fun to keep finding aspects of these cars to learn about


JesusIsMyLord666

Generally speaking. Push rod in the front makes packaging simpler and allows you to make the car lighter. Pull rod is better for center of gravity, but also heavier. The opposite is true in the back. Pull rod allows for easy packaging as you can place the gearbox over the suspension. Push rod allows you to place the gearbox lower but it's also a lot trickier to make it fit under the suspension. That's why Alfa's design is so impressive. They went for pull in front and push in back while while also managing to stay at minimum weight.


rytteren

Though when high noses arrived push rods became the only option. Aero benefit was worth it.


Typys

Push rod for Ferrari vs pull rod for Red Bull


[deleted]

Ah yes yes I totally understand mhmm


MikadiN

Check out F1 YT channel from Imola, two engineers talk about it in a video with pros and cons


nh164098

The rod pushes and the other rod pulls


ICUP03

Check out the diagonal component of the suspension setup. From the wheel to the body it goes bottom to top for Ferrari and opposite for Red Bull. So when the wheel moves up it the diagonal rod pushes in on the Ferrari whereas it pulls out for Red Bull. Both are connected to a resistance mechanism within the body.


Dodeejeroo

It’s amazing how different the cars are, and yet they are trading blows for fastest from weekend to weekend. Two teams with clean sheet regs managed to come out that close to each other in performance. What a time to be a race fan.


Blitz2134_

And they look so fantastic as well. These are genuinely some of the most beautiful beasts ever in F1. The aesthetics are just fantastic.


Lythox

Its crazy, both cars are incredibly different on so many aspects yet also extremely close in terms of performance


zoomtzt

Ah yes, the Prancing Bull.


TotalStatisticNoob

A Lamborghini, basically


GGezpzMuppy

Would make a pretty good tractor actually, plough through the fields real quick with those front spoilers.


kpstormie

[Jordan did it first.](https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/118615172_181991263336510_9174712684527061467_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-6&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=da2zlDZNnBgAX94CP9X&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&oh=00_AT84CWHu6f7SjUuYAYcWmBD-DZIutJoXCgM_LuqJMuIaGg&oe=629C4557)


BehindTheBurner32

> Jordan did it first. Almost an uncannily-good fit, that is.


dis_not_my_name

Never stuck in the gravel trap


mowcow

> the Prancing Bull I mean that's basically their [DTM entry](https://files.gpblog.com/news/2021/04/08/v2_large_1ac873b29469e6d26ec80d2ef1673da1bfa5fab6.jpg)


Blitz2134_

Always feels weird to be reminded of their DTM collaboration.


cpt_Fordo

It's even weirder now that they once used Ferrari engines in F1 too, but I guess in 2006 nobody was taking Red Bull seriously yet, so they could ask for any pu they wanted, as long as they paid for it.


sherlock2223

Vettel won in a toro rosso one


indrmln

that was the only win for Ferrari powered customer team so far right?


sherlock2223

Yes.


deadagent03

Seb got the first win in Minardi/Toro Rosso history in 2008 and the first win in Red Bull history (not counting Herbert’s win for Stewart) in 2009. Since then Red Bull has won 76 more races, and Toro Rosso has won 1 more (as AlphaTauri with Gasly).


MessedUpVoyeur

I completely forgot about that! And that was the season when Doornbos got to drive it too!


Polar_Beach

It’s definitely a Red Bull


[deleted]

You mean the Red Horse?


BehindTheBurner32

Ohh, [the beer?](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0298/6531/2316/products/RedHorseStallionGroupShot_e198daf1-2530-4b27-9fcd-8eebbbe4fe0a_1200x1200.jpg)


why-me-why-not

I love how they don’t all look basically the same now


Nicologixs

They probably will next year or in 24, all the cars are gonna probably start looking like either the ferrari or red bull


Suikerspin_Ei

Some teams will evolve their own cars if they still see potentials. Building a new car is one thing, but understand how it works is another. That's also why teams can't copy every part from other cars, unless it works on their own car too.


creepingcold

>That's also why teams can't copy every part from other cars, unless it works on their own car too. Racing Point engineers disagree


tanjoodo

Even for racing point they suffered greatly from last year due to not understanding the car they copied. The little triangle cut out in the back of the floor really fucked them much more than it fucked the W12.


XsStreamMonsterX

The only true case of copying working out really well was tbe Williams FW07. But that was a unique case and more a testament to Patrick Head and his ability to understand how the Lotus 79 worked better than Lotus.


Ekotar

"Tracing Point"


mikulasturan

Racing point copied Mercedes' 2019 car and it worked well for 2020. But with the rule changes in 2021 the lack of fully understanding the car's philosophy was probably the main reason for Aston Martin's struggles to adapt. Teams will try to do their own thing if there isn't a large difference in pace. 1 second seems a lot but not enough to scrap your not fully developed car to work on something new.


Haeguil

The fact that they also had a Mercedes engine might have helped.


beavismagnum

Williams had the same engine.


BloodyMess111

Err, 1 second per lap is huge


XxSCRAPOxX

1 second per lap? That’s an eternity. That’s being in a different class basically. I’d say it’s reason to scrap your designs. As long as you’re certain the cars at fault and not the drivers.


CeleritasLucis

1 sec per lap is how you end up getting lapped


LumpyUnderpass

At Monaco, almost double! But at Spa you'd be less than a lap down...


Elarial

They won't actually try to build a car like Ferrari. There will be right things and some wrong things and when you take what other teams are doing right and implement that is when cars start to look alike. Racing Point in 2020 was and probably will be an outlier.


[deleted]

Why is that? I thought in previous years teams were copying Mercedes?


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[deleted]

Didn’t they win 2021?


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Maddog_vt

I don’t think I’ll ever understand how two teams build two completely different cars and they end up being within a second of each other


shashankmantha

Second? More like a tenth.


razor5cl

Near the end of Q3 last night it was closer to thousandths at one point


RedditClout

Yeah, these cars aren't Mercedes. *KAPOW!*


wackowizard

I own a Honda RC51 and a Ducati 999, which traded wins and championships in wsbk in the early 2000s. Both are V-twins and both built under the same regulations, and it is fascinating how entirely different they are both on the outside and when you take them apart.


majoranticipointment

Technical regulations keep things relatively similar. These are all basically different versions of the same car, they’re not 100% unique by any means.


going_dicey

Visually they are very different which is the point being made. Despite the technical regulations, these two examples look vastly different.


LumpyUnderpass

You make it sound like these brilliant designers are all just following a formula or something.


XxSCRAPOxX

Horsepower and weight really play into it. The other stuff matters too, but for shaving time more than for setting the foundations. The cars may be different, but they stick to very similar dimensions, power, weight and tires. So unless someone finds some black magic to shave tenths, they will all perform very similar.


doc_55lk

Black magic isn't technically illegal by FIA standards you know. Maybe there'll be a team that actually does occult shit with their car.


vendetta2115

Ferrari will complain and black magic will be banned in 2023.


doc_55lk

Honestly I see Horner doing that more than I do Ferrari.


CeleritasLucis

Was there a time when it was anything goes? Just bring whatever you want and Race?


WinterNL

Engine size has always been regulated, so no. Formula basically refers to having a set of regulations.


XxSCRAPOxX

When the bootleggers used to run from the cops lol. I think the very early days of racing there was no rules, but I honestly don’t know. I know they had requirements extremely early on in organized racing but not sure if the very begging had any or not.


l5555l

It's not like they can do anything they want. They're all built within very specific parameters.


burneraccs

Remember when IndyCar allowed Honda and Chevrolet to develop their own aero kits for their teams on the DW12? The cars looked massively different. By the next year both sides learnt from their own and each other's mistakes and developed kits that looked completely identical. For the third year IndyCar scrapped the idea.


frankos3103

Same for me. Before the start of the season i was worried because i thought that the cars would look all the same. Fortunately i was wrong and the cars are really different one from another


JanklinDRoosevelt

They never did


ianjm

Take the livery off last year's cars and they're much more similar


frankiew1lde

What a difference in the rear wings lol


Voice_Calm

Due to Ferrari's sidepod design their car is much more front loaded. They need a bigger rear wing to balance the tyre loads.


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great__pretender

very good catch


StaffFamous6379

People who make these mashup photos always seem to prioritize making the ends of each car meet up visually even though they may be different sizes and width.


TonyStark100

I thought the wheels were all the same. Are they just the same compound?


disappointment-man2

They are the same, but in the picture they are not meaning that the camera angles are different


TonyStark100

Thank you for the clarification.


Mitwem

The tires and wheels are the same. They are just saying that the Ferrari image is zoomed in closer than the Red Bull image. This means the scale of the two cars doesn't match, so the sizes cannot really be compared.


TonyStark100

I see. Thank you.


Veranova

Is it also to do with airflow over the top? Those deep side pod bowls will guide the attached air much lower so the rear wing needs to go deep to scoop it up again I am not an aerodynamicist it just made sense to me this way


Turboleks

I actually believe the sidepods are directing more airflow to the beam wing, rather than the floor (like Red Bull) or the rear wing. Also doesn't hurt that it also helps to extract the hot air coming out of the louvers.


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The area underneath the sidepods of the Red Bull is significantly larger than that of the Ferrari. This means the extraction of air through the side of the floor (basically acts like a 2nd diffuser) is further back and therefore, the aero balance of the car is further rearwards. This, along with the slimmer front wing (increases clean airflow to the floor intakes) should give them more underbody downforce but can also result in a car with a weak front end.


TotalStatisticNoob

Yeah, that's how they should always be compared. It's so hard to see the differences when the pictures are just side by side


Protozoo_epilettico

Front wings are also very different, more loaded on the f1-75


project_seven

It's the steering assembly that seems so different to me.


[deleted]

Oh my god is that the legendary Formula 1 driver Charles Verstappen?


jaykay06

Its actually Chax Leclappen


Dr_Long_Schlong

More like Cheeks Leclappin’


Veranova

Not a surprise that when you weld 2 cars together down the middle, the porpoising is pretty bad


enataca

What would be faster: mazepin or Charles leclerc surgically connected to a porpoise?


Big_al_big_bed

Ayooo


nonicheyet

That’s what I assume porpoising feels like.


dbpf

That's how Toto describes Mercedes early season issues off camera


vendetta2115

Cheex Leclappen is now my official racing name.


Dr_Long_Schlong

I’m so happy for you


vendetta2115

Thank you, Dr. Long Schlong.


aenimadissected

Perfect


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Cheeks BeClappin


Tsukune_Surprise

Writing this down for my human f1 driver centipede story I’m writing over on r/fanf1ction


Level1Roshan

> Leclappen This sounds like something you pray you don't wake up with...


surreal_blue

Ah, the Monegasque disease! Even worst than the French pox, though not quite as bad as the Welsh warts.


hotk9

Le Clap!


Drafgo

Marles Verlerc


Disprozium

Marles Verclerc


Pika_Cherry24

Nah, it’s Charles Perez


jaykay06

Chargio Lecrez?


biometricrally

Is it too late for me to name my teenage son Chargio?


[deleted]

Of course not, just make up some story about how the whole family has to go into witness protection and he needs a new identity. Easy peasy


NiceHaas

Ah yes and looking at the flag on the helmet he is from Monaxco


[deleted]

Ah, my bad.


242turbo

Pretty sure that's Charles Perez


ianjm

Cargo Painz


[deleted]

Serlos Perinz


jimbobjames

No, it's Maximillian Leglergd


ammophobia

No, that’s his teammate Max Leclerc


chambee

Chuck Verstappen


Elros_of_Numenor

Love how they're so different while the performance is so close.


notyouravgredditor

Well they have different engines too. That Ferrari engine seems to be the best on the grid now.


DiddledByDad

Sorta depends on what you mean by best. Performance is probably still Max’s but literally everything else is Ferrari’s.


JayClear

Absolutely has to be. Look at all that downforce it has to combat.


loozerr

Is that why red bull absolutely drops the ferrari on straights?


involutes

My thoughts: (1) Different aero setups. (2) Generally better starts from Ferrari than Red Bull this year. (3) Haas and Alfa Romeo doing better than Alpha Tauri.


B_deV

Ferrari is thicc at all the right places


frederikbjk

It seems so strange that those wide side pods on the Ferrari are aerodynamically efficient, when you see them next to the Red Bull.


biggerodds

Well they are meant to have an edge over the bulls in slower corners whereas the bulls are faster in a straight line. Makes sense too given the lower drag on bull’s side pods vs likely better downforce generated by those bathtubs on the Ferrari.


frederikbjk

Perhaps. I don’t have the necessary understanding of aerodynamics to make any such conclusions.


Cerebral_Edema

Counterintuitively the Ferrari side pods are actually less draggy than the RedBull. It’s the front loaded floor design where Ferrari get their downforce/slow speed pace from.


Suikerspin_Ei

Two different designs can have a similar performance when it comes to aerodynamics. At least that's what I have learned from [Kyle.Engineers (ex-Mercedes engineer) on YT.](https://www.youtube.com/c/KYLEDRIVES/videos)


frederikbjk

Definitely, It just doesn’t look very aerodynamic.


Scatman_Crothers

It directs air outward around the rear tires which are the draggiest part of the car, so it is efficient but indirectly so.


captaindigbob

It also allows their engine cover area to be much smaller


PM_ME_A_PLANE_TICKET

Nice to see they kept Checo on as driver after the team merger, still driving the #11 car!


Sleng_Ka-Deng

Both cars are absolutely beautiful! So different, but also so near each other performance level. I love this sport!


Joorlami

As you can see from this picture, the Ferrari is red, while the Red Bull car is blue


anthony_b_

This is because the Ferrari is moving away from us but the Red Bull is approaching


TrailGuideSteve

Red Bull fucked up. Everyone knows red goes faster by design.


FaceTron

Found the Ork


SafeJellyfishie

Astute observation skills you have there.


GunstarGreen

I love how everyone feared this would become a spec series and all the cars would look the same. There's so much differenc between two very close cars


[deleted]

They also have a lot in common. For example: both use 4 wheels, a front and rear wing, steering wheel (and gloves probably) and they also have sidepots. Not so different after all /s


razor5cl

They're also both driven by humans


[deleted]

That's debatable tbf


[deleted]

Completely different cars. Most people wouldn’t be able to tell just by looking at these on Tele. Amazing pic.


ajalberto

Lerez!


bobbejaans

Best of both worlds, let's do an asymmetrical design.


Seratoga

Build this and see how it doesn't perform? 😛


WRXW

Just need F1 to start running ovals again


CockTortureCuck

Say what you want but finally Ferrari made a fucking sexy car again.


ReplacementWise6878

Now do the Ferrari and the Mercedes… I want to see the drastic sidepod difference.


MrAlagos

You vs. the guy she tells you not to worry about.


tombodadin

Oh Lewis that's just my friend Charles


the_termenater

Lewis: I want Ferrari sidepods! Toto: we have sidepods at home Sidepods at home: [w13.png]


elmagio

The 2 best looking cars on the grid IMO. Edge goes to the Ferrari for looks.


iki39462

What is this, a crossover episode?


Pat-002

The Ferrari is just chef kiss


alenpetak11

That Ferrari pods reminds me to Lotus Racing's T127 one, but if you punch it from top and bend it.


InZomnia365

It's incredible how two cars that look so different can be so equal in performance, without BOP.


vrajan98

Toto’s worst nightmare. Call race control immediately


AlinesReinhard

The Red Bull one feels like it's at least 5 or 6 kilos lighter than the F1-75.


Suikerspin_Ei

That's not what the journalists said. Red Bull was one of the heaviest car on the grid, not sure about now though.


JanAppletree

Still is, they dropped three kg in Imola, but where like 10-15 kg overweight at the start of the season. 7 more kg should be dropped at Barcelona.


Suikerspin_Ei

We might see a carbon RB18 without any paint /s


psychoholica

The front suspension is what caught my eye! Wow!


chudlyfudly

Silly question here, but do the cars need to be symmetrical? I'm wondering if they can make minor aerodynamic adjustments across the width of the car to better suit certain tracks that may have more left hand turns for example, or faster turns in one direction but tighter turns in the other.


filthnfrolic

In theory they could. It would depend on the circuit, and whether the advantage they gained would offset the time lost elsewhere. I know Nascar has designs heavily biased to help the left-turn-only nature of the tracks.


gavingav1

Its quite a lot of differences from such a prescriptive rule set, pre season lots of news outlets were telling us that we would have a grid of 20 near identical cars .


innergflow

Weird car checo is driving


RobitIsNotAHobit3000

Holy smokes how ferrari car looks agressive


fox257

Didn't know the Ferrari beside the tire's was a wide boi


TheCatLamp

#W I D E


Fresh-Reflection1929

2 beauties!😍


Prhime

Seeing this makes me appreciate their pace being so close even more.


DannyDavincito

Honestly if you tell me they were from completely different regulations i'd believe you lol


Metro-Dyke

That Ferrari t h i c c


YorkshireRiffer

My powertrain don't want none unless you got buns hun


CraigAT

Are both cars actually the same length?


gmwdim

Remember the BAR car that had a different livery on each side?


Djeheuty

As someone who doesn't get to watch a lot of the races, but follows F1 because you guys have some ridiculous memes, it's really nice to see the differences in design and solutions that teams come up with side by side like this.


ziddity

I believe this is called sexual dimorphism.


DuhSpecialWaan

That Ferrari is thicc


PerseusChiseldCheeks

It’s crazy to me that they look like nothing alike. Like all the details that are so different but they both are running top of the grid


s4singh007

The Ferrari sidepods are almost as wide as the whole car.


Zpoof817

This car either wins every race or dnfs every race


mtoasteroast

As a new fan, this has been the most eye opening picture for me. All the cars *do* look the same…when I don’t know how to look for the differences. Fascinating.


innergflow

So no redbull upgrades this week and Ferrari already has them?


kimmmykim

On the aerodynamic front Ferrari are basically still running the same car they brought to the Bahrain Test. The Red Bull has been upgraded heavily, with the last updates brought at Imola.


Turboleks

Pretty much all teams have brought some significant upgrade to their cars since february *but Ferrari*. Red Bull got the spec 2 sidepods in Bahrain that literally put them back on top (they were kinda meh before that), and Mercedes literally shed itself down, to mixed results. Ferrari on the other hand brought very few, circuit specific upgrades, and it's still the car to beat. Only now they have unlocked a bit more power to their P.U, which is already thought to be the best of the field. If Ferrari gets their updates right (and that's a big if - see 2018), and keeps that methodical approach they've had so far, things could be over sooner rather than later.


MrPsychoanalyst

The package Max got at Imola its now en Perez car too


Mario-C

I'm still amazed how two totally different concepts turn out to be so comparable and similar when it comes to speed. Just amazing


Sunsplitcloud

I wonder how a half-half car would actually drive. Keep all the insides so it runs of course, but having this many differences on the exterior would be interesting to watch!


BlockMarket

Could you do one with Mercedes? Please.


Sleng_Ka-Deng

Yeah but compare them with their competition, a Haas or Alpine.


Voice_Calm

Sad but true


Orcahhh

It appears to me they have a different aero philosophy 👍🏻


XxSCRAPOxX

Red Bull’s uglier but looks like it has more advanced design. Also the rear axel sits back further on the red Bull kart. That’s gotta create some major handling differences.